Tomorrow, as it does early each year, the world epicenter of innovation becomes Las Vegas in the form of International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow.
The 1.851 million net square feet of show floor will open tomorrow, as more than 2,700 companies debut the next generation of innovative products across all sectors of the consumer electronics industry. The 2011 show welcomed 149,529 technology attendees and spanned more than 1.6 million net square feet of exhibit space. The largest CES was in 2008, with a record-breaking 1.857 million net square feet of exhibit space.
Every major technology company across the globe is participating in force at this year's CES, and Alcoa will be there to bring you the latest aluminum innovations and hottest trends in consumer electronics from our CES blog.
CEA expects this year's CES will be the most innovative show on record, with more than 20,000 new products slated to be announced this week. While the doors to the 2012 CES show floor officially open tomorrow, news has already started to leak highlighting new innovations and products before many of these companies have even held their press conferences:
- TV manufacturer Vizio is introducing a line-up of laptops and desktops, including two Ultrabooks.
- Nokia will debut the Lumia 900 smartphone, a Windows Phone with LTE support, to be sold at AT&T this spring.
- Lenovo enters the television market by unveiling the K91Smart TV running Google's Android 4.0.
- LG Electronics announced a variety of LED-based TVs with bezels under 5mm in width for a nearly all-picture look, as well as a 55-inch OLED TV.
- Specialty glass producer Corning plans to introduce Gorilla Glass 2, a harder, thinner and more scratch resistant glass that could pave the way for the production of thinner and sturdier tablets and smartphones.
- Intel plans to offer a slew of affordable Ultrabooks in partnership with HP, Asus, LG and others.
- OLPC announced the XO 3.0 tablet, a tablet for the world’s poorest children.
- Tobii Technology showed new eye-tracking technology that allows users to scroll, play and navigate using their eyes and without touching a mouse.
- Parrot AR Drone 2.0, which was first launched at CES 2010, once again wowed attendees at CESUnveiled last night with better location and orientation sensors.
- SolarFocus' Kindle e-reader case provides 50 hours of onboard reading light powered by a solar panel on the front of the case.
- 3M Touch Systems, a multi-user, widescreen touch table, allows for an impressive maximum 60 touch points and up to four split screens.
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