Whirlpool Takes CES vs. The Polar Vortex. (Giveaway!)

CES is this humongosaur annual event where those in the tech game come to show off their awesome.  Since the event reached 40% of the world’s population this year, I think it’s safe to assume you know this.  But, just in case you live under a boulder, beneath a tree, in the earth’s core, chained to a root, let me break it down for you.  It’s basically like a beauty pageant for tech products.  Creators (and their people) dress up their wares and parade them around to show off their sleek bodies and amazing talents.  People who are experts on looking good and being amazing judge them on such.  The winners don’t cry and wind up with a tiara, but the stand outs do get coverage on major news channels and websites, ensuring that they are going to have one heck of a year.  Same-same.I was supposed to be there.

Sadly, all kinds of things got in the way to prevent me from attending and I was almost over it until it happened and all of the newscasts and the Tweets and the FB status updates had me drooling over cool tablets and fancy washers (yes, I actually got excited to see a washing machine, who even am I?).

You know how that is.  Like when you skip New Year’s Eve night out with friends and then they run into Justin Timberlake at the club and get to go dancing with him in the VIP suite, and you want to punch all of them and yourself in the neck every time you see one of their pics come up in your news feed because you were at home watching the ball drop with your in-laws.

Watching the CES festivities from my ice encased home via Twitter and Facebook while everyone else was in warm Vegas having their minds blown by technology was not really anything sorta kinda like a fraction of how that would be.  Thankfully, I can’t say for sure because the NYE thing did not happen (my friends know that if they met JT without me it would be best to take that secret to the grave).

Point is, my week looked nothing like it would have if I would’ve made it to the conference like I was supposed to.

People who went to CES got to enjoy the temperate Vegas weather and palm trees and sunshine.

Me?  I had to put on 2 shirts, long johns, jeans, snow pants, snow boots, 2 pairs of socks, a hoodie, a coat, gloves, and a balaclava to pick The Dudes up from the bus stop thanks to the joyful –17 degree weather brought to my region courtesy of the polar vortex.  I thought vortexes were supposed to be fun.  I mean, they sound fun.

People who went to CES had the opportunity to fill their evenings with awesomeness.  Maybe check out some showgirls hear an inspirational keynote.  Or see Britney live network with industry leaders.

Me?  I had to spend at least two of my evenings standing in the freezing cold with DudeDog while she handled her business outdoors.  I sat through two soccer practices and a heartbreaking beat down on the basketball court.  The only Britney I got was via the People’s Choice Awards that I watched from my couch in my jammie pants.

People at CES got to experience the hottest, up and coming technology.  I’m talking seriously cool stuff like a heart monitoring onesie, a vacuuming-mopping-dirty-house-sensing robot thingy, a smart tooth brush, and a retinal display that beams HD video straight into your eyeballs! And then there was Whirlpool!

Whirlpool unveiled the appliances of the future and showed consumers that our future homes can soon be equipped with serious awesomeness like…

• An innovative, connected Cool Vox fridge that will give you and your family the musical inspiration to express yourselves in the kitchen courtesy of the Bluetooth enabled, built in sound system.
• A Duet laundry set that encourages you to express your artistic side and bring your home décor to life with a vibrantly colored washer-dryer pair.
• An interactive cooktop that allows home chefs to plan their meal entirely from their stove-side.  Recipe searching, grocery list creation, and more can all be achieved via your cook-anywhere cooktop.

And dancing!  Of course there was dancing…

Me? All I got to do was cook my kids dinner they refused to eat on my crummy stove and drool over the video.

• Since Whirlpool 20/20 is all about a future focused on you, we, want to hear your ideas for it. Leave a comment below telling us your idea for the future for your home and be entered to win a $1,000 grand prize.

 

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