For generations, Americans dreamed of technological innovations that would jumpstart commerce, speed up communications, and make family life easier. Now, as wired households have become the norm, each January we visit the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to see what’s next on the innovation horizon. This year, as CES lays out innovations in the world of consumer technology that would make even George Jetson’s head spin, we’ve identified our Top 6 emerging trends for the digital family.
“Turn on, Lights!”
The Jetson’s lived in a futuristic apartment complex in Orbit City – filled with gadgets and gizmos and a robot housekeeper named Rosey. With future homes being wired with integrated systems that control lights, operate locks, turn on and off stereos and TVs, and raise the temperature as we drive home – we’re not too far behind. CES 2012 should shed some light on next-generation technologies to make today’s smart homes even brighter.
Welcome to the Cloud
As families move more and more tasks and activities online – ranging from finances to photos – it will become even more challenging to track, consolidate, and organize our digital imprint. As the Cloud cover increases in 2012, we look to CES to showcase some of the hottest new developments in Cloud computing.
Good-Bye, Landline!
With so many families – adults and kids alike – toting cell phones and staying in touch via such technologies as UMA, Skype, and Biscotti TV Phone, many households have opted to say good-bye to their landlines. Between families wanting to trim household expenses in tough economic times and attempting to reconcile the value of a phone that simply makes and receives calls, we expect to see this trend continue in 2012 – and even more landline alternatives emerge out of this year’s CES.
Digital Natives Dominate
From gaming systems to laptops to Smartphones to tablets, few things come between kids and their electronics. And as more and more brands market apps and accessories for kids – ranging from toddlers to teens – we’ll expect to see technology designed for kid consumers continue to grow. The silver lining for parents? With kids unwilling to separate from their electronics, it continues to become even easier for parents to track tweens’ and teens’ whereabouts and keep tabs on them as they move from activity to activity.
Electronic Accessorizing
Most families now count laptops, Smartphones, tablets, e-Readers, GPS systems, and digital cameras as basic to their everyday lives. But with all these devices comes the need for ways to tote, customize, print, project, and otherwise accessorize our technological tools. At CES 2012, we expect we’ll see a host of ways to maximize these innovations – including how to extend battery life, capitalize on Bluetooth options, and increase the capabilities of our tablets and Smartphones.
Maximizing Mobile
With the advent of Smartphones and touch-screen technology, it seems fewer and fewer people actually talk on their phones these days – choosing to use them instead to text, surf, change channels, make purchases, navigate from point A to point B, and even start their cars on frigid mornings. As phones become increasingly more sophisticated, we’ll look to CES to see emergent tools, apps, and hardware that can further morph Smartphones into the one indispensible device that never leaves our side.
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