ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)^® announced today its 2014 International CES^® Best of Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honorees. The CES Innovations Awards honor outstanding design and engineering advancements across 28 consumer electronics product categories, including two new categories focused on some of the latest trends: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing and Wearable Technologies.

The 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing category recognizes 3D printers, accessories, software, platforms, and any electronic device that facilitates the use of additive manufacturing. Wearable Technologies features electronic devices typically worn by consumers that use sensors for navigation, information-gathering, communicating information or other sensory enhancements.

“This year’s CES Best of Innovations Award Honorees run the gamut of next-generation technologies changing the way we live, work and play,” said Karen Chupka, senior vice president, International CES and corporate business strategy, CEA. “The 2014 Innovations Award program saw a record number of entries. We continue to be awed by the creative thought and design behind these award-winning innovations, which reflect the true spirit of CES and the technology industry.”

The Best of Innovations designation is awarded to products with the highest judges’ scores, which will be featured in the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Showcase in The Venetian at the 2014 International CES. Owned and produced by CEA, the 2014 CES, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, runs January 7-10, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 26 Best of Innovations Honorees will also be displayed at CES Unveiled LAS VEGAS: the Official Media Event of the International CES, from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, January 5, at Mandalay Bay, Level 3, South Seas Ballroom C.

CES Innovations Awards entries are judged on overall engineering qualities related to technical specifications and materials, aesthetics and design qualities, the product’s intended use and function, unique features and how the design and innovation of the product compares to others in the marketplace.

The Best of Innovations Honorees* for 2014 are:

*Excludes embargoed products

A full list of all Best of Innovations Honorees, including embargoed products, will be announced on Sunday, January 5, 2013.

For more information on the 2014 CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards, including photos and description of all honorees, visit the CES Innovations Awards page on CESweb.

Note to Editors: The official name of the global technology event is “International CES.” Subsequent references to the show can be shortened to “CES.” Please do not use “Consumer Electronics Show” to refer to the International CES.

About CES:

The International CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. And because it is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the technology trade association representing the $203 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry, it attracts the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers to a forum where the industry’s most relevant issues are addressed. Follow CES online at www.CESweb.org and through social media: http://www.cesweb.org/social

UPCOMING EVENTS

• CES Unveiled LAS VEGAS
  January 5, 2014, Las Vegas, NV
• 2014 International CES
  January 7-10, 2014, Las Vegas, NV