CES2013報告 テレビ、自動車、病院からゴミ箱まで、全てがネットワーク化する時代に

家電・IT関連の見本市としては世界最大のCES（Consumer Electronics Show）が、今年も1月8日～13日まで米ラスベガスで開催された。会期中の来訪者は約15万人に上ったと見られる。ここ数年は「会場の外で本当の技術革新が起きている（例年CESに出展しない、アップル、グーグル、アマゾン、フェイスブックを指している）」などと陰口を叩かれたCESだが、それでも日本や韓国の家電メーカー、さらには米国の通信事業者などから力の入った新製品が毎回出品されている。今年は特にテレビと自動車、そして通信キャリアの取り組みに見るべきものが多かった。以下、この順番に紹介していく。

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest IT and consumer electronics exhibition, was held between January 8th to 13th this year, attracting an estimated 150,000 people to the Las Vegas Convention Center. In recent times it has been widely reported that the real innovation are often introduced outside the CES, and high profile innovating forces in the industry, i.e., Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook, have all been notable for their prolonged absence.
That said, highly innovative products from Japanese and Korean manufacturers and a variety of communication carriers continue to be on display year after year. This year a wide range of companies attended the event presenting a wide range of highly cutting-edge products. Particularly strong in 2013 were TVs, automobiles and a number of products from communications carriers stood out as being very noteworthy. This report covers the highlights of this year’s CES event.