The best of CES 2023

Around 100,000 tech enthusiasts gathered in Las Vegas last week and over the weekend for CES 2023, an annual affair that bills itself as the most influential tech event in the world.

And as you’d expect from one of the world’s preeminent tech conferences, the companies showcasing products brought more heat than Gordon Ramsay’s face in the middle of a tirade. For example:

• The world’s first color-changing concept car – a midsize electric sports sedan from BMW, covered in futuristic panels, that’s able to change color on demand.
• A smart display for aquariums that tracks line of sight or gestures to determine what an observer is looking at, then uses AI to identify facts about the fish.
• Computer screens from Samsung that fold and stretch, which the company said will be integrated into future laptop designs. (Sources tell us that Elastigirl was a key consultant.😜)

But while most of these products are years away from commercial viability, others are much closer to claiming a spot on next year’s holiday gift list.

Over the next few weeks and months, consumers will be able to purchase the world’s first “drive & fly” car from startup Aska (for a cool $789,000), a laptop-charging stationary bike desk from Acer, a self-driving lawn mower robot from Worx, and a smart mixer from GE that weighs ingredients directly in the mixing bowl.

📸 Big picture: In addition to being fictional billionaire Miles Bron’s favorite event – ya know, because of all the disruption – CES 2023 boasts some big-name attendees. This year’s event included reps from 323 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, and 85 of the Interbrand Top 100 – with 60% of all attendees being senior-level execs.