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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets

March 20, 2014 15:44 IST

Image: Humanoid robot of British company RoboThespian 'blushes' during the opening ceremony of the Hanover technology fair CeBIT in Germany.
Photographs: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

The world's largest technology exhibition, CeBIT held at Hanover annually showcases technology at its best. Humanoid robots, exciting gadgets and cars made CeBIT 2014 an interesting event.

The vast range of apps on display highlighted the enormous opportunities awaiting all sectors of the economy from harnessing today’s rapidly growing volumes of data, CeBIT said.

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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets

Image: Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media BITCOM Dieter Kempf look at a model of a car which drives itself.
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The Volkswagen Group showcased its design concepts for the IT future of the automotive industry.

“Our cars are already computing centers on wheels, with 1.5 kilometers of wiring, more than 50 control devices and the computing power of 20 state-of-the-art PCs,” Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said at CeBIT.

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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets

Image: SINA tablet
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Samsung’s new smartphone Galaxy S5 celebrated its German market launch at CeBIT, and new tablets from Samsung, Huawei and Nokia also attracted attention. 

The security specialist Secunet featured its new, high-security SINA tablet, based on the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 model. 
 
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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets

Image: Mobile smartwatch GW-420
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Online electronics retailer Pearl introduced Mobile smartwatch GW-420, a smartphone worn on the wrist with hands-free functionality and Web connectivity.

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Visitors watch a "Phantom 2" drone by dji company at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover.

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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets


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German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks at a bionic hand during a tour at the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover.

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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets


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'Female' robots Tessy and Tess wearing white stilettos, pole dance during a demonstration on the Tobit Software stand at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover.

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Hans-Christoph Quelle, managing director of Secusmart displays a new "Secure Call" smartphone at the booth of Vodafone at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover. 

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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets


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Two pantomime artists perform at the booth of software giant Microsoft at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover.

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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets


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A woman looks at a data chip containing encryption codes for mobile and landline phones at the booth of Secusmart during the CeBIT trade fair.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks at the mobile online shopping application Zalando at the Samsung booth during the CeBIT technology fair.

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A robot that blushes and more exciting gadgets


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An exhibitor poses for the media next to a SINA L3 Box high security cryptographic VPN-Gateway client by German company Secunet during preparations for the CeBIT trade fair.

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Will Jackson interacts with an humanoid robot at the booth of British company RoboThespian, during preparations for the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover.

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A general view shows the "code_n - code of the new" booth, a platform for 50 international start-ups at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover.

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Pink umbrellas hang from the roof at the booth of German Telekom AG during the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover.