The history of CES

Since 1967, the International Consumer Electronics Show has helped several gadgets make a splash. Here's a look at some of the notable unveilings.

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Info-graphics: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers

It’s rare that a visualization can get away with one to one pictorial representations, but does a great job with it. It combines a timeline with a node-link diagram showing ancestry. The pictorial representations are good because they show the characteristics of each controller. What are the grandparents of your favorite game controller?

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Info-graphics: Envisioning Technology

Usually we think of technology expanding exponentially, and of timelines being linear. These two concepts don’t seem to go together well, but Envisioning Technology manages to merge both into the same graphic. Time progresses as the radius of the background rings increase, but since these are circular, the available space for each technology branch grows quadratically. The future certainly holds a gloriously diverse set of technology, and this visualization does a good job of showing the predicted arrival times of some of them.

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