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Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

By Bill Detwiler March 10, 2006, 12:55 AM PST on Twitter billdetwiler

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Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

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At this year’s mammoth trade show in Hannover, Germany, the full CeBit experience includes 27 exhibition halls and 6,262 exhibitors occupying 310,412 square meters of show space.rn

At IBM’s exhibit, Big Blue displays a replica of the Airbus A380 to show off the company’s tiny RFID chips.

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Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

Offbeat architecture is a feature of the Hannover showground.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

And if the Airbus replica doesn’t draw your attention, IBM has a real Airbus A380 wheel for its RFID demonstration.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

On a more serious note, IBM also showed off a 300mm Cell processor wafer with 224 dies and 9 cores per die.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

A new Sun teleportation device? No, it’s actually a gesture driven presentation interface.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

The new Asus lineup of luxury notebooks features the Lamborghini laptop. This model is designed to match the famed 1970 Lamborghini Miura. The laptop will cost between $2,790 and $3,140–much cheaper than the car.rn

See more luxury laptops from Asus now on display.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

Intel starts the engines in its Viiv area, a popular location for next-gen Formula 1 racers.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

Intel’s recent interest in the health care business was also evident on its stand.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

Toshiba remembers that Germany will be the host of the 2006 World Cup.

Photos: At CeBit, take a walk on the weird side

CeBit also has some interesting lawn ornaments–scrapped ICBMs maybe? And how do you cut the grass?

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