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fter a decade of attending the 
annual Consumer Electronics 
Show in Las Vegas, I was begin-
ning to think I had seen it all and there 
really was not anything 
new for me. I was certainly 
wrong. 
Last year’s CES was 
entirely virtual and, quite 
frankly, the Consumer 
Technology Association 
(CTA) was not ready to 
make one of the world’s 
largest trade shows a virtual experience. It 
just was not the same. I admit I was sur-
prised when it was decided that this year’s 
CES would take place in person because 
the Omicron variant of COVID was 
spiking at the end of last year. Despite the 
international health risk, Gary Shapiro, 
a Franklin resident who is president and 
CEO of CTA (the owner and producer of 
CES), was determined to have a live show 

once again. 
I made the decision (which my wife 
told me to make!) to not attend CES in 
person this year, but to participate digi-
tally from the comfort and safety of my 
office. The fact that I was not there in 
person did not matter — this was one of 

the best shows in the past several years, 
and CTA allowed people to participate 
digitally through the end of January.
There were thousands of product 
debuts that made news and, even with 
the pandemic, more than 2,300 compa-
nies from around the globe exhibited. 
The Omicron variant did not keep the 
800 startup companies from traveling to 
Vegas to launch their innovative prod-
ucts. Highlights of the weeklong industry 
tradeshow included eye-opening new 
technology in the automotive space, as 
well as in the digital health and smart 
home arenas. There were more than 

An Entirely New 
CES Experience

Rabbi Jason 
Miller
Contributing 
Writer

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