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technology that turns clip art into nail art a high-tech Cod that tells you when you're out of milk in an armchair that takes you for a ride the 2016 CES conference in Las Vegas is a glimpse into the future of consumer electronics that could seep into every part of our lives for televisions this year the name of the game will be HDR or high dynamic range brighter brights and darker darks and better color so it's kind of the the better pixels not more pixels story it's not just the screen on the wall but the screen just inches from your eyes virtual reality will become a reality this year for consumers we're right at the cusp of the biggest virtual reality platforms launching so you're going to see a lot of companies talk about streaming content partnerships carmakers will show off everything from mirrorless cars two cars that can park themselves with the wave of an arm wearable tech isn't just for counting your steps or measure your heart rate it can also track how many calories you consume your body fat how much pain you're in or even your nozzle levels and they're going beyond your wrist looking at clothing you'll start seeing things like shoes or hats and your headphones that start including this tech to with more than 170,000 people expected to attend and with nearly two and a half million square feet of exhibition space this year there are increased security measures it makes some sense given events over the last few months around the world there will be longer lines at the show more thorough bag checks but you won't see one piece of popular tech roaming the vast convention floor so-called hoverboards have been banned in Las Vegas I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News