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CES 2018 Updates and Hot Takes

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January 8th, 2018January 12th, 2018

The Make: staff chimes in on the stories and trends emerging from CES 2018.

Maker Pro News: Makers at CES, Micro-Crowdfunding, Edible Mealworms, and More

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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January 13th, 2017April 20th, 2017

Check out the maker-made companies that caught our eye at CES, plus Kickstarter highlights low-quantity projects with their Make 100 program.

Make at CES 2017: Smart Cars, Connected Mirrors, Holograms, and More

Cecily Benzon has been at Make for five years, and is a also a maker. She enjoys making things with her kids, pattern making, painting, upcycling, inventing new products, and turning ideas into physical, tangible pieces. Before following her passion at Make, she attended UC Santa Barbara, served on active duty in the United States Navy, studied Art Direction and Design in Atlanta, GA, and worked in the B2B tech industry in San Francisco in the early 2000’s.

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January 12th, 2017January 18th, 2017

CES always brings the latest and greatest electronics. This year, the common theme was devices that are smart, connected, and aim to make your life easier and more automated.

Maker Pro News: Makers at CES, the Pop-up Economy, and More

By DC Denison

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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By Jon Christian

Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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January 6th, 2017April 20th, 2017

Find the latest news about startups, products, incubators, and innovators.

Boards, Chips, and Drones from CES 2016

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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January 11th, 2016January 11th, 2016

To talk about CES is to talk of many things: of chips — and boards — and drones — of wearables — and the Internet of Things.

Hacking the CES Scavenger Hunt for a Second Time

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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By Sandeep Mistry

Sandeep Mistry

Sandeep Mistry is a professional software engineer, who enjoys tinkering with the Internet of Things and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices.

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January 7th, 2016January 7th, 2016 3

The CES scavenger hunt is back and, just like last time, it’s possible to win the hunt without ever going to CES. However while you’re looking for the beacons, the beacons are looking back. There are over a thousand beacons scattered throughout the venue tracking how you move around the show.