USPS Philatelic Truck

Postcard US-3154507 to Portugal was a maxi card showing a special USPS truck that traveled the U.S. between 1939 and 1941 to offer a mobile philatelic exhibit to the public promoting stamp collecting, operated by a three-man crew. The 22 cent stamp was one of the four Stamp Collecting commemorative designs showing a boy examining a stamp collection, issued in State College, Pennsylvania on January 23, 1986, as part of the first USPS commemorative stamp booklet.

Today, USPS is more gearing up to compete with Fedex and USPS in package delivery business. It has a booth at the 2015 CES to promote the packaging and shipping services. Visitors to the booth can get their pictures taken and printed as pre-paid postcards.

Breaking the Wave

In keeping up the tradition, the 2015 International CES has a large list of celebrities including Hollywood stars, popular music stars and DJs, sports legends and TV personalities to make appearances on behalf of various vendors in promoting innovative products and technologies and showcasing the new ways for consumers to work, play, connect and access information. 

Garrett McNamara, an American professional big wave surfer, was at the Body Glove Mobile booth today signing autograph. The advertising card, promoting Optrix waterproof, ultra-rugged sport cases for smart phones with optical-grade glass lenses, features Garrett breaking the world record for the largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré, Portugal on Jan 28, 2013. 

See Impossible

The 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened today in Las Vegas with a record of more than 3,600 exhibitors. CES is known as the place for the vendors to showcase their most-recent cutting-edge technologies. However, the recent trend is that, in addition to the usual hardware displays and technical demos to the buyers and industry affiliates, exhibitors are highlighting what those technologies can do in terms of enhancing creativity, stimulating social changes, and improving people's life.

One example is Canon U.S.A.'s PIXMA PRO City Senses Interactive Gallery that features images created by local photographers, Heather Gill and Emily Wilson from Las Vegas. Visitors can experience through the senses of touch, taste, smell and sound with a Las Vegas theme that have inspired the photographers' work. So far, the PIXMA PRO City Senses Interactive Galleries have featured seven cities: Boston, Austin, Seattle, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. "See Impossible" is the theme for the Canon booth at the 2015 CES.

Audiences are asked to compare their visions with photographers' after listening to the sounds from casino floors in a dark room at the 2015 CES in Las Vegas.

Postcard US-2323219 to USA shows a loving couple with a street bench formed by dancers at Canon Theater in the 2012 CES.

Personal Environment Monitor by Lapka

Postcard US-2692591 to Ukraine shows a sensor for the Personal Environment Monitor (PEM) by Lapka™, which can be connected to a smart phone connect through the device's headphone jack. PEM works with your smart phone to measure and monitor humidity, electromagnetic fields, and radiation in your personal environment space at work and at home. One of the sensors in a form of a stainless steel probe can even help you verify whether those "organic" vegetables and fruits you bought at the store are really organic by measuring the quantities of nitrates in those organic matters. The postcard was obtained at Lapka's booth at the 2013 CES.

International Consumer Electronics Show

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 officially starts today. With 3,200 exhibitors and 150,000 attendees. it is expected to be the largest event in CES history. At this world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, companies are showing off new technologies and gadgets. One of the hottest topic this year is the wearable gadgets that range from a voice-recognition headset to a fitness tracker. Various keynotes, presentations, demonstrations and lectures will last until January 10, 2014.

Postcard US-1706628 to MN, USA shows that dancers at Canon Theater, performing for the CES 2012 in Las Vegas, morphed into a turtle and other sea creatures.