Thurs 1/7/10 - Sun 1/10/10, Elie @
www.AE54.com got a hold of my v2.0 and nearly $7K's worth of Alpine equipment and will be showcasing his work in the Alpine Booth @
www.CESWeb.org . I believe that Tesla Motors will be outside with a Roadster Sport giving rides.
I've been at CES all week (since Jan 5), as press with Getty Images.
JUMPLIVE - Real Time Photo-Video Updates/OffRoad Racing
Flickr photo collection for 2010 CES here:
Collection: 2010 CES
My Macbook Pro is "broken", so I haven't been able to upload my 5D II images for the last few days!!
Most of the above is just cellphone picks uploaded "live" (using Shozu).
The car stuff is in North Hall, I've been there for the last few days. Pioneer has a Lamborghini & Ferrari (from Al & Eds Autosound), the same ones on display at the 2009 LA Auto Show (last month).
I will definitely get to the Alpine booth to check out the Roadster.
Onstar had a Chevy Volt (hybrid) on display, I did an interview & got pics yesterday.
I've spent most of my time at sessions, keynote speeches. I actually met a rep, from 1 of the VC companies for Tesla Motors. As I was on the escalator in South Hall, the guy next to me was a top guy @Wyse Technology(Martin Eberhard's 1st employer after he graduated from UIUC).
Green Tech has a presence @CES 2010, Sanyo was here with their electric bikes. I met the Panasonic COO (Panasonic owns Sanyo), & we had a friendly chat about Tesla Motors. The Roadster uses Panasonic batteies.
Automotive entertainment (on 4 wheels) is a significant market. Ford announced partnership with Pandora (Internet Radio), for Internet access for XXX. The latter being a broadband mobile solution for their cars The Ford CEO (former head of Boeing) made a keynote speech to this effect. Intel's CEO (Fellini) also made a keynote speech, as did Dr. Paul Jacobs, the CEO of Qualcomm.
Entertainment is the "keyword", & Automtoive & Mobile are "access points" for entertainment gadgets. Dr. Larry Smarr (head of UC San Diego's CALIT2)
[ who founded NCSA at UIUC, who toured the lab the Martin & I worked at, AARG/Advanced Automation Research Group @Coordinated Science Laboratory, which led to spinoffs like NCSA Mosaic & Mark Andreesen, et al ]
is funded primarily by Qualcomm. I was looking for ntel's Director of Research (Dr. Andrew Chien, whose dad was Martin's supervisor @AARG). The former CEO of Intel (Andrew Grove) publicly stated that Intel must get involved with manufacture of batteries. This demonstrates the importance of the Emerging Market of Alternative Energy, & how companies have to prepare for that.