The Composites Engineering Show (Image courtesy of NEC)

If you haven’t heard already, the composites engineering show is right around the corner.  The show is for UK-based design/materials/engineering professionals covering the latest composite technologies for the design and manufacturability of consumer and high performance products.

The show is a great place to hear about the latest technologies in product design, along with if and how those techniques should/can be incorporated.  For product managers and designers (mechanical, industrial, and hardware), they can learn about the latest technologies which can spark new product ideas and design techniques.

Here at Icron, since we manufacture industrial type extenders for media or KVM and USB extension, hearing about the newest techniques for product design professionals gives us new design ideas for upcoming products.

Product Manufacturing (Image courtesy of NEC)

Although some product design techniques are pushing the fringe of technology, these new techniques can generate innovative product design ideas. These ideas are then surveyed to end customers for ways to improve product design and add new high valued features. It will be interesting to see what new and innovative designs are released in the market place months following the show.

CES is one month away and companies are rushing to complete all of their preparations for the most important consumer electronics show in the world. Many companies, including Icron begin preparations for CES in the summer in order to ensure everything is ready to ship to the show by late December.

This year expect to see lots of new connected TVs, 3D TVs, new mobile devices, and different sized tablet PCs. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off CES this year with a preshow keynote address at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 5 in the Las Vegas Hilton Center. In previous years, Microsoft used the CES keynote stage to launch major products including Xbox, Windows Vista and its Sync technology partnership with Ford. Verizon CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, also has a keynote on January 6, no word if he’ll be announcing the rumored Apple iPhone for the Verizon network.

Rounding up the keynotes will be Boo-Keun Yoon, Samsung President and General Manager of Visual Display Business and Alan Mulally Ford Motor Company President and CEO. 2011 promises to be another year for amazing new technology and product announcements at CES.

Icron has two CES announcements about new products (USB 3.0 extension and uncompressed 1080p video extension) and we’re demonstrating them as well as USB over DisplayPort at our booth, LVCC South Hall 1, Booth #20560.  We also have a press event titled  “Future of Connectivity: Unveiling New Video and USB Technology”.  Write to us if you’re interested in viewing our new product demonstrations or attending the press event (no press credentials needed!).

If you haven’t registered for CES yet, you’ve missed the free registration period, but if you’re an Icron customer, write me and I’ll see if we have any passes left.

See you at CES 2011 and have a great holiday season!

Here’s a look at some of the events for technology companies to exhibit, attend meetings, or walk the floor in the US, Korea, and Japan.

IBC in Amsterdam took place September 8-11 with 48,000 visitors and over 1,000 companies. One of the highlights of the show was a new Connected World area featuring Digital Signage, IPTV and Mobile TV. Companies exhibiting at this show included manufacturers such as Panasonic, IBM, Gefen and ThinkLogical.

During September 22-26 there is the CEDIA event in Atlanta, Georgia that brings together companies and technologies interested in audio, video, lighting, security, home networking, environmental controls, and automation. This year they have a new future technology pavilion to showcase 3D video and 10.2 surround.

Next month, in Korea there is the largest IT show in Asia, the Korea Electronics Show (KES), October 14-18. The show draws more than 80,000 participants with exhibits showcasing home entertainment, PC & personal digital-info devices, semiconductors, communication/broadcasting equipment and industrial electronic goods.  Exhibitors at KES range from the large companies, such as LG and Samsung, to smaller more niche companies such as Icron.

In Japan, December 1-3, there is the Embedded Technology show. Exhibitors range from Hitachi, Microsoft to ARM.  Icron’s distributor partner, Bay Technologies, will be exhibiting USB extension products for industrial automation, medical and measurement markets.

December 8-10 in Japan is the ITE event (International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment).  20,000 participants attend this event that’s been running for 32 years.

And of course the not to be missed CES 2011 event in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The show attracts 120,000 professionals and 5,000 media and bloggers. Check out the video about CES 2011:

CES 2011 speaker keynotes listed, so far, are Microsoft, Samsung and Verizon. To register for CES, click here.  See you at CES where Icron will be demonstrating new video and USB extension technologies at the show.

Will you be there as well?

InfoComm showcases the latest technologies for audio, video, display, projection, lighting and staging, digital signage, conferencing, digital content creation, networking, and signal distribution.

During the week of InfoComm, Icron is announcing a new family of KVM products relevant to the AV and digital signage market.  Icron’s new ExtremeLink™ family of KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) extenders deliver high quality video over very long distances or over a LAN, coupled with true USB 2.0 peripheral support―a first for the industry.  The core of the platform is Icron’s new video processing engine that produces the same high resolution, superior picture quality, and low latency at any distance, giving its customers long distance support that was previously only achieved via expensive Fiber Optic products.  Read the rest of this entry »

I was excited to hear about our team experience in the The Vancouver Sun Run on Mother’s Day, May 9th. Our team participated in this event supporting various activities and charities. A picture perfect sunny morning was welcomed, as the downtown streets filled with a sea of participants anxiously waiting to start the race. Loud chatter and live music filled the background that further elevated the mood and excitement. Read the rest of this entry »