As if 2017 wasn't the year that confirmed anything could be hooked up to the net, CES – traditionally the season opener for the year in tech – went into IoT overload with a bunch of gadgets that pushed the connected envelope. The show, which drew 3,900 exhibitors across 2.75 million square feet (that's a record by the way), could barely have been packed with more exciting consumer products that showed how much smaller our world is getting. Among them Lenovo wowed with a new Smart Display device, Sony's new Aibo robotic dog revisited its breakneck nineties heyday, and Israeli firm Lishtot burst into the public eye with its plectrum-shaped water tester. As expected transport garnered a significant number of headlines. Just about every major automaker signaled its intention to get driverless cars onto the streets as soon as possible (but not yet), while tech companies like Aurora and Voyage impressed with high-tech bells and whistles that will speed up the process.