The New Year is in full swing and as we approach the second week of 2014, it signals the completion of another fun-filled International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The usual major manufacturers were parading their latest innovations in full force, but so were new players worth a nod for their consumer electronics creations.
While it was not the most surprising show of recent years, there maintained a bountiful amount of noteworthy gadgets and trends worth recognizing. Here are seven newsmakers from CES 2014:
Wearable technology
From corner to corner of the CES floor, wearable technology was spread throughout covering a variety of categories, including ‘lifestyle trackers, ’ where manufacturers like Sony want their products like Core to track activity and emotion. Reebok even made an appearance this year, and demonstrated how they are fusing techs with contact sports to prevent injury to athletes.
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Bigger, better and smarter TVs
I remember the days when a 46” HDTV was considered a gargantuan screen. In just a few years, that size has steadily increased and now more than doubles, with leading Korean TV titan manufacturers LG and Samsung parading beautiful OLED and UHD screens measuring 105” from corner to corner. Not only are these stunning TVs huge, they are curved – some can even bend with the press of a button. Additionally, the 105” UHD Samsung TVs are also designed with a 21:9 ratio, mimicking the type of output seen on blu-ray discs.
TVs are growing in size and so is their brainpower with LG showcasing their smart technology it acquired from HP, WebOS. LG has reincarnated the once-lived smartphone platform to debut WebOS TV at CES. The result: a slick, retooled and easy-to-navigate TV operating system that allows users to move directly from app to app, opposed to returning to the home page to find another program. ocused on media, rather than apps. It looks like the LG and WebOS union is working out well.
Fashion pushes into tech mainstream
It is about time we saw some fashion brands step out of their retail stores and broaden their awareness through CES. Penguin, Nicole Miller, and Jean-Paul Gauthier were a handful of clothing brands showcasing their mobile cases and sleeves this year.