Networked Society: Ericsson Says Connected World is Just the Beginning

  • Ericsson is showing how the Networked Society will change the way we communicate.
  • A technology demonstration showed how music could be transferred from a Blu-ray player to a set-top box simply by human touch.
  • Each of the devices is network enabled and includes electronic capacitors.
  • When a person — who also carries with them a digital identifier such as a smartphone — touches one of the devices the human body itself completes the circuit. Personal content stored in the cloud is downloaded to the hardware.
  • “Ultimately, we are the network,” said Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg in his first ever CES keynote. He estimates there will be 50 billion connected devices on networks by 2020.
  • “We see a change in how we communicate — from always having our communicator in our hand and having to find ways to link it to things — to becoming more human using proximity, touch, eyes and voice,” explained Keith Shank, Ericsson director of advanced technologies. “We need to be able to link not just a few devices, but all connected devices regardless of the vendor’s ecosystem.”
  • Where to see it: Central Hall 13638

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