CES 2008
Robot Roundup
by Ted Larson
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As usual, in the second week of January,
over 100,000 technology lovers converged
on Las Vegas for the 41st annual
Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The show
went on from 8 AM to 5 PM for four days, and
even then, it was almost impossible to see
everything. CES took up 1.8 million square
feet of trade show space, spanning all of the
major convention centers in Las Vegas. So much
walking is involved for the attendees, you can
easily blow out your feet unless you are wearing
running shoes.
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Just about every electronic
consumer device is
represented at CES ...
... including car audio, home audio, cell
phones, DVD players, laptops, digital
photo and video recorders, and of
course, massive plasma TVs. There was
a 150 inch TV at the Panasonic booth
that was the talk of the show. Imagine
a TV as big as a queen-sized bed
hanging on your wall? Seems like one
would have to reinforce the wall just to
keep it from falling down.
Most of the booths that are
technology specific are organized into
Tech Zones, such as USB, ZigBee,
Blu-ray Disc, HDMI, Mobile Internet and
WiMAX, IPv6, Sustainable Technologies,
