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Everything you should look out for at CES 2016
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Jan 5, 2016
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Everything you should look out for at CES 2016
An estimated 170,000 people are expected to attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Here's what you should be looking out for.
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 04: Sphero's BB-8 technical prototype with Force Band is displayed during a press event for CES 2016 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on January 4, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sphero partnered with Lucasfilm to build the USD 150, app-enabled toy from the droid character in the film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." It can be controlled using Bluetooth by a smartphone or the Force Band and features gesture-based technology enabling users to control it with Jedi-like movements. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 6-9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 04: Sphero's BB-8 technical prototype with Force Band is displayed during a press event for CES 2016 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on January 4, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sphero partnered with Lucasfilm to build the USD 150, app-enabled toy from the droid character in the film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." It can be controlled using Bluetooth by a smartphone or the Force Band and features gesture-based technology enabling users to control it with Jedi-like movements. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 6-9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 150,000 attendees.
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An estimated 170,000 people are expected to attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Here's what you should be looking out for.

An estimated 170,000 people are expected to attend the annual technology orgy that is the Consumer Electronics Show, also known as CES, in Las Vegas this week. They'll be hawking and gawking at high tech products, everything from smart earbuds that find themselves when you lose them, to a ceiling phone you control with your iPhone.

, who is covering the event for CNET,  is among the legions of journalists in Vegas. She joins host A Martinez to talk about what you should be looking out for.

To hear the entire interview click on the audio embedded at the top of this post.