Friday, January 6, 2017

The technology that will lead Las Vegas until Sunday – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

Every year the city of Las Vegas opens its doors to the fair-queen of technology. Is on stage at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that the giant technological give the kick-off in the presentation of future trends that will mark the universe of technology.

year-to-year expectations about the main innovations in the sector are increasing. And for 2017 is even higher because the fair celebrates 50 years.

the stage at The Consumer Electronics Show saw the birth of several technologies and gadgets associated with that have revolutionized the day-to-day lives of millions of people. The video recorder, the replacement DVD technology and Blu-ray were some of the many products that were presented to the world at the fair of Las Vegas.

For this year’s edition is estimated to be displayed over 20 thousand products from Thursday until Sunday, with the drones, virtual and augmented reality, the internet of things and cars are autonomous to dominate the expectations.

the return of The BlackBerry, and the presentation of the Alexa

over The approximately 220 thousand square meters of the fair, the equivalent of 35 football fields, will be running a number of presentations that the technology have prepared over these last few months. There are several products that mark a consistent presence since the start of the fair, such as household appliances, televisions and mobile phones. And although in the field of smartphones brands to keep the major surprises for the Mobile World Congress, which takes place annually in February in Barcelona, this year there is a model long-awaited in Las Vegas. This is the return of the BlackBerry.

THE FTA, chinese manufacturer that owns the BlackBerry brand, has announced that it will raise the veil of the new model at the CES, in spite of the details of the device will only be revealed next month in Barcelona. According to the images broadcast by TLC, the new smartphone will have Android system keeps the physical keyboard, the brand image of the BlackBerry.

The digital assistants, such as Siri from Apple, have been another of the big bets of the giants in technology. And the presentation of the Alexa, the system of the Echo of the Amazon, is one of the main curiosities of the millions of fans of technology.

At CES will be possible to know the Alexa, integrated appliances such as for example in the robot vacuum cleaner from Samsung. The advantage? Evil in the house simply talk to Alexa and ask them to clean the house, and she takes care of the 'give order' to the vacuum cleaner.

The internet of things will become to be one of the stars of the fair. But this year one of the main innovations will be the integration of these virtual assistants to gadgets, or the voice command to activate the integration between all devices.

The robots and the drones have also been guests of honour in recent editions of CES. And this year will be no different. One of the robots that have caught the most attention is the Kuri, developed by the Mayfield Robotics. This is because the robot reacts to caresses, such as a pet. The Kuri is developed with multiple chambers and with the functionality to remember the various faces of the members of the family.

In regards to drones, the expectations of the news on the part of DJI are great. This is because the company is a leader in this category has reserved two spaces of presentation in different locations of the fair.

Already the GDU will present a new innovation that could revolutionize this category: drones modular. That is, the fact that you can buy any camera to the part, allows to reduce the cost of the drones.

The expansion of virtual and augmented reality

The scenes of science fiction movies, type Matrix, are increasingly a reality in the days of today. From year to year, the technological develop solutions to apply the technology of virtual reality and augmented reality the vast number of areas and products in addition to the gaming industry.

According to the international press there are rumors that Qualcomm and Dell may introduce new virtual reality goggles, not knowing if there will be more of the application of these technologies to smartphones – something that has been under study by the technology.

The entertainment has been another of the areas that has looked with considerable interest for this technology. And after Hollywood has already begun to invest in virtual reality, the movies for adults will also follow the same steps.

According to the international press, for the first time the porn industry will be represented at CES by Naughty America, a producer north american who is investing in films, 360-degree view.

Cars and more cars

Mercedes, Toyota, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and Hyundai. These are some of the brands of cars that will have a presence at CES in 2017. And already not for the first time.

With the development of electric cars and autonomous fairs, technology has transformed it into a real motor for the main manufacturers of the sector. In fact, the venues of these fairs have been used to announce partnerships between the car manufacturers and the technological as happened with the Honda and the Waymo, the company of Google.

it is not known if this year the companies will make more that are similar but, for now, one of the presentations most awaited is the new electric car of the Faraday Future, the rival of Tesla. The model was presented to the closed door to some journalists on Wednesday. Moreover, as is customary many companies opt to make the conference one or two days before the CES opening doors.

Mercedes also will take advantage of CES to present a that integrates a system scan full, or is, that allows you to have multiple information since that leaves the warehouse until arrival at the final destination.

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