Watch @Nick_Offerman present Parks & Tech on The Vergecast Live at #CES2017 https://t.co/z2WUNHSPTe— The Verge (@verge) January 7, 2017 CES is as much about the future as it about the junk that gets left behind. Here in the cavernous halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center and the suites of the city's most opulent hotels and casinos, we see a lot of gadgets that spring up out of nowhere as fast as they fade into obscurity.