WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:06.879 Is Michael Garfield. 2 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:07.759 Michael Garfield. 3 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:09.199 Michael Garfields joining. 4 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:10.439 In the high Tech Texan. 5 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:12.119 Michael Garfield is here. 6 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:13.320 With a high tech Texan. 7 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.000 I also make life easier technology and Michael Garfield has 8 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:19.920 something you might want. 9 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans. Three decades helping 10 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:37.240 you make magic with your gadgets, heard worldwide on the 11 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:42.439 iHeartRadio Actors. Now your high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield. 12 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:48.320 Well here we are one of the first broadcast of 13 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:54.479 twenty twenty five and arguably my biggest and busiest radio show. 14 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:57.240 Here high Tech text and Michael Garfield and I am 15 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:02.240 not in my normal studio in Texas. I am in 16 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.760 one of my favorite cities across the country, Las Vegas. People, 17 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:08.959 because you know it, this is the big week the 18 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:13.280 Big cees. Used to be called the Consumer Electronic Show, 19 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.920 but apparently they just want to shorten it to the acronyms. 20 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.680 We will be here all two hours doing all tech. 21 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:22.359 But the funny thing is, and don't turn this off yet, 22 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.319 it is more than a technology show. It's it's kind 23 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:28.959 of evolved over so many years, like my brand has, 24 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:32.799 it's it's consumer lifestyle. I am on the Las Vegas 25 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.480 Convention show floor and the official and I'm getting for 26 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.560 CLEMP when I say this, the official high tech text 27 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:42.319 in broadcast studio for gosh, probably at least a dozen, 28 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.120 dozen and a half years. The nice folks at CEES 29 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:48.879 they have built a little booth for me. Actually it's 30 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:50.840 a pretty nice sized. Hell oh, I can probably hit 31 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:54.760 a golf ball in here, but this is where everything happens, 32 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.799 and I'm right next to me. There's there's Fox Business, 33 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:03.400 There's CNBC, there's BBC. There's about five thousand media members 34 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:08.120 from across the world covering pretty much every new gadget 35 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.840 product that is being released or thinking about being released 36 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:15.560 in twenty twenty five. That odds are you may salivate, 37 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.439 you may think it's neat, but you probably don't need it, 38 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:20.319 and you may not be able to afford it. But 39 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:23.800 that's the fun that I'm covering. I have been doing 40 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:26.879 it for twenty three years now, that as long as 41 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:29.120 as my brand has been around of the high tech 42 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:32.240 texts in and I'm gonna give you the certainly the sounds, 43 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:34.000 and if you want to see the sites, you actually 44 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.199 can go to my Instagram with a lot of my 45 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:42.759 social media high tech t XA and high tech texts. 46 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:47.039 And I have been here most all week, and I've 47 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.960 met a lot of companies. I have played with some 48 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.479 of these gadgets and toys that and I'm gonna be 49 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:55.120 honest with you, and I think this is why a 50 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:58.360 lot of listeners and viewers out there, i'd like to 51 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:02.120 think have at least a little respect. I'm kind of jaded. 52 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.560 I've done this so long. I've seen so many things 53 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:09.039 from the advent of digital TV and high definition TVs 54 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:12.080 and the Blu Ray and everything back twenty years ago. 55 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.080 It takes a lot to impress me. It takes a 56 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:16.759 lot for me to look at a product or a 57 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:19.680 service or whatever is being launched here and say, you know, 58 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.520 this is the coolest thing. Oh my gosh. Everybody has 59 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.759 to run out of get it. But that's good because 60 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.199 you don't need to waste your heart earned money on 61 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:31.639 things that look neat that you're maybe used once or 62 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:33.879 twice and you'll never use again. Think of it as 63 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.560 a waffle maker or a waffle iron. Oh honey, we 64 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:38.560 need this for the kitchen. You buy a waffle iron, 65 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.000 you maybe get it for your wedding or something. You 66 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:42.960 use it once or twice and you never see it again. 67 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.840 I'm not that and so I really evaluate products like 68 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.919 I always have. Is this something that can enhance your life? 69 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.080 And there's a difference between the word want and the 70 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:58.280 word need. We want a lot of things. We want 71 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.479 do we need a lot of things? And I this 72 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:04.120 is how I raised my three kids, and when I 73 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:05.800 talk to people all the time, there's a differ between 74 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:07.639 one and need. Oh my goodness, look at this laptop. 75 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.960 Look at this transparent TV. Look at this new uh 76 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.840 you know these headphones and earphones that are the size 77 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:17.480 of you know, probably you know, less than your pinky, 78 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:21.639 and you can't they they're neat. You may want them. 79 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.120 Can you afford a lot of this stuff? You're gonna 80 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:26.279 lose these things? And why is it better than some 81 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.279 of the products that you already have? Now this pertains 82 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.000 also to cars. Now you know, I'm a big car 83 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.480 an automobile guy. See. Yes, over the years, it's kind 84 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:35.720 of turned into a de facto auto show. There are 85 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:38.720 a lot of manufacturers here on the show floor which 86 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:41.720 I've stopped by and I still will. Obviously, you think 87 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:45.199 of evs. There's electric vehicles everywhere, but now there's hybrid's. 88 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:47.360 Hybrids are coming back, and I actually did see some 89 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:50.879 gas powered vehicles too. But it's also the the the 90 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.240 ancillary markets. You know, if you have an EV well 91 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:56.240 you need a charger at home, Well, there's several, many, 92 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:58.839 many different charging companies, and you know, is this gonna 93 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.040 be a rapid charger and is this something that you 94 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:03.519 can do it yourself? And you know, how does this work? 95 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:06.519 And there's autonomous vehicles. And so I'm here to really 96 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.399 kind of decipher and kind of give you a lot 97 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.000 of the fun things, but also some you know, really 98 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:14.639 serious advice. And so I'm gonna throw out you know, 99 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:17.560 the number that we usually throw out, and if you 100 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.879 want to get into the uh the phone call, Hey, Michael, 101 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.480 I saw this hit on CNN. Did you happen to 102 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.279 go buy this you know booth? Because we're more than 103 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:29.399 happy to because I you know, if I have some time, 104 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:32.519 I want to run by that booth and give you 105 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:35.639 the information. So one of the easiest way to hit me, 106 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.639 obviously is to go to my website, which is high 107 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.319 Tech Texting dot Com, which is h I G H 108 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.480 T E C h T E x A N. That's 109 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.079 one of the ways to do it, and you can, 110 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.040 you know, you can go that way, but you can 111 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.240 also here call the old Studio show and I'll give 112 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:53.480 you that number quite simply. It is seven one three 113 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.319 two one two five nine five. Oh, and I will 114 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.079 go check this thing out. I will tell you this 115 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:02.560 before we take our first I brought, like I usually 116 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.680 do every year, I brought three extra suitcases. I am 117 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.439 not kidding you, little fold up suitcases. Because when I 118 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.720 meet a lot of these companies and I tell them 119 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:12.439 what I do, and I'm very fortunate because a lot 120 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:14.439 of them know me and I get all the press releases, 121 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.600 they give me some demo gear. You know, they may 122 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:20.199 not just you know, maybe it's a choch key. I mean, 123 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.639 no one cares about key chains and things. But I 124 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:27.920 have got headphones and earbuds and smart watches. And they said, hey, Michael, 125 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:29.959 we want to do some giveaways on your radio show, 126 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:32.560 but more importantly on your social media. And so this 127 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:36.279 is why you need to follow my social media specifically, yes, 128 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:37.920 if you want to hit me on x which is 129 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.680 high tech text, but also all the videos that I'm posting, 130 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.319 all the videos that I'm posting on my Instagram. I'm 131 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:47.439 a big Instagram guy, right about fifty thousand followers. I'm 132 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.199 gonna give away a lot of this stuff on Instagram. 133 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.040 I'm gonna show it off and have a contest. All 134 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.839 you really need to do is like it. Just say 135 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:57.680 I want it, Michael, this is cool. I need it, 136 00:06:57.720 --> 00:06:59.319 And if you say need, you better give me a 137 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.079 real reason why you actually need it. But I got 138 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:04.720 three suitcases, and luckily I'm on Southwest. I'm i just 139 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:06.600 have to pay for one of these suitcases because I'm 140 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:09.639 going to get two suitcases free. By the way, Southwest Airlines, 141 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.079 thank you. A list preferred if you're interested in partnering 142 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.920 or sponsoring the show, I am your guy. Since I'm 143 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:18.079 based in Texas and heard and the three cities that 144 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.279 you started in. That's right. Shout out to Dallas, the 145 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.600 Mighty Mighty eleven ninety, big Time Houston, which I've been 146 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.079 in for twenty three years, KPRC nine to fifty AM, 147 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:32.480 and San Antonio, WOAI. It's the Texas Triangle. Southwest Airlines started. 148 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:34.519 They got me out here, I'm gonna get them back. 149 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.000 Let's do a little partnership, my friends. A lot of 150 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:39.360 partnership opportunities and a lot of fun stuff to come, 151 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:41.920 So keep it right here. If you miss some of 152 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.360 the show podcast that you download the iHeartRadio app and 153 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:48.040 then you can hear the entire show, probably the history 154 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:49.959 of going back twenty years and you can see how 155 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:53.560 this show, the CEES Show has involved not so much 156 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:56.120 talking about TVs and things, but there's a lot of 157 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.879 other neat products in the consumer space that you're going 158 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:02.920 to be interested in. So keep it right here. Michael Garfield, 159 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:23.680 Las Vegas Convinson Center at my twenty third CES. Ahead 160 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:26.800 of it is Michael Garfield in Las Vegas where the 161 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:30.600 annual CES you speak called Consumer Electronic Show, but we've 162 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:34.120 just used the acronym right now. I'm already tired of walking. 163 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:36.840 I mean, I've spent the past several days just walking. 164 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.120 I've got the shoes. But there's so many things to see. 165 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.759 If you're a longtime lister of my show. This twenty 166 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:44.039 third year, I've been doing this, and you know, I 167 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:45.840 may be a little jaded about some of the things 168 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.039 that I see with ooh and ahs, but it's always 169 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:51.759 nice having someone else's perspective opinion. And this time I'm 170 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:53.840 going all the way to the top. I'm bringing in 171 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.080 and actually a representative from CES. He's one of the 172 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:59.159 spokespeople for CES. His name is Ed Frank. He is 173 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:01.639 joining me and over under the number of steps that 174 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:03.240 you plan to take on a daily basis here. 175 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:06.519 At CES yesterday I took about eighteen thousand steps, and 176 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:08.360 I think that's average. I have this in my third 177 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.039 one and I average about eighteen thousand steps a day, 178 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:14.799 so nine miles time six days. Like I get in 179 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:16.159 my steps on this everybody does. 180 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.200 It's great marathon triding. At the top of the show, 181 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:21.360 I started out giving some of the general numbers, and 182 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:24.480 I remember coming here two decades plus. The show has 183 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.120 only gotten bigger and bigger and bigger, and it's international. Whatsoever. 184 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:30.320 Compare it to last year. Give me some of the 185 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.559 numbers for the last year, maybe what you can expect 186 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:32.919 this year. 187 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:34.840 So last year we had about one hundred and thirty 188 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:40.159 eight thousand attendees. This year registration is up. Obviously, we 189 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:41.639 don't know how many are going to show up, if 190 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.279 snowstorms are going to affect attendance at all, but we 191 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:47.360 expect a great turnout, a great year. We've got about 192 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.440 four thousand, five hundred exhibitors over about two point five 193 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:53.240 million square feet of space that comes out to about 194 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:55.200 forty three American football fields. 195 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.279 Of exhibits, it seems like, listen, that's one hundred and 196 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:00.679 thirty eight thousand people. This is one, But obviously it's 197 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.639 the largest technology show in the world, which is I 198 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.399 just you know, love coming over here. Other than the 199 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.879 gambling and the food too, which is always fun, a 200 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:09.600 lot of media too. And you guys really and I 201 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.759 want to thank you and Pam and everybody in the 202 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:13.679 staff because you know, you build this nice radio and 203 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.159 TV booth for me. But there's coverage. I'm walking with 204 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:18.679 the BBC is next door to me, and there's Fox, 205 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.039 and there's CNBC. I mean, the coverage is amazing because 206 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:23.039 I guess companies really want to see what the trends are. 207 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.519 Yeah. Absolutely, we have about four to five thousand registered 208 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.200 media here this year. We've got attendees from about over 209 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.600 one hundred and fifty different countries. I think airlines have 210 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:36.519 added over ninety international flights to get into Vegas for this. 211 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.440 So yeah, last year, forty percent of the on the 212 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:41.399 attendees were from outside the US. 213 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:43.720 Continues to surprise me. As we talked to Ed Frank, 214 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.559 Ed is with cees. Now here comes the fun stuff. 215 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:48.639 Now I've already seen and met, I've had one on 216 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:50.480 one meetings, and you know some things are you know, 217 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.679 they're laughing. Are they ever going to come to fruition? 218 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:55.039 Some companies here just trying to raise money, trying to 219 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:58.240 get awareness. But I'm always looking at trends. People want 220 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:00.159 to know, Hey, Michael, what's going to be the hot thing? 221 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:02.279 What do you see? And I go back to man, 222 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:04.440 I remember digital TV and high definition was the thing 223 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:06.519 back in the early two thousands. I remember Blu ray 224 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:08.679 was back in the day of the Let's look at 225 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.240 twenty twenty five. What do you see are some of 226 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:12.759 the trends here on the show floor? 227 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:17.200 Well, no surprise, AI is everywhere you can look. But 228 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.440 I think one thing that's changed since last year, at least, 229 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:23.000 you know by my observation, is you know, last year 230 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:26.440 there was a lot of talk aboutative. Generative AI was new, 231 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:29.000 chat GPT was new, and that was the hot thing. 232 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.960 And I think this year, seeing you're seeing a lot 233 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:34.240 more about the consolidation of AI and you may not 234 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:38.080 even see it in different products, but it's expanding dramatically. 235 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:40.080 You know, one product I saw at Media Days the 236 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:44.399 other night was sort of like a Bluetooth had my 237 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.440 you know, earpod kind of deal. And you can go 238 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.720 back and forth through the app and have real time 239 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:53.720 conversations and it's instantly translated. So if you have business 240 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:56.600 partners in other countries, you can both wear this and 241 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:01.080 have basically a conversation translated instantly. You know, you can 242 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.039 hear it in your ear. You can also see the 243 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:06.679 translation on the app in real time pretty much from 244 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:08.639 any language into any other language. 245 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:11.000 And as I continue to talk about AI and I 246 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.320 try to describe AI over the past years, so people 247 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:15.559 are afraid of it, and I don't know, I'm not 248 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:17.039 so sure they should be afraid of it, but they 249 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:19.519 just don't understand it because it's not something that we 250 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:21.600 can touch and we can feel a lot of people, 251 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:24.840 you know, they'll say, hey, Michael, did you get a phone? 252 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:27.320 Or what's the TV like? Or did you get earbuds? 253 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.080 I mean, they're tangible items. This is artificial intelligence that 254 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:32.559 has just built into everything. And you know, literally you know, 255 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:34.240 my eyes, you know, just go left or right. There's 256 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:36.600 banners over here, AI infused. There's AI in here that 257 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:39.600 you really can't see but you talk specifically about these earbuds. 258 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.000 I've seen a number of these earbud translators, which you know, 259 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:45.840 you talk about a paradigm shift. Listen, kids nowadays they 260 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:47.759 may not even have to take a foreign language because 261 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:49.840 this helps. And so you do have to be a 262 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.360 little weary when it comes to AI. How about another 263 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.279 one or two things you've just seen. 264 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.919 In terms of trends, there's a big focus on longevity 265 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.919 and that comes down to digital health, smart owned devices, 266 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:04.799 food tech Wellness Solutions. LG had a good presentation at 267 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:08.759 Media Days yesterday and they went through an entire day, 268 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:10.759 you know, like from the time that you wake up. 269 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:13.480 They have a hub, you know, and they're smart home 270 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:17.159 devices and you can find out what the temperature is. 271 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:19.600 It'll tell you, hey, it's five degrees warmer than it 272 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:22.480 was yesterday. Maybe you don't need the jacket. Your mom, 273 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:25.039 you know, we monitor her health and she had a 274 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:27.440 bit of a sleepless night and her blood pressure may 275 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:29.200 have been up a little bit. I want to check 276 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:32.919 in on her, you know, driving to work, it made 277 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.879 your car may say, you know, yeah, your heart beat 278 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:37.639 is a little bit elevated. You might want to calm 279 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:40.759 down at the next red light, you can stop for coffee, 280 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:42.600 but maybe you don't want to stop for coffee if 281 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.840 you're you know, So it's it's they show how all 282 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:47.639 of this is going on throughout the day behind the scenes. 283 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:50.639 Even one of you know, they have a smart dryer 284 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.759 and it can you know, you're not ready to take 285 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:55.039 the stuff out of the dryer, and they're like, do 286 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:56.960 you want us to just like fluff it so it 287 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.279 doesn't get wrinkled throughout the day, so that when you 288 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.919 get home from work and you can do that. So 289 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.480 it's like all of these things are interconnected now, and 290 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:05.159 that's that's a big focus. 291 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.639 Making us live longer and saving lives one company at 292 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:10.759 a time. And if personally, again, over two decades that 293 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:13.320 I've been here, if I've seen a category to just 294 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.120 incredibly expand in terms of actually show floor space here 295 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:19.360 at Las Vegas Covich Center, it is digital health. I mean, yes, 296 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.039 we've seen all the watches that do can you tell 297 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:24.399 us our blood pressure? And you know in what our 298 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.039 SPO two is and how many steps that we take. 299 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:29.559 But now there's digital scales and then it's led to 300 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.639 you know, the utensils like I've seen smart hair dryers. 301 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:34.600 I'm not kidding you. I've lost kind of how many 302 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.559 smart truth brush companies that are out there. They really 303 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:40.639 really are. Cars are very prevalent over here too, and 304 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.399 it's not just your typical cars, but obviously there's evs 305 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.879 and there's ev charging type of things. And this to 306 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:48.080 me is CS has almost turned into a de facto 307 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.600 car show. 308 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:50.840 It's turned into one of the largest car shows in 309 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:54.320 the world. And even in addition to that, there are 310 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:57.000 segments that you may not think of as tech, Like 311 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:00.559 John Deere has a huge presence here, and they talked 312 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:04.159 about their autonomous They have a second generation of autonomous 313 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:09.080 tractors and sprayers for you know, sort of like citrus 314 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:12.159 and nut you know, farms and stuff like that. And 315 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:14.960 so you know, they've they've expanded their technology from what 316 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.639 they've unveiled two years ago, and these things can now 317 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:19.480 they have more sensors, they have they have light ar, 318 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.399 they have more cameras, and so they can go forty 319 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.879 percent faster and they're completely automated. 320 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.399 Talking to Ed Frankie as a spokesperson for CEES as 321 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:31.039 we broadcast here at the Las Vegas Convention Center, I'll 322 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.240 let you go after this because I know you've got 323 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:34.360 a lot of show floor walking. It's not so much 324 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:36.519 it's called the Consumer Electronic Show, but there's also a 325 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.120 lot of business going on. And obviously there are things 326 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:41.480 behind the scenes that make consumer run. And this is 327 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.559 like everything from energy and there's battery power and things 328 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:47.279 like that. And I'm seeing a lot of this stuff 329 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.840 on the floor. Is that it's sort of a train 330 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.159 going on. 331 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:52.320 Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, everybody, when you sort of 332 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.600 get a picture in your head of CEES, you think 333 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:57.120 of like the robots and the drones and the huge 334 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:01.159 screen TVs and the smart monitors. But business is done here. 335 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:03.919 This is where business is done. More than one third 336 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:06.720 of the attendees here or at the VP level or above. 337 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.279 The average executive holds about twenty nine meetings at CEES. 338 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:14.080 And you know, ninety four percent of CES exhibitors say 339 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:17.120 their annual sales are influenced by CES. A good friend 340 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:19.039 of mine works for a large hotel chain and he 341 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.159 comes to this every year because he wants to find 342 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.679 out about the latest, you know, more or less smart 343 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.879 home technology that they can use in their rooms, whether 344 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:28.720 it comes to TV, how it all connects with the 345 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:31.480 lighting system, the temperature system, and so he comes here 346 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.919 every year and he finds out the latest technology. He 347 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.879 meets with those companies and you know, theoretically makes deals 348 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.480 for you know, a lot of hotel rooms around the country, a. 349 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:42.559 Lot of business happening. Okay, Lett, I'm give you one more. 350 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:44.480 We got about thirty more seconds. Craziest thing that you 351 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.559 see him the show for just just outline. It's just 352 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:47.600 odd that people would like. 353 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:49.399 Well, I don't know if it's outlandish or od but 354 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.879 I did run across something called tombot, and there's a 355 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.720 pretty good story behind it. The developer it doesn't start 356 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:57.960 off so good. His mom had Alzheimer's disease and is 357 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:01.039 no longer able to take care of the her beloved dog. 358 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:05.799 So he basically created an extremely lifelike lab yellow lab 359 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:09.160 puppy robot that doesn't walk around, it doesn't jump in 360 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:12.519 circles and everything. It's just more of a calming device 361 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:16.480 for people with Alzheimer's or depression or PTSD, and the 362 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.559 thing is really lifelike. I kind of wanted to take 363 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.759 one home just for myself. 364 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.319 I saw it, I tell you what, I was walking 365 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:23.480 through another kind of a pre media show. I saw 366 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:25.519 this thing and there was this laying in a dog bed. 367 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.240 I'm like, I can't believe there actually the dogs in here. 368 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:30.720 It was so lifelike, but it just sat there. It's cute. 369 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:32.480 It didn't go to the bathroom. You don't need to 370 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:34.559 feed the thing. That's the type of dog. I like, 371 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:36.519 this is what you're gonna see here at CES. 372 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:38.160 And that's what I thought initially. I was like, oh, 373 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:40.200 this is great for a single person who travels a 374 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.359 lot or doesn't have time to walk the dog. But 375 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:45.200 it's a specific purpose. It's a calming mechanism. So it's 376 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.440 kind of health tech for folks who aren't able to 377 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.319 care for a dog but getn't want to get that 378 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.319 emotional support. 379 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:53.559 Everything you need to know about tech and you beyond that. 380 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:55.960 Ed Frank he is a spokesperson with CES. I do 381 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.079 thank you for your time, and I see you've got 382 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:59.799 your step counter watch on and so you know, make 383 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:02.079 sure you know you get to your six plus miles 384 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.599 a day because on a seat. Let's have a contest. 385 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.559 Let's see how more I can do. 386 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:07.119 I'm over five thousand steps already and it's not even 387 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.319 ten fifteen in the morning. 388 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:11.799 Hey, listen, have a great show. 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