The CES 2015 Innovation report covers key trends in consumer electronics based on a one-week investigation during the event:
100 companies booth visited
20 interviews of executives conducted
Note:
The report highlights topics of interest of Keley’s clients and doesn’t aim to cover all domains exhaustively
The present document, is copyrighted material
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Introduction
Benjamin Hannache,
Partner, Keley
@BenjaminH
About this report
The CES 2015 Innovation report covers key
trends in consumer electronics based on a
one-week investigation during the event:
• 100 companies booth visited
• 20 interviews of executives conducted
Note:
• The report highlights topics of interest of
Keley’s clients and doesn’t aim to cover all
domains exhaustively
• The present document, is copyrighted
material
For in-depth analysis or specific requests,
contact us.
About Keley Consulting
Keley Consulting is an omnichannel CRM and
internet consultancy firm. Our mission is to
help clients strengthen their market leadership
through digital technology
The world is changing fast thanks to digital
technology. Keley Consulting helps businesses
change in order to develop and consolidate
their leadership.
Contact us via:
• Web: www.keley-consulting.com
• Tel: 00 33 1 80 48 26 20
• Email: contact@keley-consulting.com
Main contacts:
• Pierre Guimard, CEO
• Benjamin Hannache, Partner
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D scanning and printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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Connected home / Sense
• Sense markets “Mother”, a hub that connects to reusable sensors, called “cookies”
• The company is based in France and counts 12 employees
• Its unique selling proposition: sensors can be attached to anything (doors, drugs, cars…)
• Price: $290 for the Hub, $150 for 3 cookies
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• Remote systems for the connected home
• Dozens of connected objects are compatible (TVs, lights…)
• Allows users to create “activities” which combine multiple commands. Eg: “Welcome friends” > “switch the light on,
turn the music on, change temperature (…)”
Connected home / Logitech Harmony
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• Netatmo provides a range of connected sensors: thermostat, camera, anemometer
• The company’s positioning lies in style and simplicity: one object per function
Connected home / Netatmo 1/2
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• Announced during the CES: a camera which tracks faces that pass by. Data is transmitted in real time to a mobile app,
enabling to monitor who is at home in real time, based on facial recognition.
• The camera can transmit small videos when people arrive at home
• The company has developed its own facial recognition technology for this product
Connected home / Netatmo 2/2
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• A bed that monitors children’s quality of sleep
• Data is shown on a dedicated app
Connected home / SleepIQ kids
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• Smart Things offers a full range of connected objects supervised by a dedicated hub
• A sensor that monitors water leak is part of the range
Connected home / Smart Things
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Connected home
• Vendors fight to become the hub of the connected home
• Manufacturers provide rule engines or connectivity to rule engines to let
customers create scenarios. eg: “when I come home, certain lights are
turned on and my favorite music starts”.
• Logitech Harmony allows connection to IFTT to create scenarios
• Provided APIs will allow access by third party developers
• More and more use cases are covered
• The main use case remains security, followed by lighting control &
temperature management, both related to power savings
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D scanning and printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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Displays – TVs / Sharp
• The first 8K TV on the market, by Sharp with a 85” screen
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Displays / LG
• A 105” screen TV by LG: its curved screen facilitates viewing
• It has an IPS system
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Displays – VR headsets / OSVR
• An Open Source Virtual Reality headset
• A version for developers is available for $200
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Displays: TVs and Virtual Reality headsets
• TV formats keep going so much larger that makers have to curve them for
customers comfort of vision
• Range of 4K TVs expands. The first 8K TV has been presented by Sharp,
which will certainly be a challenge for the video signal transport
• OSVR: an open source VR headset for $200
• Many vendors appear on the market of VR headsets, main use cases
shown at the CES remains gaming, followed by professional applications
such as medicine or engineering
• Samsung let customers use a mobile phone as a screen for its Virtual
Reality headset
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D scanning and printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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TV boxes and services – Synology
• Synology: A wide range of apps is now available within the NAS
• Ports’ speed up to 1930 MO/S
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TV boxes and services – TiVo
• TiVo 24 TO, to record up to “5,000 DVDs”
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TV boxes and services – Cisco Ad solutions
• Multiscreen advertising tracking
• Visualization tool
• Ad replacement for PVR (Personal Video Recorder)
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TV boxes and services – Eyesight
• Eyesight provides a device composed of a camera and a LCD screen that let the user control TV with his hand
• Various gestures are recognized and mapped to common functions such as adjusting volume or zapping channels
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TV boxes and services – Plex
• Plex integrates with Android: clients can install applications from the TV play store
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TV boxes and services – Dune HD
• One of the smallest set top boxes
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TV boxes and services – Wyplay
• Wyplay tracks programs on social medias
• TV can be controlled by iPad
• Android apps can be launched from the set top box
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TV boxes and services
• TV boxes are turned into connected objects hubs
• Android technology is being deployed on a large set of boxes either
running in sandboxed environments or becoming the box OS
• More and more devices let users control TV with gestures or with Ipad /
mobiles
• Video streams can be switched seamlessly between TV, smartphones and
iPads
• Ad replacement for Personal Video Recorder
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D Scanning and Printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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Wearables – Swarovski
• Luxury accessories are now coupled with activity tracker
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Wearables – Flylink
• Flylink provides cheap wearables connected objects
• Price range: from $13 to $18 for 2000 units
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Wearables – Flyfit
• Flyfit tracks the ankle: better tracking when swimming
• The devices is sold from $90
• $120K of crowd funding to support the initiative
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Wearables – SmokeWatchers
• Stop smoking with an app: a social network
• Connected battery for e Cigarette
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Wearables – Withings
• New this year: smart watches designed by Withings
• According to them, watches will replace smart bands
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Wearables – Humetrix
• Tensio provides a service to store medical records and make them available to third parties through API’s
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Wearables, mobile health
• 40% of physicians use mobile apps as part of care (US survey)
• The top adoption driver is the lack of time with patients during
consultations: mobile apps enable communication outside
• Health practitioners do not know how to charge. Some of them offer
subscription based models (e.g. 300 dollars a year for messaging)
• Some vendors, such as Withings, believe that smart bands will disappear
because consumers do not want to wear a new accessory. It leads them to
create smart watches, and soon to equip other brands’ watches
• The Shenzhen region in China, where most electronic equipment is built
can now produce smart bands at $13: the market becomes saturated
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D Scanning and Printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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Automotive – Sharp FFD
• Free Form Display board
• Low power and high resolution device
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Automotive – VOXX Car Connection 2.0
• Car remote control
• Link with insurance plan to save money on your plan
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Automotive – Audi
• Audi integrated a map directly in the dashboard
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Automotive – Gentex Homelink
• The link between the “connected car” and the “connected home” Homelink provides a way to interact with home
automation appliances from the car: open garage door, change temperature (…)
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Automotive – Control by Volkswagen
• New system controlling with gestures
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Automotive – Control by Volkswagen
Auto Pilot car
• Manufacturers offer dual screens for better user experience on premium vehicles
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Automotive - Kenwood
• Performance and safety remains the main topic for the connected car, manufacturers facilitate connectivity with
Android devices
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Automotive - Voxx
Auto Pilot car
• Main development areas are display and sensors
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Automotive
• Main topic of developments remain performance and security with sensors
and cameras
• Drivers can now control car functions by hands
• The connected car and the connected home are being integrated
• Self driving cars are more and more autonomous and travel long rides (550
miles or 885 km)
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D Scanning and Printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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3D scanning and printing / 3D Scan Artec Group
• Camera moves around the body and captures it in 3D
• 3D printers can then print a realistic model of yourself
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3D scanning and printing / 3D Scan Artec Group
• Camera moves around the body and captures it in 3D
• 3D printers can then print a realistic model of yourself
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Connected home / Fuel 3D
• A rapid 3D scanner (less than 20 seconds to perform a facial scan)
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Connected home / Makerbot
• Main topics: compact 3d printers, new composite materials
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3D scanning and printing
3D Scanners:
• 3D full body scanner: beyond figurines, helpful for e-commerce
• Rapid 3D scan: helpful for Eyewear, Haircuts, Beauty…
3D printing:
• 3D printing: new materials tested such as Wood / plastic composite
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D Scanning and Printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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Robots and drones / Ecovacs
• The company “Ecovacs Robotics” won an innovative robot “the raybot” that washes solar panels
• “Benebot”, presented on the picture is a shopping assistant, able to converse with customers. It can display
information on its LCD Screen
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Robots and drones / Double Robotics
• A telepresence robot controlled by iPad
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Robots and drones
• A humanoid Robot by Toshiba able to communicate orally and display physical response (facial movements, hands…)
• According to the manufacturer, the first commercial application would be welcoming guests in companies
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Robots and drones / Furo-D
• The robot speaks 30 languages
• It can identify its spokesperson via a facial recognition system
• Retail price: €46,000 / rental price: €1,700 for one day
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Robots and drones / Ory Laboratory
• A robot that helps handicapped people interact with the World
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Robots and drones / Beam Pro
• Telepresence robots controlled by an iPad
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Robots and drones / Beam Pro
• Telepresence robots controlled by an iPad
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Drones / Parrot Sense fly Exom
• The main use case of the robot is for agriculture
• Innovation: the robot integrates ultrasound, resistance, HD video
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Drones / Parrot
• Main applications of the “Be Bop” drone: Surveillance, Cinema
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Drones / Parrot
• Main areas of development: lift heavier elements, including HD cameras, increase range
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Drones / Parrot
• Main areas of development: lift heavier elements, including HD cameras, increase range
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Robots and drones
Robots, major trends:
• Robots become shopping assistants
Drones, major trends:
• Lift heavier weights
• Increased security
• Sensing the environment with ultra sounds
• HD video
• Increased distance
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D Scanning and Printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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Other categories / IO Hawk smart wheels
• An electric small vehicle for
• Price: $1,800
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Other categories / Acton rocket
• Funded on Kickstarter: electric rollerskates
• Price: $300
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Other categories / Boogie Board
• Boogie Board is a new kind of tablet: when the user writes on it, a trace is visible on the tablet and the drawing can be
stored digitally on an iPad
• JOT 8.5 inches, Price: €30
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Other categories / Prynt
• Prynt: new generation of polaroid financed by Kickstarter
• Compatible with iPhone 5/6 and Galaxy S5/S6
• Preorder: $99
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Other categories / Trew
• Trew mobile keyboard with gyroscope and Bluetooth connectivity
• Preorder on prelaunch available at $19
• Finalist best of CES 2014
• Battery life: 15 hours
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1. Connected Home
2. Displays: TVs and VR Headsets
3. TV boxes and services
4. Wearables, mobile health
5. Automotive
6. 3D Scanning and Printing
7. Robots and Drones
8. Other categories
9. Contact information
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Benjamin Hannache,
Partner, Keley
@BenjaminH
About this report
The CES 2015 Innovation report covers key
trends in consumer electronics based on a one-
week investigation during the event:
• 100 companies’ booth visited
• 20 interviews of executives conducted
Note:
• This report, is copyrighted material.
• This report highlights topics of interest of
Keley’s clients and doesn’t aim to cover all
domains exhaustively
For in-depth analysis or specific requests,
contact us.
About Keley Consulting
Keley Consulting is an omnichannel CRM and
internet consultancy firm. Our mission is to
help clients strengthen their market leadership
through digital technology
The world is changing fast thanks to digital
technology. Keley Consulting helps businesses
change in order to develop and consolidate
their leadership.
Contact us via:
• Web: www.keley-consulting.com
• Tel: 00 33 1 80 48 26 20
• Email: contact@keley-consulting.com
Main contacts:
• Pierre Guimard, CEO
• Benjamin Hannache, Partner