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Best of Innovation Honorees for CES 2017

By Lou Torraca, President, MOAA-The TUG,
Hawaii
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The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
producer of the Consumer Electronics Show
(CES), the world’s gathering place for all who uBolt, an innovative and unique multi-factor
thrive on the business of consumer technolo- authentication personal identity wearable de-
gies, announced the Best of Innovation Hon- vice combining biometric fingerprint and voice
orees for CES 2017. The annual CES Innova- recordings and a secure element to ensure
tion Awards honors outstanding product design “you are who your say you are” to establish
and engineering across 28 product categories. trust and verifiable confidence in a user identi-
The show, in January, annually attracts around ty.
150,000 folks to Las Vegas, who represent
consumers, company CEOs, venture capital
money folks as well as a huge contingent of COMPUTER PERIPHERALS
media who document it all. With 28 categories,
you can imagine how much time it takes to see
it all. Since each category picks a winner, I
have picked six I think will interest you. Next
time, I’ll cover another six in different catego-
ries. To give you an idea of how these winners
are chosen, here are the criteria the judges
use:
 Engineering qualities
 Aesthetic and design qualities
 The product’s intended use/function and
user value. For Tech for a Better World en-
tries, this also includes how it can make a
positive impact to the quality of life for its
users, or those affected by its use.
 Why the product deserves the Innovation
Award, including specifics regarding its
unique/novel features and features that
consumers would find attractive Predator Z301CT monitor
 How the design and innovation of this prod-
uct directly compare to other products in Acer
the marketplace
The Acer Predator Z301CT is the world’s first
And here are the winners in six of the catego- 21:9 curved monitor with eye-tracking func-
ries tionality.

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