CEA Announces Best of Innovations Design and Engineering Honorees
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced today the International CES® Best of Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award honorees. The CES Innovations Awards honor outstanding design and engineering advancements across 29 consumer electronics product categories, including two new trend-focused categories: Accessible & Universal Design Technologies and Tech for a Better World.
Accessible and Universal Design Technologies focuses on technologies that have innovative features that make them easier to use, especially for seniors and people with disabilities. Tech for a Better World recognizes technologies that share a common goal and the ability to impact the world in a positive way, either domestically, or around the globe.
“The CES Innovations Award highlights the robust innovation within the CE industry. Adding two new categories to the awards allows for more cutting-edge technologies to enter and be discovered,” said Karen Chupka, senior vice president, events and conferences, CEA. “This year’s honorees have creative products with impressive design and engineering expertise. We look forward to seeing all these products at the 2013 International CES.”
The Best of Innovations designation is awarded to products with the highest judges’ scores and will be featured in the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Showcase in The Venetian at the 2013 International CES. Owned and produced by CEA, the 2013 CES is the world’s largest annual innovation event, and will take place January 8-11, 2013 in Last Vegas.
The honorees will also be displayed at CES Unveiled LAS VEGAS: the Official Press Event of the International CES, from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, January 6, at Mandalay Bay, Level 3, South Seas Ballroom C.
CES Innovations Awards entries are judged on overall engineering qualities related to technical specifications and materials, aesthetics and design qualities, the product’s intended use and function, unique features and how the design and innovation of the product compares to others in the marketplace.
The Best of Innovations Honorees for 2013 are:
Moneual Smart Care System for Hearing-Impaired Person www.moneual.com | Computer Hardware & Components Moneual Touch Table PC www.moneual.com | |
| Digital Imaging Sony Electronics Sony Cyber-shot RX1 www.sony.com | Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies SWITCH Lighting SWITCH 3-Way www.switchlightingco.com | |
| Gaming Hardware & Accessories Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E.7 Professional Gaming Keyboard www.madcatz.com | Headphones Sennheiser Electronic Corporation IE800 In-ear canal headphones www.sennheiserusa.com | |
| Home Appliances Belkin Belkin WeMo baby www.belkin.com | Home Audio/Video Components Harman International Industries, Inc. Harman/Kardon BDS 577 www.harman.com | |
| Integrated Home Systems & Multi-Room Audio/Video GreenWave Reality Connected Lighting Solution www.greenwavereality.com | In-Vehicle Accessories Sony Electronics XAV-701HD Smartphone Connected AV Receiver www.sony.com | |
| In-Vehicle Audio/Video Phoenix Gold ACX600.5 www.phoenixgold.com | Personal Electronics Liquid Image Co, LLC Apex HD+, Wi-Fi Snow Goggle www.liquidimageco.com | |
| Software & Mobile Apps Sculpteo 3DPCase by Sculpteo www.3dpcase.com | NEW! Tech For A Better World XPAL Power Inc. SpareOne www.spareone.com | |
| Wireless Handset Accessories Vuzix Corporation Vuzix Smartglass www.vuzix.com | Wireless Handsets Gopod Group Limited GSpot www.gopod.cc |
For more information on the International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering awards, including photos and description of all honorees, visit CES Innovations Award website.
