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RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): It's still one of the largest tech events of the year, even as many people buy their electronic toys from the Apples and Googles of the world.
More than 150,000 people made the trek to Las Vegas this week to peek at some cutting-edge electronics. Some of the buzz this year focused on huge new TVs what is now called Ultra Heard, as well as bendable smartphones, even driverless cars.
Cecilia Kang has been covering it for The Washington Post. I caught up with her before the convention wrapped.
Cecilia, welcome back to the program.
At the risk of oversimplification, some years at the Consumer Electronics Show are filled with stars of the show, big technological breakthroughs. And some just feature a lot of improvements to things people are already familiar with. What kind of year was this?
CECILIA KANG, The Washington Post: This was definitely a mix of both.
There were some familiar technologies that were iteratively improved, lots of interesting sort of high -- higher-quality releases of TVs and smartphones and tablets.
But there were also really interesting technologies showcased that really kind of blow -- blew my mind and can blow your mind as a business and as a consumer thinking about how a driverless car, for example, or a 3-D printer can really change your life.
"At Consumer Electronics Show, Sorting the Go-Go Gadgets from the No-Go" by Rob Pegoraro, PBS Newshour 1/10/2013
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