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Consumer electronics include electronic equipment intended for everyday use. Consumer electronics are most often used in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Some products classed as consumer electronics include personal computers, telephones, MP3 players, audio equipment, televisions, calculators, GPS automotive navigation systems and playback and recording of video media such as DVDs, VHSs or camcorders. The global consumer electronics industry is dominated by Taiwanese, American, Japanese and Korean companies. Popular brands include Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, ViewSonic, Apple, HP, Dell, Samsung, LG and others.

The CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) estimates 2007 Consumer Electronics sales at 150 billion dollars.[1]

Consumer electronics are manufactured throughout the world, although there is a particularly high concentration of manufacturing activity in the Far East, in particular Japan and South Korea. The latest consumer electronics are previewed yearly at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, at which many industry pioneers speak.

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics)

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    • Consumer electronics include electronic equipment intended for everyday use. Consumer electronics are most often used in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Some products classed as consumer electronics include personal computers, telephones, MP3 players, audio equipment, televisions, calculators, GPS automotive navigation systems and playback and recording of video media such as DVDs, VHSs or camcorders. The global consumer electronics industry is dominated by Taiwanese, American, Japanese and Korean companies. Popular brands include Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, ViewSonic, Apple, HP, Dell, Samsung, LG and others.

      The CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) estimates 2007 Consumer Electronics sales at 150 billion dollars.[1]

      Consumer electronics are manufactured throughout the world, although there is a particularly high concentration of manufacturing activity in the Far East, in particular Japan and South Korea. The latest consumer electronics are previewed yearly at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, at which many industry pioneers speak.

      Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics)

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      Create the Future Contest from NASA Tech Briefs

      The Create the Future Design Contest was launched in 2002 by the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs magazine to help stimulate and reward engineering innovation. The annual event has attracted more than 5,000 product design ideas from engineers, entrepreneurs, and students worldwide. The 2007 competition set a new record, with nearly 1,000 entries. Presented by SolidWorks Corporation, this year the contest is co-sponsored by COMSOL,...
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      International CES - Consumer Electronics Show

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      devCentral - AT&T's developer program

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      International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)

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      IEEE Consumer Electronics Society

      The Consumer Electronics Society (CE Society) is an organization within the IEEE that strives for the advancement of the theory and practice of Electronic Engineering and of the allied arts and sciences with respect to the field of Consumer Electronics and the maintenance of a high professional standing among its members, which now number over 5000. The society has long been the premier technical association in the Consumer Electronics...
      http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/ces/

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