My Reflections on CES 2019

on

|

views

and

comments


I simply returned from my first CES expertise. Individuals are not kidding once they say that the crowds, the traces, and the sheer magnitude of the convention are on one other stage; nothing may have ready me!  I used to be, nevertheless, mentally ready to be blown away by the featured applied sciences and, to be trustworthy, I used to be not. I’ve been debating whether or not or to not weblog about this as a result of who comes again from CES and says that?!?!

I need to admit, I spent most of my time within the “Automobile Expertise” part. Nearly each sales space had a car – both an present car with snazzy options or a conceptual design. Listed below are a couple of examples of the conceptual autos: Mercedes Benz “Urbanetic, (modular design)” Bell’s “Nexus” (flying automobile!), and Hyundai’s Elevate (strolling automobile).

It was amusing to see what number of firms are specializing in auxiliary applied sciences to assist absolutely autonomous autos. Clearly these are enjoyable to consider, however how quickly will they really be wanted?! Some examples embrace:

  • Kia’s Actual-Time Emotion Recognition Expertise – This synthetic intelligence expertise can “change the cabin surroundings with settings which might play upon human senses.” Aptiv is doing one thing related (see hyperlink right here).
  • Audi and Disney’s Digital Actuality – “The VR expertise is meant to match, visually, what the passengers really feel as they journey: If the automobile turns, accelerates or brakes, the VR surroundings will do the identical factor.” Intel and Warner Brothers are doing one thing related (see hyperlink right here).
  • Byton’s futuristic dashboard – This 48-inch curved unit stretches throughout your complete dashboard and “provides the motive force details about the automobile and its environment…shows the infotainment system, and provides the entrance passenger entry to leisure like motion pictures and tv reveals.”

And there have been two important disappointments for me at CES:

  1. Electrical car expertise was barely talked about. Exterior of Nissan’s Leaf e+, electrical car expertise didn’t get a ton of consideration.
  2. The place was all the good swag?! Even my one-year previous wasn’t excited by my souvenirs…

That each one being mentioned, it was an unbelievable few days and I’m grateful for the expertise. My favourite was hanging on the Continental sales space the place we demonstrated a robotic finishing first/final mile bundle supply from EasyMile’s EZ10 (see video under). What did different individuals take into consideration CES?

 

About Lauren Isaac

Lauren Isaac is the Director of Enterprise Initiatives for the North American operation of EasyMile. Easymile gives electrical, driverless shuttles which are designed to cowl brief distances in multi-use environments. Previous to working at EasyMile, Lauren labored at WSP the place she was concerned in numerous tasks involving superior applied sciences that may enhance mobility in cities. Lauren wrote a information titled “Driving In the direction of Driverless: A Information for Authorities Companies” relating to how native and regional governments ought to reply to autonomous autos within the brief, medium, and long run. As well as, Lauren maintains the weblog, “Driving In the direction of Driverless”, and has introduced on this subject at greater than 75 trade conferences. She lately did a TEDx Discuss, and has been revealed in Forbes and the Chicago Tribune amongst different publications.

This entry was posted in Driverless Automotive Growth, Driverless Automotive Future and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Share this
Tags

Must-read

Ladies of Imaginative and prescient: Torc’s Veteran Neighborhood

Our Torc neighborhood is constructed on doing the suitable factor for our communities, our households, and our world at massive. Whether or not...

A Product Launch, Not a Demo: Why Torc’s Autonomous Product Launch v0.1 Was ‘The Subsequent Step’

As Torc Robotics nears its twentieth 12 months of operations in 2025, it has achieved an unbelievable milestone: a completely self-driving product launch...

Torc Robotics Acknowledged as a 2024 Public Relations and Advertising Excellence Awards Winner

Driving Consciousness for Autonomous Trucking and Business Management “We’re extremely proud to obtain this award, which acknowledges our PR crew’s relentless dedication to advancing...

Recent articles

More like this

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here