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For those who have acquired an exciting new gadget for Christmas, it might bea good idea to look away now: in a fortnight’s time it will almost certainlybe obsolete.
Yes, stand by for laser televisions, invisible USB cables, miniatureprojectors that can fit inside mobile phones, 3-D screens that work without3-D glasses, and the world’s smallest computer hard drive, measuring barelymore than an inch. All are expected to be among the 20,000 gadgets of thefuture to be unveiled at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in LasVegas — a vast, hugely influential event that attracts 140,000 delegates toa hangar in the desert.
Hype surrounding the CES begins months in advance, with technology companiesdesperate to unveil the newest and most impossible-sounding devices. Thegreat irony of the event is that it comes directly after Christmas,essentially making any gadget-related holiday purchases redundant.
Of the 2,700 exhibitors at the show, Mitsubishi is thought to have the bestchance of dominating the headlines with its laser TV, which some believecould eventually replace plasma and LCD technology. Laser TVs areessentially an evolution of projection TVs, using a trio of lasers —red, green, and blue — instead of an incandescent lamp. It is claimedthat laser TVs will ultimately be lighter, cheaper and longer-lasting thanplasma and LCD televisions, while also displaying more colours and usingless electricity. If the technology takes off, it could result in hugeprofits for the few defence and medical contracts able to supply the lasers.Mitsubishi declined to comment until CES begins.
Other CES headline-grabbers are expected to include wireless USB and HDMI(high-definition multimedia interface) systems — made possible withultra-wideband technology — that could make expensive cablesredundant, and handheld projectors, small enough to fit in a mobile phone,but sophisticated enough to beam relatively high-quality images on to walls.
Times Online wrote:
As usual, huge advances are expected to be made in computer memory, withSamsung reportedly preparing to unveil the world’s smallest hard drive,which at 3.3cm (1 1/3in) allows a vast amount of storage in a device assmall as a mobile phone.
The success of the iPhone is also likely to result in the announcement of newtouchscreen developments, while the partnerships that make up the nextgeneration of DVD formats could shift again, giving one of the formats anedge over the other.
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