Every year, hundreds of thousands of technology enthusiasts descend on Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. It's a place where the great and the good of the technology industry have gathered each January since the 1960s.
Alongside the quirky gadgets are emerging technological trends that come to define the next twelve months. Not every new product is a hit, but the show always provides plenty of talking points – and not just for the techies.

In the first Future File of 2018, Jeff Parsons and Shivali Best dive into the genesis of CES and pick out what impressed them at this year's event.

If you've never heard of CES, then this will serve as an excellent introduction to the tech industry's biggest and brashest annual shindig.

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