CES 2016: The Big Technology Trends to Look Out For This Year

Emerging markets were seen as continuing to be central to growth in the consumer electronics market, with India becoming a driving force as China shifts to slower, steady growth after a long run of booming expansion.

“There are always a couple of winners at CES, and sometimes there are the sleepers that turn out to be the cool thing”, Gartner analyst Brian Blau told AFP.

Smartphones and pill computer systems have been anticipated to account for forty six % of the cash spent this yr on consumer electronics, however new classes resembling “wearables”, drones and digital actuality gear must be making their presence felt out there, in accordance with Koenig.

The world’s biggest consumer technology fair, underway at Las Vegas, draws some 3600 companies and more than 150,000 participants from 150 countries.

The single seat cockpit FFZERO1, which also has a smartphone integrated into the steering wheel, made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

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The trend of once-dumb devices getting smarter will continue to include light bulbs, remote controls, thermostats and other devices in the home as well as “wearables” such as jewelry or clothing.

The fingerprint-proof products also enable users to keep the kitchen tidy as food stains and gunk can be more easily removed.

WowWee’s CHiP robot dog: the Bluetooth smartphone-controlled robot can recognize its owner, go back to its charging station when it senses low power, slide sideways and play fetch. Faraday will move fast because it will act “more like a technology company than an automotive company”, Sampson said.

Spending on personal tech gadgets is taking a hit from the economic slowdown in China and the strong USA dollar, researchers from the Consumer Technology Association said on Monday (Jan 4).

It remained to be seen whether new contenders would step up to challenge “the big three” in VR, but CES goers would likely see uses of the technology extended beyond gaming, according to Blau.

“With the Internet of Things, we really have to think in terms of scale”, says Rapid7 senior security consultant Mark Stanislav.

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show will be held this week, with the main events starting tomorrow, January 6, and will end on January 9.

Gary Shapiro, the head of the CTA, said: “We are in the middle of a revolutionary wave of innovation where game-changing ideas are springing up from small companies and entrepreneurs all over the world”.