Attendees walk through the hall at the Sands Expo Convention Center during CES 2019 consumer electronics show, on January 10, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
ROBYN BECK
If you're looking for the next big trends in tech, it's hard to ignore the Consumer Electronics Show.
The Verge predicts that this year's convention will feature a lot of little companies taking big swings and that the best stuff in consumer tech is about to get more powerful and more expensive.
Between Jan. 7-10, more than 175,000 people are expected to attend CES where they'll interact with products from 4,500 companies across the globe.
Here are the 15 local companies at CES 2020:
- 3M: Maplewood-based 3M will showcase a collection of products ranging from biometric sensors to smart home devices and wearables.
- AirSelfie: AirSelfie is creating pocket-sized aerial cameras, which users can fly to heights of up to 65 feet and control via their smartphone. This year at CES, AirSelfie will introduce and demonstrate three new products for 2020.
- Allerio: Allerio will demonstrate their med-tech platform, which integrates data from the field to the emergency room.
- Bracketron: Edina company Bracketron offers hands-free mounts and accessories.
- Comply Foam Tips: Founded in 1990, Hearing Components Inc. creates earphone tips with noise isolation capabilities.
- Digi International: Hopkins IoT company Digi International will show off products in a variety of categories, including cloud services, digital health and smart cities.
- Element Electronics: Element creates smart, HD and 4K televisions.
- GetWireless: Eden Prairie-based GetWireless supplies users with the devices and technology needed for IoT connections.
- Legrand AV Inc: Legrand delivers access to power, light and data to millions of spaces around the world.
- Morari Medical: An alum of gener8tor's med-tech accelerator, Morari aims to restore confidence in male sexual health through a wearable device that treats premature ejaculation.
- MultiTech: MultiTech designs, develops and manufactures communications equipment for the industrial IoT – connecting physical assets to business processes to deliver enhanced value.
- NimbeLink: In 2018, Plymouth-based NimbeLink was the eighth fastest-growing private company in Minnesota, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The venture-capital-backed IoT startup makes tiny modems to connect cellular networks, allowing equipment and other items to be monitored over the internet.
- Polaroid: Polaroid's Minnetonka office never misses a chance to showcase at CES. This year, it will be presenting products in 3D printing, digital imaging and video.
- Roundel: Roundel provides advertising agencies with a clear picture of where their client's ads will run, who they reach and why.
- Sleep Number: Minneapolis-based Sleep Number, creator of adjustable beds, will showcase products in artificial intelligence, digital health, sensors and biometrics.
