Aging is Not a Decline, but an Awakening at CES 2026 – Learning from AARP About Consumers, Lifespan, and Technology
Aging and longevity are key themes driving technology innovations and markets, and walking the miles of aisles of CES 2026 demonstrates the expanding landscape of the role of tech in healthy living across the lifespan. I spent time at the AARP AgeTech Collaborative space this week as I did last year (here was my write-up of AARP and CES 2025 for historical context). In experiencing this year’s portfolio of AgeTech collab partners, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in the mix, was informative, inspiring, and even energizing as someone who has been a member of AARP since turning 50 some
The Bathroom’s Role in the Home as Health Hub: Catching Up with Kohler Health’s CEO at CES 2026
A key Tech Trend to Watch at CES 2026 is consumers’ re-imagining and fitting out their homes as sites for bolstering health and well-being. I’ve been tracking this concept as far back as 2011 when I wrote this post from the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. A decade-and-a-half later, in déjà vu spirit, the concept is no longer theoretical or futures-thinking. Fast forward from 2011 to the COVID-19 pandemic, when everyone’s home spaces became re-purposed for health, for medical care, for well-being, for fitness and exercise, for cooking up nutritious food, for
Thanks to Jennifer Castenson for her article in Green Builder Media tracking the growing trend of home-building baked with wellness inside and out. She interviewed me for the piece and I'm grateful to have my perspectives covered in this important issue. Here's one snippet: “Now, we are starting to see areas of the home purposed for health and we have started to think about how to repurpose the home for health."
yeva, digital storyteller, for engaging in a wide-ranging conversation with me about hos digital health and health/care have grown at CES (once called the Consumer Electronics Show) over the 16 years I have attended the meeting. We covered a lot of ground, from the early Fitbit/Nike/UnderArmour era where health covered a couple of aisles in the Venetian/Sands exhibition hall to 2026, where health/care is everywhere, from #digitalhealth and remote care monitoring to connected cars, smart homes, and mirrors for tracking well-being.
Jane joined host Dr. Geeta "Dr. G" Nayyar and colleagues to brainstorm the value of vaccines for public and individual health in this challenging environment for health literacy, health politics, and health citizen grievance. Click onto the Pfizer Value of Vaccines site and you can watch four episodes covering the challenges with adult vaccination, the employer and health plan member's journey to vaccination, reimbursement, and collaborating for proactive prevention.