Wow, as long as this week is at CES it also seems to run by very fast. Today I went back to a few of the interesting booths I was at before, and added a few new ones. The repeats were at some of the auto companies – Mercedes-Benz had removed their really cool self driving car, but did have a cool scale model:
I looked a QNX to see what they were doing with Connected Car – and while I don’t like that term, I prefer Connected Vehicle – they are showing a stack like many other companies, the big difference – it’s called Blackberry…
Audi’s self driving car was still in their booth, and it was a pretty sexy vehicle:
I then went to two booths that I had not spent much time at before – iHealth and Lowes Home Improvement. Both of these companies were showcasing connected solutions. iHealth has many of the same solutions as Withings, Connected blood pressure cuffs, connected scales, connected fitness trackers, but they also go into blood glucose monitors. They also leverage Apple’s HealthKit – like Withings. I think many of their devices looked pedestrian, while in my opinion Withings devices look cool.
Lowes was showcasing how to do a connected home with their platform (IRIS). I saw this as a very closed platform, but I am not sure about that… will have to learn more here.