A glimpse into the future of tech

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4 • 221 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Tech Life is at CES in Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest consumer tech shows. We hunt for some of the event’s weirdest tech, and speak to the people behind the showcase. Plus, why is the tech world now obsessed with cars?

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Presented and produced by Imran Rahman-Jones, Alasdair Keane and Lily Jamali Edited by Monica Soriano

(Image: The neon "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign lit up against a blue sky. Credit: Getty Images.)

Transcript

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0:00.0	On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see.
0:04.7	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:05.6	And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:08.3	In this series, we're going to have a planet off.
0:10.8	I feel like Jupiter wins.
0:12.8	And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit.
0:15.9	We're talking about your bog standard.
0:17.8	Ice, not the fancy one.
0:20.1	Science with funny bits.
0:21.9	The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:24.1	Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
0:48.7	Thank you. Welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service.
0:55.5	I'm Imran Rahman Jones, and today we're dedicating the program to one of the biggest events on the tech calendar,
1:02.7	CES in Las Vegas. That's the huge consumer electronics show, which takes over vast parts of the city.
1:09.8	We're talking over 100,000 attendees over the next few days, with over 4,000 exhibitors from all around the world,
1:13.0	taking to the floor to show off their latest products.
1:15.8	Often, we see them for the first time ever.
1:18.4	And in Vegas, to experience it all,
1:21.5	are two friends of the show, Lily Jamali and Alistair Keen.
1:22.4	Hello, guys.
1:23.3	Hey.
1:24.4	Hi, I'm Ran.
	...

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