Consumer Electronics Show: closing thoughts

At the beginning of this month, technology, advertising and innovation aficionados traveled to Las Vegas for the annual International Consumer Electronics Show. Working at a media agency, many of my co-workers attended to learn about the newest opportunities in ad tech, and I followed the press throughout the conference to learn about products and innovation.

Wrap-ups and reporting covered top trends such as wearable technology, products for smart homes and other new ideas.

Here are three tidbits that caught my eye, as I continue to think about their lasting effect weeks after CES.

1. EyeLock: Myris
This is one of the most exciting devices I have heard about in awhile. This "Myris" device scans your eye, plugs into your computer through a USB port and removes the need for online accounts and passwords by using your eye as the password to everything. How amazing it would be to not have spreadsheets on spreadsheets of passwords!

2. Bended technology

Bended TVs were very popular at CES, and they even introduced curved smartphones. I don't understand the appeal of bended technology, or what value it provides to anyone except the "cool" factor. If you have any insight or opinion as to why a bended TV screen would be useful, please...let me know.

3. Home automation systems

Now that smartphones are the norm, "smart homes" and "smart cars" are next. If one device can be ultra-connected and targeted, why can't every major aspect of your life? Dish Network shared an  automation system in the "smart home" space that will allow you to see video footage of your front door from your TV screen. This could mean incredible things for security.