This year was my eighth CES, and I have to tell you, I'm getting jaded. Even 30 live Stormtroopers and Darth Vader marching onto a stage wasn't even all that exciting. (Except the executive from Panasonic kept calling him "Lord Vader" which I thought was pretty funny.) The show was jam-packed with people this year (unlike the few previous years) and jam-packed full of stuff (very much like previous years) none of which I cared very much about.
But for my current hometown of Las Vegas, CES 2011 was great. Over 1.6 million square feet of convention space and over 150,000 attendees is definitely a step in the right direction. The economy sucks, but judging by the show maybe things are on an upswing. Maybe.
And no matter what people say (including me), there were some cool things at CES this year. There just wasn't any real innovation. I suppose it's because of the economy companies are dialing down development on the cutting edge and focusing on stuff that works and will sell. It makes sense, but it also makes for kind of a boring CES.
But there were some cool things, and I blogged the hell out of it. Check out all of my posts at Babble.com right here (list of posts below as well). I'm also going to write two articles about it at ManOfTheHouse.com, and when those go up I'll include those too.
- Razer Switchblade Gaming Device [Babble.com]
- 3D Bloggie Video Camera from Sony [Babble.com]
- Maxell Kids Portable DVD Projector [Babble.com]
- Amazingly Affordable 3D Printer from MakerBot Industries [Babble.com]
- Getting A New Verizon iPhone? Check Out This Solar Powered Charger [Babble.com]
- Purse-Sized Taser Now Comes In Pink! [Babble.com]
- ion iCade Makes Your New-School iPad An Old-School Arcade Machine [Babble.com]
- Portable Blu-ray Disc Player from Sony [Babble.com]
- ToughSkin iPhone 4 Case from Speck [Babble.com]
- The Sky Prodigy Computerized Telescope from Celestron [Babble.com]
- Ety Plugs - Earplugs from Etymotic Research [Babble.com]
- The AR Drone iPhone Controlled Helicopter [Babble.com]
- A Mobile WiFi Hotspot in Every Camera with EyeFi [Babble.com]
- Crayola i-Marker and Color Studio HD from Griffin [Babble.com]
- A Swiffer Robot Called Mint [Babble.com]