CES 2024 – the Consumer Electronics Show – has left the Las Vegas Convention centre for another year, so it’s time to reflect on the chaos, hype and bluster of the event. Did anything truly deliver on technology’s evergreen promise of a better future? Here’s our selection of gadgets with promise and desirable devices, as well as the occasional curveball from the future that didn’t quite convince. Around 1,400 different start-ups vied for attention alongside established brands, old and new, an indication of how hardware has become the new software.
