Automobiles from around the world dominated CES 2024. Will CES come to stand for the “Cars & Electronics Show” in the minds of many observers and attendees?
CES 2021 Coverage: A Virtual Show Floor
I write this on the final day of CES 2021, and I expect CES will never be the same. It will not revert back to what it once was. I also cannot imagine it stays a totally virtual show; in doing so, I feel it would fail. Does that mean I think the 2021 show was a failure? No, not at all. In fact, it was a very good event, particularly in light of the medical and political pandemic that we have been enduring.
A Little History
The first CES took place in June 1967 in New York City as a spinoff from the Chicago Music Show, which, until 1966, was also the most popular event for exhibiting consumer electronics. Over the years, the show grew, moved to Las Vegas, added the attendees and exhibitors that had been obtained by COMDEX, and became the signature event to showcase all electronic industry products from TVs to computers, drones to 3D printers, and complete ready-to-use devic