Students were asked to design a recyclable consumer electronics product that was engaging and simple for consumers.
Tablet computers, especially the iPad, are the hottest consumer electronics product and according to many analysts are impacting the sale to consumers of traditional laptop computers.
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It's genuinely difficult to think of a flagship consumer electronics product, with a display of any kind, being engineered in the year 2013 without at least some level of internet connectivity in mind.
What they mean by this is that the consoles are a new breed of consumer-electronics product.
The first, consumer electronics, was product cycle driven, innovative new implements connecting everything to the Internet.
The giants of the consumer electronics industry exercised exceptional restraint in veering beyond established product categories at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show back in January.
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Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 29 product categories.
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Intel wants to promote this trend, and has had a hard time keeping the attention of other NAND flash makers who sell 95% or more of their product into consumer electronics products like cameras, smart phones, and GPS receivers.
Consumer electronics has been muddling through a product-innovation slump, as the big purchases of the past few years, such as flat screen TVs, have tapered off, just as new features like 3-D TVs never took off.
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Think back to the 1990s when consumer electronics companies tended to launch an innovative product with a high price to tempt the early adopters and then, generally, reduce the price to soak up a wider market (sometimes stripping out a few features).
Ford and other auto companies wanted to be able to prove that their infotainment systems could keep up with the consumer-electronics industry and a pace of product introduction and obsolescence that is many times faster than the glacial pace in the car business.
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Google 's new video store, announced Jan. 6 at the Consumer Electronics Show, is the company's first product that generates revenue from consumers, but it is also its first attempt at digital rights management.
"We recognize that users are looking for camcorders that capture high-quality, High Definition video, but they also want something lightweight that has advanced, yet easy-to-use functions, " said Chuck Kirkman, Senior Product Manager, Imaging, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company.
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"The LUMIX GH2 is Panasonic's most professional-level DSLM camera yet, giving users the option to be more creative than ever, from recording video in full HD with cinematic effects to taking 3D photos with our new lens, " said Darin Pepple, Senior Product Manager, Imaging, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company.
However, we're more inclined to believe that nowadays, no major consumer electronics manufacturer wants to be left behind on a new product category, even while we're still deep in rumor territory.
When you look at the seemingly endless list of press events, keynotes, product launches and other happenings at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, it would be easy to think that more or less every technology company on the planet is holding an event.
The companies believe this has the potential to change product development in industries including medical device, consumer electronics, automotive and aerospace.
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The U.S. consumer electronics industry is battling a behemoth, escalating and unsustainable problem: product returns.
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VTech's entire 2009 product line will be on display at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 8-11, at the Palms Casino Resort.
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That could explain why successful consumer electronics companies like Apple and Google limit outsourcing to manufacturing, keeping product design, branding and marketing, and after-sales service in-house.
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The 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show gets underway in a few days, with the usual rush of product debuts, press conferences, keynotes and taxi lines.
Of course, Product Manager roles have been in industry ever since the rise of consumer electronics products like transistor radios or television sets.
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The creator of this product, CTA Digital, recently debuted the iPotty at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it's become a popular story on several different websites, primarily because we now have a strong candidate for the most reckless idea ever.
The next product to get the axe, analysts say, will likely come in consumer electronics as well.
"LG is leading the market with next-generation digital TV innovations that dramatically enhance the consumer's viewing experience, " said Sangyeob Lee, LG Electronics Senior Director, TV Product Planning.
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Jobs said that Apple is essentially a software company whose hardware is a beautiful box for the product, but that close coupling of hardware and software was generally necessary in consumer electronics.
The rise of online retail and little product newness have conspired to knock the chain off its once dominant perch in consumer electronics, which will continue to play out this holiday season.
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The top-performing online product categories were digital content and subscriptions, event tickets, jewelry and watches, consumer electronics (excl. computer peripherals) and computer software.
Perhaps it was poor consumer education on the company's part or the willful mishandling of a sophisticated product with embedded electronics, but that OG Up wasn't made with severe stretching in mind.
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The firms showcased their televisions at last January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, but until now neither company had managed to get a product to market.
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