Welcome to day one of the 2015 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) aka geek and nerd nirvana. Me and 160,000 of my closest mates from around the world are spending the next 4 days looking at the newest and greatest in electronics, gadgets and innovation. Today was all about personal e.

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