Arlington, VA—The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced several CES 2024 Innovation Awards honorees. Moreover, the honorees include 36 products recognized as the year’s Best of Innovation. The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition honoring outstanding design as well as engineering in consumer technology products. It encompasses 29 product categories. Further, this year the program received more than 3,000 submissions. That’s a record high and a 40% increase over CES 2023. 
Each year, an independent panel of industry expert judges, including members of the media, designers and engineers, reviews and rates submissions. The entrants are reviewed based on innovation, functionality, aesthetic as well as design. Notably, those rated the highest across all categories receive the Best of Innovation designation.
The CES 2024 Innovation Awards also features a new category: artificial intelligence (AI). The AI category received 7% of all applications. This underscores that innovators are increasingly recognizing the transformative potential of AI in shaping the future of technology.
CTA will announce the full Best of Innovation list and all 522 Innovation Award honorees during CES 2024. Further, many of those products will appear in the Innovation Awards Showcase at CES, located in the Venetian Expo.
CES 2024 Innovation Awards: Digital Imaging/Photography
This category covers products that are designed to enhance the visual experience or allow the user to capture, store and edit still images or video.
2024 Best of Innovation 
Furthermore, the Best of Innovation honoree for 2024 in the Digital Imaging/Photography category is Hestia by Vaonis.
Hestia is the next evolution of portable telescopes. Moreover, it uses the power of smartphone sensors to photograph the Sun, the Moon and the cosmos. It combines a telephoto lens, which increases the zooming capability of smartphones 25 times, and intelligent software that optimizes smartphone performance for astronomical photography.
2024 Innovation Awards Honorees Sneak Peek: Digital Imaging/Photography
Following are the products that CTA already revealed as 2024 Innovation Awards honorees in the Digital Imaging/Photography category and what the judges said about them.
Pixell: 4by4 Inc.
4by4’s AI deep learning-based video quality enhancer features “Lower Bit Rate Better Quality.” 4by4’s proprietary AI solution for video quality advancement, Pixell optimizes attributes like noise patterns, color, sharpness as well as resolution to emulate human vision. With deep-learning models trained on large super-high-res video data, it enhances visual experiences across industries. It also achieves lifelike quality and lower bit rates. Seamlessly integrated into diverse workflows, it marks a significant step towards efficient, cost-effective, immersive content.
MS-500: Canon USA, Inc.
The Canon MS-500 is the world’s first ultrahigh-sensitivity interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) with a 1-inch single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) sensor. Further, the sensor boasts a record-breaking 3.2 megapixels. This innovative camera leverages SPAD technology for exceptional low-light performance. Moreover, it can pair with Canon’s array of broadcast lenses for telephoto-range focal lengths. The MS-500 also delivers clear full-color HD imaging to quickly identify targets even in very low light. It is ideal for applications like seaport security, power plants and remote infrastructure monitoring, where identifying far-off targets accurately is critical.
Leica BLK2GO PULSE: Leica Geosystems a Division of Hexagon
The Leica BLK2GO PULSE is a handheld first-person laser scanner. It enables users to perform rapid, intuitive reality capture from their point of view. With a smartphone mounted on the scanner and using the dedicated app, the scanner’s sensors provide a real-time data stream to the user. What’s more, with one-button operation, the device instantly captures indoor environments while the user carries it.
Furthermore, Onboard Pulse technology from Hexagon is a fusion of Hexagon’s GrandSLAM technology and dual Time-of-Flight (ToF) LiDAR sensors from Sony. Moreover, it is the world’s first dual ToF laser scanner that delivers colorized point clouds instantly in the field.
Galaxy Z Fold5: Samsung Electronics America
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 offers the flagship camera’s features and combines them with a one-of-a-kind foldable form factor. Thus, it offers unique opportunities to take eye-catching photos when open, closed or flexed. Whether looking to take photos from creative angles with its FlexCam or capture eye-catching photos using the 50MP wide-angle lens, the Galaxy Z Fold5 is designed for photography. For increased flexibility, its nightography function allows you to take photos at any time of the day or night. That’s thanks to AI improvements that automatically boost lighting. Take advantage of its form factor with its flex mode, rear cam selfie, dual preview as well as capture view functions.
CES 2024
Owned and produced by CTA, CES 2024 will take place in Las Vegas on January 9–12, 2024. Attendees will experience new technologies from global brands and hear about the future of technology from thought leaders. They will also be able to collaborate face-to-face with other attendees.
The show will highlight how innovations in sustainability, transportation and mobility, AI, digital health and more are addressing the world’s greatest challenges. Audiences will hear from industry experts during live keynotes. This will include leaders from L’Oreal, Walmart, Nasdaq, Siemens and Qualcomm.
Furthermore, the Consumer Technology Association is North America’s largest technology trade association. Its members are the world’s leading innovators. They range from start-ups to global brands. Additionally, the CE industry supplies more than 18 million American jobs.
