yes, even nicole scherzinger, lead singer of the aforementioned supergroup, was brought in to bring someling to the tech discussions. now, you'll find all of the tech—show staples here. robo vacuums and lawnmowers — check. flying car — check. not actually flying... buzzer ..check. loads and loads and loads of screens — check, check, check. massagers for the whole body, orjust the ankles... quivering: er... now, although this is overwhelmingly a home appliance show, even if you are not wowed by white goods, back in 1930, it was opened by none other than albert einstein. the radio, and wireless technology in general, has been the springboard for so many of our modern devices, and there's certainly no shortage of new things to get excited about here. here's an interesting phone. it's from tcl, and it's using tcl�*s nxtpaper display technology, which means you have this matte finish. it's not a reflective screen at all. erm, and it's designed to be easier on the eye. but when you flick this switch here, it goes into full e—paper simulation mode. so it really does look like an e ink display t

yes, even nicole scherzinger, lead singer of the aforementioned supergroup, was brought in to bring someng to the tech discussions. now, you'll find all of the tech—show staples here. robo vacuums and lawnmowers — check. flying car — check. not actually flying... buzzer ..check. loads and loads and loads of screens — check, check, check. massagers for the whole body, orjust the ankles... quivering: er... now, although this is overwhelmingly a home appliance show, even if you are not wowed by white goods, there are still some very interesting innovations here. just making myself a water smoothie at the moment. but here's a question for you. where is this food processor getting its powerfrom? look, no cables. it's getting the electricity from the induction hob. what?! we're getting used to induction hobs in kitchens, where the hob doesn't generate heat, it generates electromagnetic waves, which causes the metal on the bottom of the pan to heat up. we're also getting used to wireless—charging our devices, so you just pop it down on a pad and it sucks up the electricity and charges the batte

yes, even nicole scherzinger, lead singer of the aforementioned supergroup, was brought in to bring someling to the tech discussions. now, you'll find all of the tech—show staples here. robo vacuums and lawnmowers — check. flying car — check. not actually flying... buzzer ..check. loads and loads and loads of screens — check, check, check. massagers for the whole body, orjust the ankles... quivering: er... now, although this is overwhelmingly a home appliance show, even if you are not wowed by white goods, there are still some very interesting innovations here. just making myself a water smoothie at the moment. but here's a question for you. where is this food processor getting its powerfrom? look, no cables. it's getting the electricity from the induction hob. what?! we're getting used to induction hobs in kitchens, where the hob doesn't generate heat, it generates electromagnetic waves, which causes the metal on the bottom of the pan to heat up. we're also getting used to wireless—charging our devices, so you just pop it down on a pad and it sucks up the electricity and charges the bat

yes, even nicole scherzinger — lead singer of the aforementioned supergroup — was brought in to bringwe're getting used to induction hobs in kitchens, where the hob doesn't generate heat, it generates electromagnetic waves, which causes the metal on the bottom of the pan to heat up. we're also getting used to wireless—charging our devices, so you just pop it down on a pad and it sucks up the electricity and charges the battery. well, this is a combination of the two. we're starting to see the arrival of more powerful kitchen gadgets which can suck their electricity up from the induction hob. now, it needs to be a bit smart. the hob needs to know which device is on which hob so it can do the right thing. but apart from that, it sounds like a pretty decent idea to me. anyone for a cuppa? this is a special year for ifa. believe it or not, it's 100 years old. now, the first few shows concentrated on the emerging luxury technology of the day — the radio. radio tunes in and out. it is crazy to think that there was a technology expo of sorts here 100 years ago, and it did become a big deal.