Today marks the start of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This major tech trade show started in 1967 and has been the launch pad for many beloved products including the VCR (1970), CD Player and Camcorder (1981), Nintendo (1985), Tetris (1988), HDTV (1998), Xbox (2001), and Blu-ray (2004).
We scoured this year’s CES exhibitor directory and found over 35 companies based in Massachusetts who are in Las Vegas exhibiting their latest and greatest consumer tech. Check them out below, give them your best wishes, and please let us know if we missed any!
Akamai Technology (Cambridge): Akamai plays a critical role in getting content from providers to consumers, and has created a digital operating environment for the Web.
Analog Devices (Norwood): Analog Devices is a world leader in high performance signal processing.
Atlantic Technology (Norwood): Atlantic Technology designs, engineers, and builds integrated multi-channel speaker systems. Their H-PAS™ is a new patent-pending bass technology that produces deeper bass.
Avid Technology (Burlington): From the most prestigious, award-winning productions to music and movies made at home, Avid creates the technology that people use to make the most listened to, most watched and most loved media in the world.
Boston Life Labs (Cambridge): Boston Life Labs presents the latest technology innovation in Telehealth solutions using mobile phones or GPRS Hubs.
Bowers & Wilkins (North Reading): Bowers & Wilkins manufactures and distributes premium quality home theater, custom installation, and hi fi loudspeakers through specialty audio video retailers.
CableJive (Malden): Specialized cables, adaptors, dock extenders and accessories for iPad, iPhone, & iPod and other mobile media devices.
Ember (Boston): Ember develops wireless mesh networking technology for Smart Energy, connected homes, and many other monitoring and control applications enabling greener living and work environments.
Gazelle (Boston): Gazelle helps customers get cash by trading in used gadgets, and today powers trade in for walmart.com, Sears, Kmart & Office Depot.
Graham Engineering (Woburn): Graham Engineering is a manufacturer of analog tonearms and accessories for vinyl playback.
Immerz (Cambridge): Immerz specializes in the development of ground-breaking new technologies for science, entertainment, gaming and the arts.
InstallerNet (North Andover): InstallerNet is a technology and service company that specializes in merchandising and coordinating all types of consumer electronics installation services through the Nation’s largest network of independently owned electronics installers.
iRobot (Bedford): Founded in 1990, iRobot designs and builds some of the world’s most important robots.
Lenbrook America (Sharon): Lenbrook America is the exclusive U.S. importer and distributor of the finest audio products in the world: NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers and Tivoli Audio.
Lightwedge (Newton): LightWedge designs and manufactures reading accessories, including reading lights, magnifiers and e-reader accessories.
Luminus Devices (Billerica): Luminus Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures PhlatLight® LEDs designed for variety of general illumination and projection display applications.
Mimoco (Boston): With a mission to bring style and soul to consumer electronics, Mimoco is renowned for its flagship collection of MIMOBOT® designer USB flash drives since 2005.
Monotype Imaging (Woburn): Monotype Imaging is a global provider of text imaging solutions that enable the display and printing of high-quality text.
Nordost (Ashland): Nordost is the market leader in the manufacturing of specialty hi-end cable products, and employs unique, proprietary cable technology.
Nuance Communications (Burlington): Nuance is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world.
Pančve (Hadley): Pančve licenses semiconductor IP combining unparalleled flexibility of design and function and breakthrough performance.
Robotics Trends (Framingham): Robotics Trends reaches professionals from business, academia and government who are building and investing in robotics and intelligent systems technologies.
SeaChange International (Acton): SeaChange is the global leader in multi-screen video and one of the largest software companies worldwide.
Tap ‘n Tap (Cambridge): Tap ’n Tap is bringing the best of the web to the comfort of your home through their software platform and design expertise which enable handheld touchscreen devices to conveniently enjoy web applications.
Tivoli Audio (Boston): Tivoli Audio is the recognized leader in high-style, performance driven solutions for portable, in-room radio and integrated music systems.
THAT Corporation (Milford): THAT Corporation is at CES with dbx-tv, the company’s signature suite of audio Intellectual Property (IP) for television audio.
Wasp Audio (Webster): Wasp designs innovative high performance wireless audio products which solve the problems inherent to both conventional wired and wireless systems. WASP™ Audio is introducing its first high-performance patent pending products.
Wharfedal Loudspeakers (Hopedale): Founded in 1932, Wharfedale has been a pioneer in the art and science of audio reproduction for 75 years. Today Wharfedale is part of International Audio Group, one of the fastest growing manufacturers of consumer and professional audio products in the world.
Wrapsol (Canton): Wrapsol is the strongest, easiest and fastest-to-apply drop and scratch protection system for all the leading digital devices.
Zeo (Newton): Founded in 2000, Zeo combines breakthrough educational sleep technology and tools with proven coaching methods from both sleep science and behavioral science.
ZINK Imaging (Bedford): Founded in 2005, ZINK Imaging invented a Zero Ink® technology platform to enable a range of imaging, printing, labeling and marking products for consumers and business customers – all without ink cartridges or ribbons.
Zoom Telephonics (Boston): Founded in Boston in 1977, Zoom Telephonics designs, produces, markets and supports a broad line of modems and other communications products under the Zoom®, Hayes®, and Global Village® brands.
Six other international companies included in the exhibition directory with major US offices in Massachusetts include TomTom, Samsonite, QUAD, PSB Speakers, Kaspersky Lab, and Intertek. And although not listed in the directory, we have also heard that Boston Acoustics, Brass Monkey, and Isabella Products are also strutting their stuff.
Are you at CES right now? Make sure to check these companies’ booths out and let us know who are your favorites!
