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I've had enough. Enough of old tech.

Going obsolete, or so it seems. Even

the days of desktop computers are

numbered. Right. Let's see what

they've got us this year. The

Consumer Electronics Show in Las

Vegas is the place to find out. It's

where the new products and concepts

launch for 2018 and some of them

might just change the world. One of

the highlights for me is always

finding out how Ben DLG is.

Previously, they have been slightly

bandy and this year, I think they

have nailed it. It's a 65 inch

rollup display and the image quality

is really very good. And it does

role completely up in two admittedly

fairly chunky box. It's an blue LED

display, the only display tech that

can be fully flexible. The circuitry

is built on a segmented back which

is a bit like a retractable garage

door. You can choose how far the

screen rolls out as well as a

widescreen TV which can be used as a

thin notification bar. A wider

format 21 ex nine cinema screen and

of course nothing at all. The

argument is that you can make use of

the space behind it when you're not

using it. And in South Korea, a lot

of people live in high-rise blocks.

Can you imagine lugging a TV like

that up the stairs? Much easier if

you can roll it down in a tube.

Elsewhere, plenty of other things to

see and play with here. Here is a

telephone from Vivo that does not

have a fingerprint scanner on the

back is because it has one built

into the screen. The display shines

light on to your bum and an optical

scanner registers what it sees. Here

is the link below to let has dashed

the link below 360. You can see it

through first person view so others

can feel like they were truly there

as well. Though it's important to

catch the eye at shows like these

which is what this thing is doing.

This is the hyper vision display and

is capable of projecting life-size

images high above the show floor.

All right, sexy, that's enough from

you. There is the science bit. We

have 24 rapidly spinning LED strips.

It gives you the illusion of a

persistent image. In the flesh, I

have to say, does really rather

good. Oh, good grief. Another flimsy

flimflam from me. Let's get Lara

with some of the big announcement

from the show. And what a week it

has been with news from Tak's

biggest players. Including the likes

of Intel saying it will release

software fixes to repair security

issues surrounding its chips. We've

had press events that have gone

wrong with disobedient robots from

LG. Col is not going to talk to me,

she doesn't like me evidently. And

Sony's robot dog wasn't that

response of either.

He is an

autonomous robot and will quickly

become a member of your family.

Right?

He ignored me. Meanwhile, a

lack of female keynote speakers has

caused controversy amongst

attendees. A situation which is less

-- which is meant to raise eyebrows

compounded by the included in

robotic pole dancers at a strip club

near the event. And on the floor, as

usual, TVs were everywhere but this

one really stood out. The same sum

wall is 140 inches wide and can be

made larger by adding modules. And

finally, Toyota has unveiled its new

board economist Palette vehicle, to

be used ridesharing, deliveries or

even a moving storefront which comes

directly to you. That was Lara. Now

what are the big things at the

moment is wireless charging. That

normally means putting your phone on

a pad that is also is possible to

send power through the air. One of

the problems with wireless power is

the power is sent in every direction

at the same time so wherever your

device is, it only receives a tiny

fraction of that power. Well, here

is a system that gets around that by

sending focused beams of power to

one particular point. The power

transmitter can be built into

ceiling tiles, walls, tables or

parts of the furniture. All it needs

to know is which direction to point

the power ridden. Here is the

science bit. To work that out, the

device needing the power sends out

low-power signals in all directions,

most of which are blocked by nearby

objects. But the signals that do

bounce around come from to give

tangles. By sending the power back

at exactly the same angles, that

power bounces about and eventually

gets back to the device. The makers

to bash the makers told us they can

achieve two watts of power from a

distance of one metre which is about

half the power of the smartphone

Charger. I'm using this light to

detect the power beams from the

transmitter and the blackbox

transceiver. Think about carrying

out remotely. He never had to charge

the battery again. But with high

power beams bouncing around your

home, you have to wonder if it is

safe. We look to get FCC approval

for safety. If you have accepted

Wi-Fi into your home, excepting this

technology would be the same. In the

future, the power receivers could be

made into any shape including that

of a double a battery and that means

ordinary devices could be converted

to wireless power without any

modification at all. For a long

time, bricks and mortar shops have

been trying to keep up with on line

retailers that the added benefits of

keeping track with customer habits

as well is providing very easy ways

of paying. Here is one way that we

could see some of those features

brought into the real world by

retrofitting existing stores. I Poly

uses off-the-shelf cameras, one

appeared to track customers and one

to take a look at the products and

the customers interactions but the

real work is happening here in the

AI algorithms were it is advising

all the products off-the-shelf and

their customers interactions with

them. At the AI is using the main

cannon camera. It can recognise

faces, identify close and follow

their movements. Through the

combination of the customers being

recognised, when they get to the

checkout, they don't even need to

scan the items. They just need to

pay. And if they agree to be

remembered, and all they need to do

is go and pick up their products and

take them away. One thing which

isn't making such a big noise this

week is virtual reality. Is the our

in its last chance? Billions have

been poured into BR but the headsets

are not selling the way companies

had hoped. There are multiple

problems. The set-up is too

difficult. The content is not

compelling enough. And a must is

treated very carefully, the VR

experience can and has made me feel

sick. The manufacturers are not

going to give up on this. The oculus

go will be launched around March.

That's like Samsung's VR but you

don't need a phone for it to work,

it is all built-in and around $200.

HTC announced they are to release

the five pro later this year, at

three K headset which will improve

resolution significantly and keep

the Vive ahead of the curb. While

oculus allows three degrees of

movement which is that way, that way

and that way, HTC has just launched

its Vive focus in China which allows

six degrees which is that, bad and

that. And also three dimensions of

movement in space. And that is using

inside out tracking which means

there are no sensors or lighthouses

telling you whether headset is. The

headset itself works out where it is

in the environment. This is the next

level four BR. Still, with Magic

leap releasing its augmented reality

with tons of activity like this, a

cheap flat wake --a cheap flat pack

way of building your own headset, BR

continues to face a tough battle

with a R which just seems a bit more

ready to make its mark, if you ask

me. I feel better than that. Anyway,

time to move on. Here comes Lara

with some hi-tech ways to stop

thieves. At this you's show, few

antitheft devices have been

launched. And this is a prototype

burglar prevention system. It aims

to replicate what a burglar sounds

like in your home sea can preset it

with the way you live your life,

whether you are watching a film,

talking in the kitchen and when the

lights are going to be going on and

off. Or you could simply...

Have you

got a permit to those guns?

Eventually, the plan would be that a

group of synchronised devices could

work through the house to make it

look like natural movement from room

to room. Of course, that would add

to the cost. And this is a smart

safe. Now I had to admit, when I

received it, I did think, this is

very light, very flimsy and how

could it possibly be a safe because

you could just steal this. But it

seems that technology here could be

used in bigger, stronger states and

this particular model is possibly

better for putting medicine in or

something you want to keep away from

the kids or other people visiting

your house. So how it works. It

connects via smartphone at which

means you can Oatley open the safe

should you wish to do that. And you

will also relieve -- receive alerts

if anybody tries to tamper with it.

Let's set it up somewhere where it

can remain in the steady place. This

particular model has wings which

extend into place. Let me put

something in here. Let me timetable

with it and see what happens.

It is quite firmly attached. With a

little bit more foresight could

probably pull it out. Yep, there we

go. Oh, it looks like it could be

quite easy to open as well. Any

ideas? Oh, dear. Let me try and find

something that might be a bit better

for security. It's not just about

the home, though, this bag and is to

keep your belongings safe when you

are and about. Do if you are on a

train or plane and you have to leave

your Bag some where else you might

want to activate this tamper alert

which uses this ID card to turn it

on and off. So if anybody tries to

open your bag... It sounds like

that! But if the issue is actually

you forgetting, then this prevention

device aims to conquer the rescue.

You can attach it any given item and

the company software will learn your

habits. So what time and where you

take that item and if you do

something that seems out of the

ordinary they can send your mind up

before you've even had a chance to

forget it. Eventually they are even

hoping to be able to do things like

access travel details through your

e-mail, so you can get a reminder to

pick up your passport without

running the risk of leaving without

it. The device does still seem a

little bit big right now but they

are trying to get a smaller version

ready ahead of the launch. Great if

it works, which was generally be

seen with most of what I tested. --

generally the theme. That was Lara.

This is a passenger drone made by a

German company and this one actually

has flown. I am constantly reminded

that the future of transport will be

amazingly here at CES, although

there is no guarantee that that is

true. Case in point. Remember the

electric car, the Faraday Future?

Well, that's show business. Now,

this is a start-up started by some

impressive people who came up with

basically a computer on wheels. Will

this car actually work? Dave Lee was

given exclusive access to it before

and during. I'll be honest, this

wasn't the most thrilling test drive

of my life. Worried about being

spotted before their big CES

unveiling, I was only a large test

drive the car slowly around their

unmarked warehouse. But it was very

interesting. The company has created

what is essentially a mobile

supercomputer. They say it has more

in common with your smartphone than

it does the typical car and I agree.

For the first time I've been

impressed by a car and not because

of its performance on the road but

because of its operating system.

The

vision behind it is we want to be

the company bringing into the market

the first real smart car.

The

vehicle has been designed and

created by a suitably qualified

team, made up of former BMW and

Apple enginners. Inside you will see

the dashboard has been completely

reimagined. The gesture control

system does look a bit imprecise and

quite fiddly not ideal when you are

driving on a motorway at 70 mph.

This looks like a really distracting

driving situation.

Isn't this

actually quite dangerous? So the key

is about customisation. When you

worry and drive mode, we will

actually disable certain features.

You won't be able to get into watch

videos, for instance. We want to

build a platform where when there is

someone driving all occupants in the

car, including the driver, have the

ability to interact.

Some of the

most exciting features will be

disabled until we live in a world of

fully autonomous driving. So perhaps

think of this vehicle as bridging

the gap between our dumb driving

past... And our smart driving

future. Of course you can't reveal a

car at CES without an expensive,

lavish launch event. This one went

by without a hitch and people seemed

impressed.

It's really interesting

idea but they are trying to target

it at as an affordable price point,

$40,000. -- target it out. And they

are adding all of this cool

technology, so I think it got a

pretty good message.

If you think

all this seems a little familiar you

are right. This was the scene at

last year's CES, when I covered a

new car company, Faraday Future.

Back then they said everything was

going swimmingly and their big

factory would be built soon. But in

less than a year the factory in

Nevada has been scrapped and while

the company insists it is still

pressing ahead, Faraday Future is in

serious danger of becoming a thing

of the past. So what will happen to

Biton? The biggest challenge facing

them right now is to do with

charging. Kessler has more than 8000

superchargers for their cars dotted

all over the world and Biton has

none. When it comes to making the

car, they are building bears in

Nanjing, China, and they promised

their car will be put into

production by the end of 2019 and

one-day cost $45,000. We will have

to see how that goes.

There will be plenty more transport

on next week's Nick macro. In the

meantime I am having my nails done.

This is the O2 Nails printer. Choose

any image and they will print it on

to your nail. Of course I chose a

picture of myself. OK, Richard

Taylor, beat that!

Refreshing! They are creating a

vacuum in my mouth and sucking at my

gums and at the same time

circulating water around my teeth.

It is intended for users with

reduced mobility or people who have

difficulty brushing their teeth. It

replaces the need to brush and

floss. The guys are working on

integrating centres in the future

devices so that oral hygienist or

dentists will be able to diagnose

and treat forgone disease. It's

quite tickly as well.

This is being marketed as the

world's first smart baby feeding

monitor. You put your baby bottle,

any baby bottle, into the device, it

has a temperature sensor to make

sure the milk is the right

temperature, it has a motion sensor

which flushes read if you are

holding the bottle at a particular

angle -- flashes red. And it is

Wi-Fi enabled. If there is a nanny

feeding at home and the mummies at

work, the results of the feeding are

uploaded to the smartphone at work

so mum can tell exactly how much the

baby has drunk.

What you are seeing here is a

magical chessboard. It allows

players to play with each other

regardless of where they are in the

world. Right now someone is playing

by their phone and an electric

armies dragging the different pieces

to the rights. Pretty cool!

CES can really take it out of you

and I for one am already pretty

sleep deprived. What I have here is

a device that is packed with all

sorts of technology and the claim is

it will provide within 20 minutes

the equivalent of 2-5 hours sleep.

There will be a leap is put behind

might use effectively through this

device that are transmitting signals

up to my brain. I'm going to try

this on and I'll see you in 20

minutes.

I'll tell you what, he has the right

idea. Walking around here is

absolutely exhausting.

I'm definitely feeling more relaxed

than I was like 26 minutes ago. Of

course I don't know how relaxed

would have felt with just a 26

minute power nap, but I'm ready to

rock 'n' roll. Vegas. Home to

world-class talent, and singing

superstars. And then there's Richard

Taylor and me. This karaoke box uses

a professional altering technology

on your voice. Next stop, Cesar's.

It's not just me on eliminating the

strip this week, Intel has put on a

light show of its own using LED

drawings, obviously... Flying above

the famous the large your fountains,

the unmanned aircraft down is in

sync with the water jets and music.

We caught up with the boss behind

this madness on the eve of the

performance.

There are few

challenges with this space. It's a

very tight space. We were only... We

are me about the fly to a certain

height. If the drawings were to ever

go out the motor is dropped and the

drone falls into the water. -- the

drones.

Well, that was a pretty

spectacular way to end the show,

don't you agree? Don't forget we

live at BBC Click on Twitter. I hope

you enjoyed the show and see you

soon.