Host gary shapiro, this years ces, what are some of the buzz products . Gary well, ces 2018 is pretty big, and products, you know, theres a lot of focus on Artificial Intelligence in many different ways. So, we have the smart speakers which, you know, alexa and google home. Obviously, googles huge here, but were talking about other products into the home and the car. Were also talking about Artificial Intelligence in another way, and that is smart cities. We have a big focus on smart cities for the first time. We have the secretary of transportation here talking about it and a lot of different groups focusing on it. And thats not about the to assume her is, in a sense, for business and government. It is business to those investing and making our lives and cities better because twothirds of the population will live in cities soon compared to onethird in 1960. Other big things, of course, is we continue that Movement Toward selfdriving cars. We know were getting there, theres more and mo
We are on location for the next couple of weeks at the ces, the Consumer Electronics show. Its one of the largest trade shows in america, and were going to show you some of the interviews we did with tech leaders, and were going to show you some of the latest technology. This is the communicators on cspan. [background sounds] gary shapiro, this years ces. What are some of the buzz products . Well, ces 2018 is pretty big. And the products, you know, this is a lot of focus on Artificial Intelligence in many different ways. So we have the smart speakers which is alexa, google home and now, obviously, googles huge here. Were talking about bringing products into the home and into the car. Were also talking about Artificial Intelligence in another way, we have a big focus on smart cities for the first time. We have the secretary of transportation here talking about it and a lot of groups focusing on it. Thats business to government, business to those that are investing and making our lives a
Welcome to las vegas this is the communicators. We are on location for the next couple of weeks. We are at the Consumer Electronics show the largest tradeshow in north america. We will show you some of the interviews that we did and some of the latest technology. This is the communicators on cspan. What are some of the product products . And 2018 there is a lot of focus on Artificial Intelligence in many ways. So now google is huge here. Two thirds of the population compared to january 30, 1960. Of course we continued that Movement Towards self driving cars. We know we are getting there. There are more companies involved. We are ahead and smartphones are Getting Better. We have longer battery life, they are doing Different Things. Some are even losing keyboards and things like that. A lot assistant technology occurring. An robotics of course. That is where we continue to grow every year. Robotics and as we get older, we want people to take care of us in the developing world. Many techn
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