CES 2024: 3 biggest tech trends to watch at the conference

The world's top technology companies and startup innovators are flocking to the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to showcase the next and best in tech.

Yahoo Finance's Akiko Fujita journeys through the CES floor to interact and engage with a plethora of personal and recreational tech products.

Click here to view Yahoo Finance's coverage of CES 2024 this week, or you can watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live here.

Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

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AKIKO FUJITA: Yahoo Finance is here in Sin City, Las Vegas, for CES 2024. It is one of the largest tech conferences in the world. I'm Akiko Fujita. I'm here to guide you through some of the biggest tech and new ideas that will help transform your investment portfolio in 2024. Let's take a look inside.

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The conference officially kicks off on Tuesday, but we're here inside CES Unveiled to give you the inside scoop.

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Hello. Nice to meet you.

- Hello. Nice to meet you too.

AKIKO FUJITA: Ready? How's my forearm? Fourth time, here we go. [GASPS]

- Oh, yeah.

AKIKO FUJITA: Yay! Here are the three themes defining this year's big tech event. First off, artificial intelligence. All the companies are showing off their latest innovations.

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We are at the booth for Baracoda. It's a French health tech company. And it's developed this mirror. It's an interactive mirror that uses artificial intelligence. It listens to your voice and then determines your mood.

- How's your day been so far?

AKIKO FUJITA: My day has not been great. And I haven't gotten a lot of sleep.

- We all have our moments of feeling down. It's essential to acknowledge it. Just like a rainy day makes way for sunshine, your mood can improve.

AKIKO FUJITA: The second theme, autotech. The world's largest carmakers are coming here to unveil everything from autonomous vehicles to flying cars.

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We've all heard about self-driving cars. This company, Glüxkind, is building self-driving strollers. It's rocking the baby, something every mother can appreciate, every father can appreciate. So you see the light here. The green light here shows that it's on. And if I press it a little, it'll stop to make sure the baby does not run away.

And finally, theme number three, fun and unique tech you won't see anywhere else. We are in front of the PatchXR booth. [LAUGHS] You see, this guy is inside virtual reality. The company is a mixed-reality software company.

It allows users to build all the tools to create music in virtual reality. They partner with musicians. They let you create drum sets. I mean, this guy's got it going. I'm going to give it a shot. All right, here we go.

- All right, here we go.

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Yeah.

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AKIKO FUJITA: OK, now, we've got multiple layers of beats going. Oh, wow, look at this. I feel like I'm sitting in first class. This is just what I need right now. Oh, this is kind of ticklish.

We're going to be here all week. Don't miss our interviews with the top tech leaders and demos of the latest gadgets. Oh, my god, 19 more minutes. 19 minutes left. He's able to type, right, just by looking?

- Yeah.

AKIKO FUJITA: Can we have him spell Yahoo Finance?

- Sure.

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AKIKO FUJITA: Yahoo Finance is on the ground for CES 2024. Join us Tuesday through Friday for all your coverage.

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