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

By · July 18, 2006, 8:42 AM PST · billdetwiler

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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.

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

  • Offbeat architecture is a feature of the Hannover showground.

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

  • 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.

    See more luxury laptops from Asus now on display.

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

  • This massive exhibit hall is just one of the 27 that are filled with CeBit gear.

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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

    Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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.

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

Charles McLellan/ZDNet UK

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