How CES 2019 moved 'edge computing' from buzzword to consumer reality

At its 2017 developer conference, Microsoft began emphasizing its plans for the 'intelligent edge.' At CES 2019, Microsoft and its partners made those plans more of a reality.

Throwing around catchy buzzwords and pontificating on ambitious plans is easy for a company like Microsoft. For the more cynical among us, such posturing is often ignored until the company brings something more tangible than words to the table.

So when Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked about and showed a video of A.I.-powered cameras to demonstrate the potential power of "edge computing" at the Build 2017 developer conference, many consumers likely looked the other way. After all, cameras that recognize people, activities, and objects and can respond autonomously to what they perceive probably seemed like an over-the-top portrayal of this "new-ish" and unfamiliar concept called edge computing. In other words, it probably seemed more like a future concept than something relevant to consumers.

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