Jefferson Graham previews the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where new smart home products using technology from Google, Amazon and Apple will be unveiled. LAS VEGAS -- The trade show of the Consumer Electronics Show will open Tuesday, but we've got a sneak peek on some of the coolest technology set to debut at the world's biggest consumer trade show. Each year, the Consumer Technology Association, which stages the CES, selects 20 products for the CES Innovation Awards, "honoring outstanding design and engineering," in consumer tech products. And we've got the list. The categories are varied, everything from 3D printing, computer accessories, home appliances, home speakers, robots and cameras.

IDC recently released a report, "IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing Predictions 2018," surveying the global manufacturing landscape. When creating its predictions the firm examined ecosystems and experiences, greater intelligence in operational assets and processes, data capitalization, the convergence of information technology (IT) and operations. Most of the group's predictions refer to a continuum of change and digital transformation (DX) within the wider ecosystem of the manufacturing industry and global economy. "Manufacturers of every size and shape are changing rapidly because of new digital technologies, new competitors, new ecosystems, and new ways of doing business," said Kimberly Knickle, research vice president, IT Priorities and Strategies, IDC Manufacturing Insights. "Manufacturers that can speed their adoption of digital capabilities in order to create business value will be the leaders of their industry."

John Deere Dubuque Works (Dubuque, Iowa), a manufacturer of agriculture and industrial equipment, has implemented a virtual-reality system to use in its construction division. The system enables John Deere to use virtual-product prototypes to assess key design factors in construction equipment, such as visibility and the ability to reach controls. Nabisco Biscuit (East Hanover, N.J.), a manufacturer of cookies and crackers, has installed an intelligent process-operating guidelines (POG) system. This POG system uses expert system technology to provide realtime process control information to the bakeries. Automotive manufacturer Ford Powertrain Operations (Dearborn, Mich.) has developed a flexible manufacturing system that is being controlled by an intelligent cell controller.

However, it is very expensive or nearly impossible to 3D Print large structures with today's technology due to the small size and slow speed of 3D Printers that are available on the market. A london based company named "Ai Build" is developing 3Dp technology for 3D Printing large scale objects cost efficiently at a very high speed. Video Courtesy: Ai Build Music Courtesy: Groovy Baby by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Artist: http://audionautix.com/

His mother, Nicole Mancini, is a teacher at the middle school in Scituate. She heard of others using 3-D printers to build prosthetics and approached the high school with the idea. The school hopes to be able to make another arm for Ollie as he grows.

Data mining isn't a new invention that came with the digital age. The concept has been around for over a century, but came into greater public focus in the 1930s. According to Hacker Bits, one of the first modern moments of data mining occurred in 1936, when Alan Turing introduced the idea of a universal machine that could perform computations similar to those of modern-day computers. Forbes also reported on Turing's development of the "Turing Test" in 1950 to determine if a computer has real intelligence or not. To pass his test, a computer needed to fool a human into believing it was also human.

Content marketing has been around since 1895, when the John Deere company started a magazine for farmers. Fast forward to today, when brands have infinite media options for engaging customers--web sites, blogs, videos, social media, podcasts, and webinars among them. Each medium offers a different way to tell a story, educate prospects, and turn customers into advocates. And as 2018 approaches, newer forms of content marketing are gaining traction, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa. Here are 7 trends content marketers are predicting for 2018.

Some tech trends fizzle out and die a quiet death, while others are so significant that they transform our world and how we live in it. Here are the top nine tech mega-trends that I believe will define 2018 and beyond. From chatting to friends in a messaging app or buying a coffee, to tapping in and out with an Oyster card or streaming music, today almost everything we do leaves a trail of data breadcrumbs. And this increasing datafication of our world has led to an unprecedented explosion in data. Just in the average minute, Facebook receives 900,000 logins, more than 450,000 Tweets are posted, and 156 million emails and 15 million texts are sent.With numbers like that, it's no wonder we're essentially doubling the amount of data created in the world roughly every two years.

The Christmas period is typically shrouded in tradition, from the centuries-old folklore of Santa Claus to the classic festive hits that come back year after year. But with technology's grip on society growing ever-stronger, modern gadgetry is bound to change the way we celebrate the holiday season. A new report has looked into how state-of-the-art technology will shape the'Christmas of the future'. The Amazon study, crafted by leading futurists, claims that 3D-printed food and wish lists generated by artificial intelligence will shape the festive period by 2037. A new report has looked into how state-of-the-art technology will shape the'Christmas of the future'.

Data mining isn't a new invention that came with the digital age. The concept has been around for over a century, but came into greater public focus in the 1930s. According to Hacker Bits, one of the first modern moments of data mining occurred in 1936, when Alan Turing introduced the idea of a universal machine that could perform computations similar to those of modern-day computers. Forbes also reported on Turing's development of the "Turing Test" in 1950 to determine if a computer has real intelligence or not. To pass his test, a computer needed to fool a human into believing it was also human.