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The technology world has descended on Las Vegas, and CES 2016 is beginning to rumble into life.
Though the press conferences have not yet begun, and the show floor doesn’t open until Wednesday, there are still things to see and do around as the biggest technology show in the world arrives in town.
The first two things you probably think of when you think of Las Vegas are “casinos” and “desert”. The latter suggests constant sunshine but sadly that was not the case in Sin City this time.
Those visiting from the UK were made to feel right at home.
This image is not of one of those seemingly endless hotel corridors that are the signature of most of the resort mega complexes. No, that is in fact the buffet inside one of the restaurants at the Wynn.
All of that is food. Ranging from bacon, eggs and hash browns to sushi, smoked salmon, roasted ham and even a desserts section that contained toffee apples. “All you can eat” is less of an offer here, and more of a challenge.
Day one of CES means Unveiled, the preview event for the media that gives them the chance to glimpse some of the things that will be on the show floor.
As a result, the queue to get into snaked its way around the Mandalay Bay convention centre, the first of many likely to do so over the course of the show. With press events, demos and hands-on sessions running throughout CES, the one thing you can guarantee you will do is queue.
While there is plenty of talk of driverless cars, the internet of things and virtual reality at this year’s show, drones still draw big crowds.
One look at the new Parrot Disco though, and you can kind of see why.
An interesting trend that appeared in CES Unveiled was the number of food and drink based products that were on display.
From a robotic bartender (the Somabar) that’s powered by an app, to internet of things-linked blenders and wine coolers, food and drink looks as though it could be the latest area to be targeted at CES.
A series of images that appeared on the official Korean Samsung Newsroom account grabbed the tech world’s attention.
These were images of a fridge, but not just that, one that had a large touchscreen seemingly built into the door. Since these images have emerged, new reports suggest the fridge, which could well be announced during Samsung’s press conference, can link to your phone and tell you when items in it go out of date.
There’s an internal camera tracking your items, and the touchscreen on the front can be used to acknowledge notifications about the contents.
