With CES officially over for another year and the Nevada desert dust finally settled as the world’s tech-hungry masses beat a retreat back to their myriad homelands, we can look back at the madness of the past week and assess the show’s impact on the gadget landscape for 2016. As E&T sits listening to the hailstones pinging off the windows in our English office, the dry air, bright sunshine (at least when it wasn’t raining), gaudy neon and all-round sensory overload of Las Vegas and CES sure seems now like a strange and borderline-hallucinogenic dream. Did all that really happen? … Continue reading What was hot at #CES2016 – show highlights, standouts and trends

The convergence of devices and technologies to produce connected solutions for people of all ages, from preschool children to the elderly, was on display at CES Unveiled 2016, the pre-show exhibition of new products and innovations at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. Wearable technology, fitness trackers, wireless audio solutions, drones, kitchen sensors, smart children’s toys, object trackers and sleep monitors were some of the major trends presented by over 150 companies, ranging from well-established companies to young start-ups with products on display, to companies still crowdfunding the finance for their idea – via such sites as Kickstarter and … Continue reading The ‘genius’ of smart devices at CES Unveiled 2016 #CES2016