Each year in January takes place a new edition of the world's biggest technology show, and this year was no exception.

The Consumer Electronics Show 2016 in Las Vegas is well underway and the world is talking about all those innovations, technologies and gadgets that are supposed to improve our everyday lives. Futuristic cars, one-passenger autonomous drones, bigger TVs and with higher resolution than ever seen before, technology that makes your home more smart, innovations for you health, Augmented and Virtual Reality devices, wearables for babies, and so on and so forth.

After the initial giddiness of the first days attending CES 2016, and after literally seeing a lot of things -you can read our first days recap here-. We are able to bring you a summary of what most surprised us so far. Products, projects and prototypes that show us that the future is getting closer.

Drones. So many drones.

Drones are one of the most popular gadgets on display at CES, with over one hundred new drone models to see in the convention center, and the Drone Rodeo, an exhibit out in the deep desert, to show them doing what they do best: flying. In CES 2016 you can see all kind of different drones: wearables drones, mini drones, super fast drones...

Here is one of the drones that certainly did not go unnoticed:

Chinese drone-maker Ehang has developed the 184, a prototype of the first autonomous drone that will fly humans. The Ehang 184 (one passenger, eight propellers, four arms), looks essentially like a larger version of a quadcopter drone - except for a small cockpit in the middle capable of carrying a single passenger. It works, according to EHang, punching a destination into a mobile app. It's capable of speeding up to 62 miles per hour, travel up to 11,480 feet, and it's got a battery pack that's capable of 23 minutes of flying time, with an ideal flying altitude of 400 meters.

The company promises that it will be much safer than driving since drivers themselves are the main source of accidents. Could this drone revolutionize transportation forever?

Wearables - Health devices

This is definitely another of the big categories that showed up in CES 2016. Sure, you're sick of fitness trackers that mostly are the same trackers you saw last year. But, one of the big differences this time around are the devices that are trying to actually improve and monitor your health. This year's wearables go beyond basic step counting to measure core health data such as blood pressure, vision quality, and body temperature.

Omron brought a blood pressure monitor. It looks like a bulky fitness tracker, but it's not there to count steps. It is a subtle and clinically accurate blood pressure monitor (BPM) that provides real-time blood pressure readings, letting you get a reading without putting on a big strap around your wrist.

On the other hand, TempTraq has showed a patch for infants to monitor their temperature while sick, and ReliefBand has showed a bracelet that claims to reduce morning sickness in pregnant women by sending "gentle pulses" into the wearer's wrist.

Finally someone is trying to do more than counting your steps or your heart rate.

TVs and screens

If there is something that never fails at CES are televisions, and this year brought great advances related to 4K UHD screens and super-thin screens. Companies like LG and Samsung were the major players in televisions this year by its desire not only to launch larger models with higher resolution but also to present new technologies and prototypes such as an 18-inch screen and 1 mm thickness that can be rolled, or a modular TV of up to 170 inches.

It has not been the best year in terms of new TVs (with the exception of the OLED from LG -Signature-, or the Samsung TV with an almost nonexistent border), but either way there have been very good ads that point to a future where the 4K and OLED TVs will be more accessible.

You can learn more about this here (via maschable.com)

I assure you that this is only a snapshot. In a future post we will continue to develop the latest news from CES about smart devices for your home, Virtual Reality and cars.

Actually, cars have always been a part of CES, but this year they’re taking an even larger part of the spotlight introducing more than just new vehicles. This year we are seeing a large number of devices that will take that slightly older car you have and make it smart as well. Special mention to Project Tango's news: Google and Lenovo teamed up to make the first Project Tango device for under $500. Stay tuned, we will tell you more soon.