All this week the giant Consumer Electronics Show has been taking place in Las Vegas. The show aims to introduce the world to some of the newest and high tech electronic equipment available. There were several amazing highlights to the show such as the in-car Internet, the 150inch high definition television which takes up an entire wall and the digital home of the future.(BBC Website)
The show stars several bits of kit designed for personal entertainment, there was also a strong emphasis on marketing trends and the chance for people to get there hands on the technology.
"Business strategies and market trends. Hands-on technical courses. There's no better way to learn, connect, explore and gain an edge in the consumer technology industry."
Nowadays it may seem to some people that technology can't get much further unless we truly step into the flying car, teleporting type world of tomorrow as demonstrated in Star Trek. What is needed to progress in technology? A need for the technology? Does anyone really need a 150inch television? The answer is no simply but that doesn't matter, because the money isn't necessarily in the need of the technology but the desire.
Bill Gates made an appearance and answered questions regarding the future of computer technology saying...
"...touch screens will dominate PC development while answering questions from readers of the BBC News website."
Maybe one of the more incredible pieces at the show was the radio for the deaf, which using audio capture technology, turns sound into words on a screen for deaf listeners. The picture on the right isn't a deaf radio...or a deaf person. I just thought it was cool :(
So if you have a few hundred quid, pick up some flights and head on down to Las Vegas CES show as it is running until..actually scrap that it finished today.
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