Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association.

Credit: CEA

Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), presented a lecture at NSF entitled "How Innovation Enhances American Competitiveness," on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

Credit: National Science Foundation

Solarmer Energy, Inc., developed this transparent, flexible, polymer solar panel, produced using a novel, low-cost, high-throughput, roll-to-roll manufacturing process. In their booth, Solarmer will showcase the process of turning polymer powder to electrical power and demonstrate potential applications for the polymer solar cells.

Credit: Solarmer Energy, Inc

Gamma Dynamics has developed electrofluidic display technology for various electronic paper applications such as eBook readers. The key attributes of the displays are low power consumption, high brightness and optimal readability in both low and high ambient light settings; the technology also lends itself to full color and video. See a microscale demonstration of the display technology in this video.

Credit: Texas Recreation Corporation (modified by Losantiville, a design collective, Losantivilleltd.com); Gamma Dynamics

The polarized contact lens shown here was developed by Innovega to enable a wearer to see near-to-eye imagery simultaneously with the surrounding environment. The Innovega CES demonstration will use contact lenses mounted to a digital video system to emulate how images would look to a wearer.

Credit: Randall Sprague, Innovega Inc.