11//10//2012 - Today our sister site, LesNumériques.com, is holding La Factory 2012, a high-tech trade show in the heart of Paris. Forty-five consumer electronics brands will be there to present new products, strategies and prototypes in a 2,300 m² convention centre.
Now, you may not have been able to make the trip to Paris. So this is the next best thing. Here's a first look at how things have been preceding, getting ready for the doors to open any time now...
There's some kind of bug in the new code. Luckily, our developers are on the case. Problem solved.
Ok, turns out we did have electricity. It was just a scare.
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Now, you may not have been able to make the trip to Paris. So this is the next best thing. Here's a first look at how things have been preceding, getting ready for the doors to open any time now...
11.10 a.m. The SteelSeries racing competition is all set up.
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
10.40 a.m. The Conference Room. First roundtable at 1 p.m.
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
- 1.00-1.30 p.m. - Robot vacuum cleaners, the first robotic maids
- 2.00-2.30 p.m. - What does the future hold for digital compact cameras?
- 3.00-3.30 p.m. - Tablets: fashion statement meets lifestyle trend
- 4.00-4.30 p.m. - Audio: Hi-Fi in a virtual world
- 5.00-5.30 p.m. - NFC, 4G and augmented reality, mobility for tomorrow
- 6.00-6.30 p.m. - TV: do we really need 4K, 8K and OLED?
- 7.00-7.30 p.m. - Computing. Where is the PC going?
10 a.m. Setting up our gear: a 70" Sharp TV and the Photo and Blu-ray Face-Off to compare picture quality with P.P. Garcia, plus some demonstrations of how we test headphones with our soundman extraordinaire, Tristan François...
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
9.50 a.m. Back at the offices, working out last-minute bugs for our changes to the homepage.
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
There's some kind of bug in the new code. Luckily, our developers are on the case. Problem solved.
9.15 a.m. The stars of the show start coming out.
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
9.00 a.m. The lovely hostesses get assigned their stands.
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
8.45 a.m. "We're out of electricity for the 4K TV..."
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Ok, turns out we did have electricity. It was just a scare.
11//10//2012. 8.30 a.m. Making sure everything's getting off to a good start.
La Factory 2012: High-Tech Trade Show. Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2
10//10//2012. 9 p.m. The flyer stands for our sweepstakes.
10//10//2012. 8 p.m. Starting to feel at home.
10//10//2012. 5 p.m. The first boxes start arriving.
The main room. There are eight more on either side!
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