In the footsteps of CES 2016: major trends and innovations

Along with the holidays, the consumer electronics exhibition CES was also completed . This time the event harmoniously combined real products and conceptual developments, which made it not only informative, but also futuristic. CES 2016 not only introduced the public with the most interesting innovations of the market , but also allowed to find out which techno trends will set the tone in the coming years.

5 most interesting announcements of CES 2016

LG TV & Fridge
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The company from South Korea LG brought an OLED TV with a thickness of 2.57 mm. According to the developers, it is also interesting in the transfer of a radically black color due to organic light-emitting diodes, which form deeper shades:



The second interesting announcement from LG is a smart refrigerator. It is easy to knock on it to change the transparency of the door, and the unique sensor at the bottom opens the door as soon as you get close to it:




Smartphone from Huawei

Guests of the exhibition appreciated the innovative business smartphone Huawei Mate 8. In addition to its elegant image design, it is interesting for a six-inch IPS-screen based on an 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor and a 4000 mAh battery. For the smooth operation of the gadget, it has a cooling system of six layers, and the battery is charged for 30 minutes:




Samsung fridge

On the full touch screen of this “family friend”, households can send digital photos, also have the opportunity to use a digital calendar, take notes and repost content, order products online:




Acer Smartphone

The Acer Liquid Jade Primo model is interesting because it is the first Windows 10-based smartphone. Other interesting features are the presence of a metal case, a camera with a resolution of 21.5 MP, and Continuum support, which corporate customers will certainly appreciate:




Dell Frameless Portable Ultrabook

The company brought three new laptops to the exhibition, but the flagship model is the thirteen-inch Latitude 13 7370, the body of which is made of carbon fiber. According to the creators, this is the easiest and thinnest ultrabook with an interesting design (5.2 mm screen frame), a battery running for ten hours, a Thunderbolt 3 interface, which is 10 times faster than USB 3.0, and a USB Type-C port:

Main tech trends of CES 2016

1. Self-driving cars and electric cars

If a year earlier we could only see concepts, now finished products were presented:

• FFZERO1 - a prototype of an electric vehicle of the Faraday Future company;
• Budd-e - Budd-e minivan concept (new interpretation of the cult Microbus model);
• electric car Chevy Bolt, which will begin to sell in 2017;
• Microsoft's CHAD system that collects data from smartphones and connected traffic lights.

2. Smart home

Developments that endow our homes with intelligence are becoming more and more interesting:

• Wi-Fi 802.11ah standard (HaLow) from the WiFi Alliance for communication in the 900 MHz band, providing action in a larger radius, will reduce the level of energy consumption;
• TVs SUHD TV, which will become the center for controlling the smart home;
• TP-LINK SR20 router, which can become a hub for the Internet of Things;
• Petcube Protect cloud service, which operates on the principle of a home security system for looking after pets and identifying atypical activities in the house.

3. USB Type-C

Based on the capabilities, it allows you to connect to the chargers, external drives and monitors. The exhibition-2016 has pleased a number of peripheral devices that support this format.


4. Wi-Fi 802.11ad standard

At the conference, TP-LINK presented a router that supports it. The data transfer rate of the new standard will be two and a half times larger.



Summing up, it can be argued: the current exhibition is much more interesting than last year. The industry has identified the right paths for its development, with the result that promising products have appeared. It can be suggested that the technologies of this year will be the basis for advanced solutions that we will see in 2017.