Consumer Electronics Show 2019

You may have noticed that every news channel, website  and newspaper are reporting on a show/conference currently running in Las Vegas. The CES has been running for over 50 years.  While it may have introduced the world to some of the most useless inventions ever, such as the internet connected toilet which measures how many times it has been used (why?). The show has over the years introduced to the world some very influential tech, check out the list below:

• Videocassette Recorder (VCR), 1970
• Laserdisc Player, 1974
• Camcorder and Compact Disc Player, 1981
• Digital Audio Technology, 1990
• Compact Disc – Interactive, 1991
• Digital Satellite System (DSS), 1994
• Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), 1996
• High Definition Television (HDTV), 1998
• Hard-disc VCR (PVR), 1999
• Satellite Radio, 2000
• Microsoft Xbox and Plasma TV, 2001
• Home Media Server, 2002
• Blu-Ray DVD and HDTV PVR, 2003
• HD Radio, 2004
• IP TV, 2005
• Convergence of content and technology, 2007
• OLED TV, 2008
• 3D HDTV, 2009
• Tablets, Netbooks and Android Devices, 2010
• Connected TV, Smart Appliances, Android Honeycomb, Ford’s Electric Focus, Motorola Atrix, Microsoft Avatar Kinect, 2011
• Ultrabooks, 3D OLED, Android 4.0 Tablets, 2012
• Ultra HDTV, Flexible OLED, Driverless Car Technology, 2013
• 3D Printers, Sensor Technology, Curved UHD, Wearable Technologies, 2014
• 4K UHD, Virtual Reality, Unmanned Systems, 2015

It is really 50 years since the the VCR was launched and nearly 40 years since the launch of the compact disc?