Magazine: Photo Essay
The Other Side of CES
Every January, up to 150,000 people swarm the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where they mainly see salesmen and models touting slick gadgets under bright lights. Most visitors miss the surprises that can be found in a plain corner called the “International Gateway,” where manufacturers from Asia display unglamorous components and offbeat items.
Photographs by Gregg Segal
Huang Rong of China’s Edtak Electronic sat quietly in his stall in one of the hotel ballrooms that held the International Gateway. He and a colleague hoped to find a U.S. distributor for two products in particular: colorful keyboards for children and $4 computer mouses that look like toy cars.





