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CES2015 - Innovation report

Keley Consulting


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: [email protected]

Main contacts:

• Pierre Guimard, CEO

• Benjamin Hannache, Partner

http://www.keley-consulting.com

mailto:[email protected]


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


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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• A bed that monitors children’s quality of sleep

• Data is shown on a dedicated app

Connected home / SleepIQ kids


• 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


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


1. Connected Home




5. Automotive



8. Other categories



Displays – TVs / Sharp

• The first 8K TV on the market, by Sharp with a 85” screen


Displays / LG

• A 105” screen TV by LG: its curved screen facilitates viewing

• It has an IPS system


Displays – VR headsets / OSVR

• An Open Source Virtual Reality headset

• A version for developers is available for $200


Displays – VR headsets / Samsung

• Samsung Gear VR works with a Samsung Note 4

• Price : €200


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


1. Connected Home




5. Automotive



8. Other categories



TV boxes and services – Synology

• Synology: A wide range of apps is now available within the NAS

• Ports’ speed up to 1930 MO/S


TV boxes and services – TiVo

• TiVo 24 TO, to record up to “5,000 DVDs”


TV boxes and services – Cisco Ad solutions

• Multiscreen advertising tracking

• Visualization tool

• Ad replacement for PVR (Personal Video Recorder)


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


TV boxes and services – Plex

• Plex integrates with Android: clients can install applications from the TV play store


TV boxes and services – Dune HD

• One of the smallest set top boxes


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


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


1. Connected Home




5. Automotive

6. 3D Scanning and Printing


8. Other categories



Wearables – Swarovski

• Luxury accessories are now coupled with activity tracker


What doctors expect from m-health


What doctors expect from m-health


Wearables – Flylink

• Flylink provides cheap wearables connected objects

• Price range: from $13 to $18 for 2000 units


Wearables – Flyfit

• Flyfit tracks the ankle: better tracking when swimming

• The devices is sold from $90

• $120K of crowd funding to support the initiative


Wearables – SmokeWatchers

• Stop smoking with an app: a social network

• Connected battery for e Cigarette


Wearables – Withings

• New this year: smart watches designed by Withings

• According to them, watches will replace smart bands


Wearables – Humetrix

• Tensio provides a service to store medical records and make them available to third parties through API’s


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


1. Connected Home




5. Automotive



8. Other categories



Automotive - Audi

• Audi auto piloted a car on 550 miles (885 km)


Automotive - Audi

• Audi auto piloted a car on 550 miles (885 km)


Automotive – Sharp FFD

• Free Form Display board

• Low power and high resolution device


Automotive – VOXX Car Connection 2.0

• Car remote control

• Link with insurance plan to save money on your plan


Automotive – Audi

• Audi integrated a map directly in the dashboard


Automotive – Gentex Accessories

• Tensio• Gentex Accessories deploys more display screen integrated in vehicle


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 (…)


Automotive – Control by Volkswagen

• New system controlling with gestures


Automotive – Control by Volkswagen

Auto Pilot car

• Manufacturers offer dual screens for better user experience on premium vehicles


Automotive - Kenwood

• Performance and safety remains the main topic for the connected car, manufacturers facilitate connectivity with

Android devices


Automotive - Voxx

Auto Pilot car

• Main development areas are display and sensors


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)


1. Connected Home




5. Automotive



8. Other categories



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


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


Connected home / Fuel 3D

• A rapid 3D scanner (less than 20 seconds to perform a facial scan)


Connected home / Makerbot

• Main topics: compact 3d printers, new composite materials


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


1. Connected Home




5. Automotive



8. Other categories



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


Robots and drones / Double Robotics

• A telepresence robot controlled by iPad


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


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


Robots and drones / Ory Laboratory

• A robot that helps handicapped people interact with the World


Robots and drones / Beam Pro

• Telepresence robots controlled by an iPad


Robots and drones / Beam Pro

• Telepresence robots controlled by an iPad


Drones / Parrot Sense fly Exom

• The main use case of the robot is for agriculture

• Innovation: the robot integrates ultrasound, resistance, HD video


Drones / Parrot

• Main applications of the “Be Bop” drone: Surveillance, Cinema


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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Connected home / Airdog

• Auto-follow camera

• Equipped with GoPro

• Price: $1,300 - preorder


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


1. Connected Home




5. Automotive



8. Other categories



Other categories / IO Hawk smart wheels

• An electric small vehicle for

• Price: $1,800


Other categories / Acton rocket

• Funded on Kickstarter: electric rollerskates

• Price: $300


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


Other categories / Prynt

• Prynt: new generation of polaroid financed by Kickstarter

• Compatible with iPhone 5/6 and Galaxy S5/S6

• Preorder: $99


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


Other categories / Trew


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5. Automotive



8. Other categories



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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: [email protected]

Main contacts:

• Pierre Guimard, CEO

• Benjamin Hannache, Partner

http://www.keley-consulting.com

mailto:[email protected]

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