Intel’s senior vice president expects autonomous vehicles will be ready for consumers in less than five years.
Conventions
Conventions are big business in Las Vegas. • Expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a $1.4 billion project, will keep the city on pace to compete for the top shows. • CES tops the list. (See Top 10 below, and follow the link to a full list.)
Top 10 Las Vegas conventions
(ranked by attendance)1. CES — Consumer Technology Association
2. NAB — National Association of Broadcasters
3. MAGIC — Marketplace Spring Show
4. SHOT Show — Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show
5. World of Concrete
6. International Builders Show
7. Las Vegas Market (winter)
8. Las Vegas Market (summer)
9. ASD Market Week
10. (tie) Mr. Olympia.
10. (tie) PMMI — Pack Expo Las Vegas
See the full list of Las Vegas conventions.
Products showcased at this year’s CES include a voice-activated faucet, a lunchbox that heats your food, a food processor that also cooks and Keurig for frozen drinks.
CD players, HDTVs, camcorders and Blu-Ray all debuted at CES. More high-tech devices will be featured at the 2021 consumer technology trade show.
The CES 2021 show marks another year of validation for an emerging sex tech industry trying to break through taboo and stake its claim in the tech world.
When it meets Tuesday, the LVCVA’s board of directors will consider multimillion-dollar agreements that should enhance transportation for the city’s conventioneers.
Honorees include technology that enhances or even replaces in-person visits with doctors.
Largest trade show of 2021 is going completely digital, leaving Las Vegas with a new exhibit hall but nobody to fill it and a missed opportunity for millions of dollars.
This time of year, Las Vegas is usually bustling with hundreds of thousands of people flying in for CES. But not this year — and Southern Nevada is set to miss out on hundreds of millions of dollars because of it.
5G made waves in 2020, but industry watchers say the best is yet to come — especially for tourism-driven cities like Las Vegas.
High-tech glasses, wristbands and masks are just some of the wearable tech that will be showcased at CES 2021. The devices are meant to make life safer and more convenient, and some are already available to purchase.
This year’s CES will look different than its predecessors, and not just because it’s going virtual — it’s also more diverse.
At least one convention thinks March is too soon for an in-person convention in Las Vegas.
Next year’s CES may not be in Las Vegas, but organizers are keeping ties to the city strong by partnering with the Review-Journal.
The timing was perfect. CES 2021 would arrive just after the LVCVA worked out any bugs in its new West Hall, but the arrival of the pandemic ruined all the coordination.
When the Consumer Technology Association returns the massive technology trade show to Las Vegas in 2022 it will offer a virtual version of the event at the same time.