One of the fascinating aspects of visiting the ISH trade show in Frankfurt, Germany, every two years is to see products, brands and technologies we have yet to see in the United States, or will never see. This can be frustrating, too, sort of like walking the length of the massive Messe Frankfurt fairgrounds to attend a press conference on a topic that interests you only to discover it is being presented in German.
This marks my sixth visit to ISH since 1995, and the first that I missed the opening day of the show. I landed in Frankfurt early in the morning of March 11, the second day of ISH. My show ticket bought me free passage on Frankfurt's excellent public transportation system, which took me from the airport via train to ISH.
