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Manufacturers of electronic products show their prowess this week in the biggest hall in the sector, Las Vegas, where he exhibited miniature studies DJ, sunglasses and wireless screens that enable deaf people to make a phone call.

The fair electronic CES (Consumer Electronic Show) officially opens on Thursday until Sunday, but on Tuesday several hundred analysts, bloggers and journalists were able to anticipate some of the novelties of this year, a sign that after 40 years of existence draws 2,700 exhibitors, 130,000 professionals and 4,500 reporters, according to organizers.


The shot came out on Wednesday, the chairman of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, who took over following the withdrawal of the group's founder, Bill Gates. Thursday will be the CEO of Ford, Alan Mullaly, who takes the microphone.

Among the most visible on Tuesday included a laptop computer from the Taiwanese MSI, the Netbook with a battery life of up to 12 hours thanks to a hybrid disc that combines an electronic reader with a hard disk. MSI introduced this ultra-portable less than 2 cm thick and ultra-kg -1.3 few hours after the manufacturer gave Apple released its new MacBook, the laptop lighter and thinner in the U.S. brand, with 3 kg and less than 2.5 cm thick.


Meanwhile, the Swedish firm Tonium exhibited a widget, known Pacemaker, presented as a study of music that fits in the palm of your hand. "You can work as a DJ or just enjoy it as an amateur, says an official of the firm, Richard Hernemyr by showing a small device with a circular touch screen from which you can mix, manipulate and synchronize rhythms and melodies. The Pacemaker will cost 550 U.S. dollars when leaving the market in March or April, reported Tonium.

He also exhibited several innovations to facilitate communication for deaf people: a sign language translator developed by the U.S. firm and a Known Manufaturing the size of a photo frame, manufactured by Viable, which can translate the gestures into sign language in a telephone conversation. "I am deaf," said the director of Viable, Glenn Lockhart. "If I'm going to call my mother, for 88 years, I can not talk on the phone, but we can communicate with it."


Meanwhile, TriSpecs presented sunglasses with headphones including Bluetooth and a circuit that allows you to listen to music or talking on a wireless connection to MP3 players or mobile phones.

Other manufacturers were interested in producing lasting batteries at the same time pollute less than conventional models, such as' EnviroMax 'Japanese Fuji, which from April will load the aircraft without cadmium or mercury.