94 The PCB Magazine • February 2017
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CES 2017: Disruptive
Technologies
Those of you that have read
my previous columns covering
CES 2017 know that at recent
CES shows I have seen many
drones, autonomous cars, IoT
devices, robots, and other
items ranging from robots
who stand in for your doctor
to smart trash cans who tell you via Alexa, Google,
or soon, Cortana, on your own computer, that since
you have thrown away two empty milk cartons in
the last few days it may be time to order more milk.
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CES 2017: Press Day,
Launch.It and Showstoppers
Before the show opens, CES
provides two days and eve-
nings not open to the gen-
eral attendees, to enable
companies, large and small,
an opportunity to present
their new offerings to the press. These opportu-
nities range from small meetings with individual
members of the trade press to huge events.
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Flex Talk: A Glimpse
into PCB Sales
Summarizing the feedback
from both customers and
manufacturers, the most suc-
cessful PCB salespeople are or-
ganized, take a genuine inter-
est in their customers' needs
and business challenges, and
have a better than average
understanding of the PCB industry.
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Weiner's World
Here are a few thoughts for
the New Year and beyond
from a long-term colleague
and friend of the past half
century, Harvey Miller, elec-
tronics market researcher,
consultant and founder of
Fabfile Online.
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