{"id":1926,"date":"2022-01-09T18:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T00:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2022-12-13T00:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T06:01:22","slug":"ces-2022-covid-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/?p=1926","title":{"rendered":"CES 2022 – Covid edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my 20+ years of attending the CES show in Vegas, this one will go down as the strangest ever. Ranging from bizarre Covid rules and its utter lack of common sense, having to deal with Biden and his entourage in my hotel, and then the \u201csilver lining\u201d of finding the singularly coolest thing I\u2019ve ever seen at a show.<\/p>\n

There were a few items that for some unknown reason, seemed almost everywhere in the show \u2026 dog monitoring collars and robots of every style, most of which seemed utterly ludicrous for their uses. Most of the robots reminded me of an old patent from the 1930s for a machine that dunked your donut in your coffee for you. Ah yes, they were that helpful.<\/p>\n

The show entry requirements were the strictest I\u2019ve ever encountered and the most counterintuitive at the same time. Mandatory \u201cCLEAR\u201d app, vaccination and masks \u2026 but, CTA decided to shorten the show by a day. That caused the attendees that had flown in from across the globe to panic and jam in much, much more closely as they couldn\u2019t space the show out over an additional day. That meant crowds where there shouldn\u2019t have been. That in turn caused the few remaining exhibitors to panic on the last day and begin packing up early. Some people were so freaked out by the media hype that \u201cWE\u2019RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!\u201d that one guy decided that he needed gear appropriate for the moon for his safety. And yes, even in the world\u2019s largest high-tech show, where weirdness is a staple of the industry, people were laughing \u2026<\/p>\n

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As a Tesla owner, I was really excited to finally ride in the Elon Musk tunnel. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>I thought it would be a true thrill \u2026 I was wrong, because that was the wrong way to look at it. I considered that when using public transportation, I don\u2019t want excitement. I want efficiency and safety. (And oh yes, free … because free is good.)\u00a0 That\u2019s precisely what I got. The typical Musk haters were saying things that only a true low-information Musk-hater could say, because the tunnel was an absolute model of safety\/comfort\/speed. Reading the negative comments about it made me shake my head.<\/p>\n