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VOLUME 33-04 July/August 2017 LCACE.ORG
It’s Innovation Time
Best of Innovation Honorees for CES 2017
winner, I have picked six I think will interest
By Lou Torraca, President, MOAA-The TUG, Ha- you. Next time, I’ll cover another six in different
waii categories. To give you an idea of how these
Around Hawaii, Oceanic Time Warner Cable
http://www.aroundhawaii.com/lifestyle/innovation- winners are chosen, here are the criteria the
time-vegas/ judges use:
www.the-tug.org
· Engineering qualities
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) · Aesthetic and design qualities
producer of the Consumer Electronics Show · The product’s intended use/function
(CES), the world’s gathering place for all who and user value. For Tech for a Better
thrive on the business of consumer technolo- World entries, this also includes how it
gies, announced the Best of Innovation Hon- can make a positive impact to the quali-
orees for CES 2017. The annual CES Innova- ty of life for its users, or those affected
tion Awards honors outstanding product de- by its use.
sign and engineering across 28 product cate- · Why the product deserves the Innova-
gories. The show, in January, annually attracts tion Award, including specifics regard-
around 150,000 folks to Las Vegas, who rep- ing its unique/novel features and fea-
resent consumers, company CEOs, venture tures that consumers would find attrac-
capital money folks as well as a huge contin- tive
gent of media who document it all. With 28 · How the design and innovation of this
categories, you can imagine how much time it product directly compare to other prod-
takes to see it all. Since each category picks a ucts in the marketplace And here are
thewinners in six of the categories
Our August meeting at the
Grayslake Public Library will be
presented by our president,
Phil Bock.
The subject is going to be "Digital
Afterlife", which I think will be
quite interesting for all of us.
uBolt, an innovative and unique multi-factor
authentication personal identity wearable de-
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