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place your bets on the next tech trends I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the Consumer Electronics Show is almost here but before we pack away the gear and head to Las Vegas for the monster of all tech shows we have some early reports coming out on what will be there get ready to hear more about self-driving cars toyota and audie will be showing off cars without drivers behind the wheel that's according to The Wall Street Journal there's a five second preview video Toyota posted online showing Alexis equipped with lots of sensors with the caption that Lexus is leading the industry into a new automated era and Adi plans to demonstrate a car that can locate a parking spot and self park without a human behind the wheel google has been testing its own self driving car since 2009 and if you do decide to drive in your high-tech car of the future perhaps it'll look like this concept called the eb by Visteon it could recognize you when you get in and adjust the seat mirrors to your preferences also you'll get a calendar on a screen it will program your destination based on your next appointment screens replace all the instrument clusters even the rearview mirror it also has no engine running entirely on electricity will also get a closer look at this at CES when it comes to computers touch screens will be the norm every model will have a touch screen option and that's even the mid-range laptops you can also count on laptops that twist flipfold attached at the joints and we could see all-in-one desktops that are battery-powered so you can take the screen anywhere televisions are always big at the show and this year I do mean big to show off the ultra high definition technology of 4k will see TVs that are 80 inches in larger and there will be more talk of tvs with OLED screens just don't plan on being able to afford them anytime soon apps will also be everywhere and on everything expect every gadget to come with some app to help you monitor your habits and make it easier to interact with appliances and it will be harder to scratch and break your gadgets with a stronger version of gorilla glass the glass maker will debut Gorilla Glass 3 said to be less brittle and less prone to scratch there's so much more in store when CES finally begins cnet will be streaming live all week from our stage tune in to cnet com starting Monday we'll have live stage shows with celebrities product demos panels interviews with top execs and the big press conferences I'll be bringing you seen at update as well as a show called CES in-depth starting Tuesday at twelve-thirty pacific time you can find a full schedule of events as well as more details on all of today's stories at CES dot cnet com I'm Bridget Carey catch you next time in Las Vegas