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This time for real It’s been hard to miss brands shouting about their efforts to bring 5G networks to the world over the past few years. With substantially faster speeds and vastly lower latency times, the next-generation networking technology will interconnect everything from cars to computers to smart homes. Like the Internet back in 1999, this will change everything. But up until now, the advancements have been … let’s say more hope and hype than here and now. No more.
In 2019, every major carrier will have pilot 5G programs up and running. Heck, some of them already do. And at CES, we’ll learn in depth what that means: Things like immersive virtual reality worlds that don’t suffer disorienting lags from slow networks. It means being able to visit the best doctor anywhere around the world, and maybe even undergo robotic surgery, thanks to telepresence technology.
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And of course, it means faster phones, so that you can download the Game of Thrones episode in the blink of an eye, rather than just plodding along. I don’t expect to see too many 5G-enabled gadgets at the show – although they’ll be out in force at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 in March – but I do expect to hear concrete plans from the giants leading the charge in 5G, including companies like Qualcomm and T-Mobile. Listen carefully to keynotes from Verizon and AT&T on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as a livestream Tuesday with Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, and you might catch an actual timeline. This ain’t hype anymore, folks.
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Self-driving cars. Yes, again. This time for real It’ll be hard to miss all of the concept cars at the show, which will capture everyone’s attention with splashy visions of what the cockpit of the future feels like once robots become our chauffeurs – and our cars become more movie theater than driver’s seat. In fact, Audi’s car of tomorrow is exactly that: A full-fledged entertainment space.
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Watch for other eye-catching concept cars from companies like Bosch and Kenwood that show off visions of the future. These are useful to spur the imagination and get a public still somewhat fearful of self-driving cars to see the bright side, a 25th hour in your day that you just reclaimed from that wasted commute home. Alexander Kalogianni/Digital Trends Meanwhile, the work will continue building and programming the systems that will actually pilot our cars.
I took my first spin in a self-driving car at last year’s CES, a Lyft ride in a vehicle powered by Aptiv. You’ll read dozens of reporters telling the same story this year, as the sheer number of self-driving cars at CES turns this year’s show into the world’s biggest self-driving-car parking lot. I catalogued two dozen tech companies building autonomous vehicles last year. How many will we see this time around?
But let’s be honest, self-driving cars are boring to ride in (unless they crash, of course). Sure, those cars are driven by artificial intelligence, but nothing happens, right? Cockpit demos and concept cars are a lot more interesting than the nuts and bolts of self-driving cars, which aren’t nuts or bolts at all but things like solid-state Lidar sensors and 5G chips and gigabit wiring harnessed to ferry data from high-resolution radar to the real-time Linux operating systems and A.I. programs that make all the decisions.
Companies making those things will also be at CES, pitching the eyes and brains of cars to carmakers and the world at large. In the meantime, pop me some popcorn. Tech for women (finally) In 2017, a breast pump took CES by storm. The Willow Breast Pump took a device that hadn’t changed in decades and reimagined it as a smart wearable with an app – so smart in fact that Digital Trends gave it a Top Tech of CES award.
In 2018, the Mommy Tech space exploded, and I anticipate lots more tech that targets women this year.
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