Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Press Releases

Chevrolet Bolt wins “Best of Show” as Digital Trends bestows 2016 Top Tech of CES Awards

By

15 Category Winners Take Home Coveted Cyber Stag Award

LAS VEGAS, NV – January 7, 2016 – Leading consumer technology publisher Digital Trends today unveiled the winners of the 4th Annual Top Tech of CES Awards in celebration of innovative products showcased during the 2016 CES technology show currently underway in Las Vegas.  Digital Trends, an official media partner for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), presented the Cyber Stag, a custom 3D-printed stag trophy, to 15 state-of-the-art tech products and one overall “Best of Show” award was presented to General Motors for the new long-range, plug-in, all-electric 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV.

Digital Trends editors canvassed CES and judged products for innovation, practical real-world use, and design aesthetic.  In addition to Best of Show, 14 awards were handed out today in individual product categories listed below.  In recognition of its recently launched Spanish-language site, DT Español, Gowin – an audio products company based in Mexico – walked away with the Latin Innovation Award, presented to the most innovative company with Latin heritage.  Information on all of the winners can be found at digitaltrends.com.

Related

“CES is the premiere venue for the latest consumer product tech innovations and with over 3600 exhibitors on hand, selecting winners was quite an undertaking for the Digital Trends team,” explains Jeremy Kaplan, Editor-in-Chief, Digital Trends Publishing.  “Digital Trends is honored to present the Cyber Stag in recognition of these outstanding consumer products and the companies who make them.  Their contributions have helped make the 2016 CES the best technology gathering ever.”

The following are the official winners of the 4th Annual Top Tech of CES Awards:

  • Best of Show – General Motors, Chevrolet Bolt EV
  • Automotive – Faraday Future, FFZERO1 Electric Concept Car
  • Computing – Lenovo, ThinkPad X1 Yoga
  • Cool Tech – Genworth/Applied Minds, R70i Excoskeleton
  • Gaming – HTC, Vive
  • Home Video – Panasonic DMP-UB900 HD Ultra Blu-ray Player
  • Headphones – Audeze Sine
  • Home Appliance – Marathon Laundry Machine
  • Home Audio – Doppler Labs, Here Active Listening
  • Latin Innovation – GOWIN (Mexico)
  • Mobile – Samsung Galaxy TabPro S
  • Photography – Livestream, Movi 4K Camcorder
  • Smart Home – Samsung 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with Family Hub
  • Sports & Fitness – Force Impact Technologies, FITGuard
  • Wearables – Casio Smart Outdoor Watch WSD F10

The 3D-printed Cyber Stag Award was created by Recon Northwest and serves as a playful nod to Digital Trends hometown and headquarters in Portland, Oregon.

Digital Trends is a leading consumer technology publisher that aims to demystify technology, helping people navigate an increasingly digital world. Digital Trends’ easy-to-understand product reviews, entertaining news and videos serve more than 24 million unique visitors each month and four million mobile users. Digital Trends reaches 90 million tech influencers through the Digital Trends Media Network, and its syndicate partners include Yahoo!, FOX News and more than 200 broadcast news stations. Digital Trends is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and has offices in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago. For more information, visit www.digitaltrends.com.

Follow us: @digitaltrends on Twitter | digitaltrendsftw on Facebook

For more information, contact Paul Ward at PWard@digitaltrends.com or at (917) 593-6066.

Editors’ Recommendations

Topics
Digital Trends Staff
Digital Trends Staff
Digital Trends has a simple mission: to help readers easily understand how tech affects the way they live. We are your…
Digital Trends Top Tech of CES 2021 Awards
Top Tech of CES 2021 Awards Feature

A year like none other deserved a gadget show like none other, and CES 2021 delivered. The first all-digital show in the 55-year history of CES arrived as a necessary measure to keep attendees safe amid COVID, leaving the entire industry to experience via webcam what once occupied a convention center the size of a small city. It was enough to make us pine for the days when all we had to complain about were crusty press lunches and getting smacked with selfie sticks.

But it wasn’t all bad! While we missed the electricity of the live events, the camaraderie of coworkers, and the delight of meeting new people on buses, CES 2021 proved that the technology industry is uniquely suited to carry on in an all-digital environment. These are the companies that invented half the tools, after all. Press conferences went off without a hitch, companies shipped us prototypes to play with, and Digital Trends' unique CES Experience Center made it possible to virtually come together as an editorial team and share our impressions with you, even from afar.

Read more
BMW shows off the future of iDrive tech at CES 2021
bmw idrive next gen infotainment system ces 2021 screen

BMW iDrive was one of the first automotive infotainment systems, debuting in 2001 on the 7 Series luxury car. To celebrate iDrive's 20th anniversary, BMW previewed the next-generation system — set to debut in the iX electric car — at CES 2021.

While the automaker's presentation focused more on the past than the future, BMW did drop a few teasers and hints about the next-generation iDrive system. Teaser images show a massive screen stretching about halfway across a car's dashboard, indicating BMW doesn't plan to buck the big-screen trend in new cars. The new system also retains the rotary controller used on every iteration of iDrive, showing that BMW's introduction of gesture control and a voice assistant haven't killed off analog controls.

Read more
Call For Submissions: Digital Trends’ Top Tech of CES 2021 Awards
Digital Trends Logo

PORTLAND, Ore., November 20, 2020 -- This year’s CES will be like none other. The world’s biggest consumer technology trade show is fast approaching, but with pandemic restrictions, the annual convergence of premarket prototypes and prelaunch sneak peeks will be entirely remote.

This means more than ever, Digital Trends will be the optimal gateway to CES, and the best way to experience the 2021 convention. The virtual format allows for an unprecedented scale and an in-depth look at the innovations shaping a better world, and the human stories behind them.

Read more