The Miilk has announced a list of winners for CES 2024 Best Innovations Award, selecting companies and their products deemed the most innovative during the CES 2024 trade show, held from Jan 10-12, with collaborate with Ubergizmo. The media company has become the official media partner of CTA, the organizer of the annual technology trade fair CES, starting from this year. The award event aims to recognize innovative products and services showcased at the annual CES trade fair.At the inaugural award event, L'Oréal (France), Withings (France), Midbar (South Korea), Amazon Automotive (U.S.), Panasonic (Japan), Mandro (South Korea), and Emperor Pantomime (U.S.) were chosen as the winners.The Miilk picked winners in seven industrial categories—Living, Health, Food, Mobility, Social, Environment, and Industrial, avoiding specific product categorizations like TV and smartphone.The criteria were based on three main pillars: the purpose of companies or their products for humanity (purpose), the degree of technological innovation (innovation), and the potential for commercialization (commercialization).The panel of judges for the award consisted of Youngsup Joo, a distinguished professor at Seoul National University and former chairman of the Korea ICT Convergence Network ), Yong-duk Lee, CEO of Dream N Future Labs and former NVIDIA Korea head, Hyung-uk Choi, CEO of Future Designers, Gumin Jeong, professor at Kookmin University, and Jaekwon Son, CEO of The Milk.“There has been growing calls for new types of awards that truly recognize innovation and potential” said The Miilk CEO Son, citing questions over the selection criteria of those held by other media outlets, such as CNET and The Verge. “The new awards signal a shift from traditional exhibitions mainly featuring TVs and home appliances to a convergence technology expo,” he said.He also said that South Korean positions itself as an important player in the global innovation community, and the the launch of the event will help gather momentum through global events like CES. While presenting the awards to the winners, The Miilk will collaborate with Silicon Valley tech media outlet UberGismo, which will also make the announcements and provide coverage of the winning firms and their products. Here are the winners and their products in each category.
