The faces of CES

We [FerSay Electronics] are looking for new business partners and also looking for some new products. We distribute many accessories and spare parts for many brands in the south of Europe, and we want to be the first in finding something special.

I saw a special bag — I think from Samsung — a bag with solar panels, and you can charge your mobile phone while you are wearing your bag.

We are looking for accessories, mainly for mobile phones and also maybe spare parts for appliances and TVs.

I am the CEO of Vu Televisions, which is a television brand back in India, and I am here at CES to see what’s the latest in the television world.

Absolutely not. I have been here many many times in the past 10 years.

I think that a lot of people have been predicting that televisions are gonna be dead because there is so much entertainment available on mobile devices and consumer habits have changed, but I think it’s just the opposite.

My highlight is definitely to see how you have so much over-the-top content. There’s no more what they call 'appointment viewing,' and it’s becoming an ecosystem of bringing together all kinds of content available on the TV. Also just seeing how different companies are working together. I think that’s really cool.

Actually, I am a tech journalist and a professor, so to see new products. I worked for Samsung Electronics 15 years ago, so at the time I was a regular visitor to CES. It’s my first visit in 10 years, I guess. It’s a very exciting time to see real products on the floor.

Well, last year the IoT products were introduced as some kind of a new direction, ... but this year I have seen that most of them are very market oriented. Personally, I think that drones are hobby oriented ... but this time, I found that in every field drones can be applied. VR products are not satisfiable at this point. I have told my friends that we have to wait until E3 to see the real game software and other content to confirm whether VR will be real this year or if it needs more time. The third is that many automakers are showing autonomous vehicles, but I found that connected cars are more realistic.

I am here because I work with a company called Dual Electronics Corporation, and we show here. We are an exhibitor.

We do a lot of car audio and mobile electronics, like CD receivers, speakers, amplifiers — that kind of thing.

I would say plan out where you want to go and be sure to get a lot of sleep, they are long days particularly if you are exhibiting. And just keep an open mind.

I honestly haven't really gotten to see that much of it yet, so far some of the appliances for the home have seemed really neat, a lot of the self driving cars, 'cause that’s sort of similar to our industry in a certain sense. So far those are the things that I have seen and really appreciated. I am looking forward to seeing some of the 3D printing and robotics stuff, too.

I work for a French company called Parrot doing drones.

To present new products, to meet customers coming to visit us, and to see what is happening in the world in terms of innovation and technology.

We have some department stores in the southeast part of Mexico. This is our first time in CES.

In our stores we have an electronics area, so we are planning to distribute some brands from here. We also have a distribution called Price Market de Mexico. We are looking for products to bring to Mexico.

Well, we have seen that a lot of products are about Apple. Everything is surrounded by iMac or Apple or Samsung, and I think those leaders are the ones that are marking the trends in this exposition.

We saw a lot of chargers and wireless chargers, and that's really interesting.

JL: We are here to see all the new technologies.

CD: Sums it up.

JL: A lot of the new TV technologies interested us a lot, but we really enjoyed mostly going over to the Sands and seeing all the new start-up companies and seeing all the smart home products. It was really exciting over there.

JL: This is my 35th visit to CES and Las Vegas.

CD: This is my 7th year here at CES.

JL: Don’t bring a briefcase.

CD: Wear comfortable shoes.

CD: I guess the integration with flat panel TV and all the other devices surrounding it.

JL: Honestly, seeing the smart home and how now all the products and devices are starting to talk to each other to make the home lifestyle a lot more intelligent was really good to see.

I work with retailers on implementing technologies that are consumer facing and help them drive their business operationally.

Just to see the latest technologies, especially around virtual reality and some of the autonomous driving vehicles — some convergence there.

To see where future trends are taking technology and to have a pulse on it so that I can take it back to what I do.

Yeah, just everything that’s happening with the automotive sector. The technology is just exploding on the scene.

I work in the motorcycle division [at Honda], and I am here to just pick up new trends and to see if there is any new technology that can be applied to the motorcycle concepts that’re coming up.

I really can’t think of anything quite yet. Yesterday I just kind of zoomed through the entire place, and I haven’t really hit the automotive section yet, the North Hall. I was just in the Central Plaza, saw a bunch of watches — I felt like I was at a watch convention. Apparently everyone has a smart watch, everything is about smart homes.

I work for one of the biggest electronics distributors in the UK. We started off in mobile accessories about 20 years ago. And then as technology has morphed, into tablets and mobile phones, ... anything that pairs up with your mobile device or your tablet is what we sell.

I went to see a company called HidrateSpark. They are a small start-up company making a water bottle that has an app with it that tells you how much water you need to drink and how much you’ve drunk every day. It’s like a smart water bottle. It’s a really exciting product. There’s about five or six of those particular types of vessels, but that one had the best consumer proposition and a really intelligent app.

Clip-A-Phone, located in Netcong, New Jersey. It’s a new start up for 2016. We were actually voted the fourth best item at CES for 2016.

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It’s a very simple item. It’s a plastic clip that slips onto the brim of the cap, and it comes with a Bluetooth remote that you sync to your phone. Once synced to your phone, you attach the phone onto the clip and it sits on the brim of the cap. So, essentially, it's viewing the world through your eyes. With the Bluetooth remote, you can one-click to take pictures, two clicks to take video, and it’s completely wireless. It’s the hottest new item of 2016.

This is the first CES exhibiting this new product.

The highlight has been the positive reaction from everyone. We have had every major retailer in the country interested in picking up the product, the reactions from people in general, they are very very positive. Everyone is excited.

Biggest tip I can say is reach for the stars, don’t ever give up on a dream, and it’s a simple concept. We said, 'Let’s just try it,' and it’s turned into a mega hit. We are very delighted to be voted number four best item at CES, and on top of that, don't ever give up on a dream.

Roswell Flight Test Crew

PS: Certainly. We are a civilian drone demonstration team and educational non-profit. We basically try to demonstrate the safe, beneficial, and non-intrusive uses of drone aircraft, and we also try to keep the drone community informed about what the latest and greatest coming down the pipe is. That's what we are doing here today at CES.

PS: A company called ProDrone has come out with a really cool folding drone, I mean you could almost fit it in a fanny pack when it folds down. But it has a heavy lift capability — that was pretty slick.

PS: We fly drones of our own construction. We have been at this for five years now, so back when we started there were no off-the-shelf drones.

PS: Tips for CES, come prepared, it’s a throng.

To look at the new technology that’s coming.

To get a view into the future. To see where we are actually going and where my kids will be in the next five to ten years. Because, you know, it’s transforming so quickly.

First time, first time!

Let’s see. I went over to the Sands yesterday, over to the convention center, and loved the robotics, oh my goodness, and the 3D printing.

Give yourself enough time to see everything. Everything is so innovative, it’s so exciting, it’s really good to have the time to see almost everything that you can. And I don’t think you can, (laughs) so we’re here for like five days to try to get it all in.

I’m the computer consultant at Clemson University, and I do all the purchasing for our college. We look at networking, we look at tablets, the cloud, everything. So I am really into making sure that I procure the proper equipment and technology for our professors.

We [Pharmacare] sell medication. We are looking to branch the two together, like we found a guy here who has a medical box that’s electronic, and you can do apps and stuff and control and decide which time the patient has to take their meds. Its pretty cool. We are looking to incorporate the medical box into our company as well.

We came to view a few products and see what’s out here in terms of technology and see what’s coming out. That’s about it. See what we can see.

Phones, cameras, the new fingertip gadgets with the little motion detector things, which you can move with your fingers — you know what I am talking about? The remote control fingertip thingies.

I actually live locally, just down the road a ways in Henderson, Nevada.

I am interested in technology, and I love to see what new is coming out.

Not really, just looking for new things.

Oh, the crowds!

It’s for my own enjoyment.

I am in general just trying to find that surprise here. I just want to be surprised.

Researching for myself and also for my business as well.

We do, its an online radio station in both New York and Las Vegas

Right now, virtual reality. It’s really big, I think that’s going to be 2016’s hot item

Audio wise, looking at turntables. I am seeing a demand, especially the announcement with Technics coming back. That was very stellar.

You might want to exercise, ‘cause it’s a lot to see and there will be a lot of walking.Wear comfortable shoes, and eat a good meal before you go.

I am helping set up booths.

Well, right now we had a press conference. So we’re in the South Hall, and I am moving all the material we used for the conference back over to the Westgate where it belongs. They are going to set the TVs back up.

Yes ma’am.

I have.

To tell you the truth, I have a picture painted with acrylic paint on my TV at home. I don't even watch TV. I am kind of old fashioned.

I was hoping to find a new case for my Note 4 because this one is all... but other than that, no ma’am.