Rapper 50 Cent's SMS Audio company introduced a new range of Star Wars-themed headphones, nicely timed for the release of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens later in 2015. The new cans sport designs based on R2-D2, Chewbacca, Darth Vadar and a TIE fighter.
Mercedes-Benz showed off its 'F 015 Luxury in Motion' driverless car concept. Designed to be totally autonomous, the car is a long way off being available to buy but it's a fascinating glimpse into the future.The car is controlled through eye tracking and hand gestures, while the front seats can be turned around to face the back seats so that the whole family can talk to each other face-to-face while the car is moving. Scary stuff.
HP's new tiny desktop PC is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. The Pavilion Mini Desktop may be small, but it's energy efficient and functions as a full Windows 8.1 PC and will cost just £269.99.
The Pono high-res audio player was introduced by rock legend Neil Young and his company PonoMusic and was crowdfunded on Kickstarter. The brightly coloured music player sports an unusual triangular shape - like a Toblerone - and promises to playback music in the pristine quality that it was recorded in rather than the compressed audio that most listeners are used to on services such as iTunes and Spotify.
Executive VP of Samsung Electronics America Joe Stinziano unveiled the new Samsung SUHD smart TV, which uses 'quantum dot' technology. This involves thousands of tiny crystals that Samsung says creates brighter pictures with better colours.
Sony unveiled a rival to Google Glass in the form of SmartEyeglass. The smart specs project a tiny, slightly transparent display in front of both eyes. The maker also showed off its SmartEyeglass Attach! prototype which, as the name suggests, is meant to attach to regular glasses, with the colour display appearing just outside the right eye's peripheral vision.
Belty is a smart belt that automatically loosens itself when you've eaten too much. The contraption expands and contracts depending how much food you've consumed and how much exercise you've done. It does this by measuring movement using an accelerometer and gyroscope while the dedicated iPhone app charts your waistline data and sends feedback on how to keep trim.
The world's first 15-inch Chromebook made its debut, thanks to Acer. The 15.6-inch beast features a slick design and sports a distinctive textured finish and will pack an all day battery life. And because it's a Chromebook, it'll also be much cheaper than most of its Windows 8 and Mac OS X rivals.
Nikon showcased its first ever touchscreen DSLR in the form of the D5500. An upgrade to the previous model - the D5300 - the new camera is one of the smallest and lightest DSLRs around and also sports an adjustable LCD screen.
British tech brand Smarter unveiled the world's first bean to cup Wi-Fi-enabled coffee machine. Following on from the company's connected iKettle, the new gadget can wake up users with a cup of coffee in the mornings and can even ask users if they want a coffee made for them the second they walk in the door, thanks to the 'welcome home' mode.
Neatatmo's 'Welcome' smart home camera uses face recognition technology to send the names of each person it sees in a user's house, straight their smartphone. While it can recognise family members, it'll also let users know if a stranger is in their house.
Korean tech brand LG updated its curved smartphone offering with the brand new G Flex 2. Not only is it more powerful than its predecessor, it also features an impoved 'self-healing' back cover. A special chemical treatment enables the phone to repair nicks and scratchesby itself. This used to take around three minutes on the precious version, but now takes less than ten seconds, says LG.
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