The
fears of chaos at CES because of the security imposed on bags, etc
did not materialize. There was inspection of bags but it did not
impede entry to the buildings. There also was a much heightened
security presence through out the facilities along with bomb sniffing
dogs. It never caused a problem.
That
being said, there seemed to be as many people as last year even
though the planned attendance of 150,000 was reduced by 25,000 from
last year. There still were large crowds.
Jammed isles in the mornings.
The large number of buses
brought in to move people plus taxi's and private cars cause gridlock
most mornings. Evenings were not as much of a problem as people leave
at different times.
The
size and scope of the facilities can be overwhelming as there are
multi-venues through out Las Vegas. This show has really gotten quite
large with over 3,500 vendors. Many of these vendors do something
connected to the internet so it is now called IoT or The Internet of
Things.
I
did attend a presentation by the General Motors CEO Mary Barra on
Wednesday. The theater was packed. She introduced the new Chevy Bolt,
a second generation Electric Vehicle. Fairly impressive on face value
but it remains to be seen what the pundits have to say.
Her
opening remarks were with a backdrop photo of a missile launch
followed by a short video of the Lunar Roving Vehicle driving on the
moon at which time she called it “the first electric vehicle”.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Below
are some random photos I took. It is hard to get a good photo because
of the crush of people around popular vendors.
Nice idea for booth.
Need a few TV remotes?
How about a blow up booth? Easy to set up and take down.
Drones, drones, drones everywhere.
Audi's very impressive booth. All metal and black
glass which glowed when lite with colored lights.
One
of our group recorded 18,000 steps on his Fitbit today. Quite
impressive. I didn't walk that much but guess I was in the 10,000
step range most days.
