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January 8-12, 2013. Bendy video monitors, singing toothbrushes, submersible cellphones, smart utensils for dieters… all the above “cool stuff” was on show at the world’s biggest consumer electronics expo. CES in Las Vegas was once again billed as the “innovation event of the year”. What was really new at the show, however, was a nagging feeling that the electronics industry, after a decade or so of genuinely changing the way we live, is beginning to come up with brilliant solutions to problems nobody really has. Personal gadgetry is still a powerful draw. And yet, after decades of chasing “must-have” gizmos and new technology-driven lifestyles, could consumers perhaps be entering a phase of “tech fatigue”? Hey, I gotta go, I think I left my submersible cellphone in the bathtub…
Calling all bloggers, podcasters & citizen journalist: This is the show for us! Content! Content! Content! is queen er king for those who want to have a voice to the global community. From foodies & fashionistas to political junkies and Live from the scene, they all gather to learn what is new! hot! now! in the world of media.
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Breakfast spread for the early birds at NMX
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New Media Expo welcomes bloggers (that’s us)
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Renegades Write the Rules book was our check in swag
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#NMx -New Media Expo – WordPress Booth Bunz models tshirt
Did I mention there were parties?
Live from the show floor: Many other shows take advantage of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) being in Vegas. Among those are New Media Expo, a conference for bloggers, podcasters, citizen journalists aka everyone on twitter. ATT Developers Conference that includes a 24 hour hackathon – and that doesn’t mean for 24 hours they are going to hack all of the wifi in Vegas although I am pretty sure they can. No a hackathon is like Comic Con for those who are even geekier to develop Aps to be used on the ATT platform which only means every other platform is going to have them as well. Great prizes though. Almost makes me wish I’d paid attention in science class.
 The Hackathon looks like a porn convention or Comic Con session  Rear of the room for the 24 hour hackathon  My seat mates modeling their Necomini Brain Wave ears
Nov. 4-7, 2012. International Test Conference (ITC) is, we understand, the world’s premier conference dedicated to the electronic testing of devices, boards and systems, covering the complete cycle from design verification, test, diagnosis, failure analysis and back to process and design improvement. At ITC, test and design professionals can confront the challenges the industry faces, and learn how these challenges are being addressed by the combined efforts of academia, design tool and equipment suppliers, designers, and test engineers. ITC is known around the world for its robust technical dialog. Over the course of the event, respected researchers, academics and industry experts presented the results of their work and applied knowledge on a variety of topics for test and design engineers and practitioners. Just as well, since these are “testing times”…
In continuing the trend from 2010 forward, G2E – the annual event that is every thing gambling was earlier this month, held at the Sands Convention Center. So many blinging lights – so little time. But if ever there was an industry that is better off in 2012 than in 2008 – it’s the gaming industry. There was a great social media seminar and always get good takeaway information. Thanks to Masterminds for sponsoring the tweet up.
Our biggest take-away was the implementation of hand held devices in the casino experience. Sports books are the 1st to take on online gaming but in the next 3-5 years (or sooner) slot machines will be replaced by the nextGen ipad (or tablet equivalent)
WMS gaming introduced a number of new pop culture centered slot machines including the KISS brand lead by the Demon & StarChild, Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley (who looked amazingly good for having lost his mom 2 days before the ribbon cutting, may she RIP) Kiss nation was out in force or at least hired models dressed as KISS were.
Automatic bingo is the next big floor game. No longer requiring a huge room with blue hair’d grammas hoping to hit it big on the 16 card sheets in front of them, an electronic version will be rolled out to casino floors very soon. Where will they put all the trolls & charms.
Hopefully once the G2E contract is up, they will move out of the Sands and into either Mandalay or Caesars which is much more trade show friendly.
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Kiss front men: Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley cut the ribbon for G2E
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Playing the new Kiss Machines
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Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley at the WMS Kiss booth
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Bingo: It’s not just for Grandma
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Booth Bunz for Girls
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Booth Bunny Show girls for boys
June 3-6, 2012. DAC 2012 is the Design Automation Conference, and it’s apparently the premier event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, not to mention EDA and silicon solutions. DAC featured a wide array of technical presentations, as well as encounters with the leading electronics design suppliers. A keynoter made a case for getting more formal design techniques. “Today formal verification is stuck on the side of the design process as an optional extra to be run by a specialist, rather than something embedded deeply in the design process. Without this we are stuck with constrained random and burning computer and verification engineer cycles”. Absolutely NOT what you want to get stuck with, concurred well-informed members of the audience, who were horrified at the idea of having to deal with a burning computer…
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