Review-Journal reporters are spread out across multiple venues to bring you the latest news from the tech industry’s largest convention.
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.
The club welcomed more than 600 CES attendees, offering a free drinks — up to $18 (with Strip prices in full effect) — for the first 500 to enter the club.
There’s always something new in Las Vegas; return for CES after a year away and you may find that vacant lot has turned into something wonderful. As for restaurants, new ones are springing up all the time.
Impossible Foods — the company famous for making a burger substitute so much like the real thing it even “bleeds” — unveiled Impossible Burger 2.0 on Monday evening at a media event at Border Grill at Mandalay Bay.
Fifty-three million American adults own a smart speaker, and the list is growing; the number of smart speakers in U.S. households jumped 78 percent in one year to 118.5 million in December 2018, according to Edison Research.
A loaf of bread every six minutes? Among the hottest must-see demonstrations as CES 2019 opens on Tuesday is the BreadBot, which has taken years to develop. Foldimate and Hupnos are not household names yet, but wait til you see what they can do.
The future of the automobile may not only be autonomous, it may also fly, have touch screens for windows and calm you when you are angry, according to industry speakers at CES.
There’s no place quite like Las Vegas. And that uniqueness definitely extends to some of its restaurants.
The advancement of artificial intelligence could have a growing impact on Las Vegas’ tourism industry.
A CES 2019 panel in Las Vegas discussed the growth and growing pains of immersive entertainment such as virtual reality and augmented reality.
A large billboard above Google’s outdoor pavilion reads, “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone,” referencing controversies tied to data protection at Google, Facebook and other industry peers.
Cory Weirmier of Danby Appliances explains the the Parcel Guard, a smartbox designed to thwart “porch pirates.”
Holographic 3D displays and smart mirrors — two products suited for use on the Strip — were among the products revealed Sunday night ahead of the official opening of CES.
For the Las Vegas tourism industry, the start of the new year is the kickoff of one of the busiest times of the year — especially for those who capitalize on the city’s ability to host major trade shows and conventions.
For a tech-heavy show, Consumer Electronics Show has always had a cool factor. A look back into our photo archives reminds us how times change.