Text and video by Josh Kelman
Photos courtesy of Michael Kemper Photography
“What are we doing here?” was probably the question we asked ourselves the most at CES.
“What are they doing here?” came in a close second.
CES (the International Consumer Electronics Show) is the largest trade show in North America. My photographer, Mike, and I made up two of the 140,000 who invaded Las Vegas -- among them vendors, journalists, buyers, members of the industry, celebrities and what-seemed-like-but-might-not-have-been exotic dancers (more on that in a few). Sin City was slammed: Hotel rooms that normally go for $39/night at the Riviera sold for $499/night. Rental car lots were a barren wasteland.
The general public can't buy a ticket to CES -– you have to have some sort of business purpose. Ours was a quest to find the latest tech for sports fans coming this year (see video), but there were plenty of oddities worth sharing. Here's a sampling of our two-day jaunt through CES:
