It’s the first episode for the year, and it’s all about CES 2016 (formerly known as the Consumer Electronic Show), that was held over 4 days in Las Vegas during the week. We take a close look at some of the more interesting and innovative products that were showcased and also some that were just downright ridiculous.

There’s everything from a rollable OLED display, to a giant person-sized quadcopter, to a hoverboard/standable that doubles up as your personal robot butler! In other news, we coin the term ‘standables’! Tune in now to hear what our favourite products were at CES 2016.

Episode 45. Recorded Tuesday 12 January 2016.

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Show-notes

News of the week:

* Oculus Rift pre-orders available for $599 USD | shop.oculus.com

* Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business | Seattle Times

* Apple acquires facial recognition startup – Emotient | Tech Times

* Amaysim buys fellow MVNO Vaya for $70m | itnews

* Facebook’s secret chat SDK lets developers build Messenger bots | Techcrunch

CES 2016

Our favourite announcements and tech showcased this week in Las Vegas..

Display tech:

* LG’s rollable display is crazy | The Verge

* Stunning Dell OLED 4K UHD PC monitor with USB Type-C | 4K

* LG’s ludicrous 8K 98-inch TV | Gizmodo

* MKBHD’s dope tech of CES 2016 | YouTube

Internet of Things:

* Samsung to make all its next-gen 2016 smart TVs IoT ready | What Hi-Fi

* Bowflex’s smart dumb-bells | cnet

Wearables and fitness:

* Fitbit Blaze activity watch disappoints | USA Today

* Withings Go fitness tracker with e-ink display | TNW

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