By ITP
Gadgets galore at German technology fair
Arabian Business visits the the CeBIT technology trade fair in Hanover


McLaren race car driver Lewis Hamilton signs autographs while promoting Vodafone at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 1, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT 2011 will be open to the public from March 1-5. (Getty Images)

A visitor strokes a Pleo robotic dinosaur with responsive learning technology that retails for EUR 490 at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 1, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT 2011 will be open to the public from March 1-5. (Getty Images)

The hand of a Robothespian communications and entertainment robot mimics the gestures of a person standing nearby at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 1, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT 2011 will be open to the public from March 1-5. (Getty Images)

Visitors try out the new Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming device with a 3D display at the Nintendo DS stand at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT 2011 will be open to the public from March 1-5. (Getty Images)

Visitors crowd the cloud computing presentation at the Vodafone stand at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT 2011 will be open to the public from March 1-5. (Getty Images)

A Vitininy VT300 portable digital microscope and camera displays a detail from an electronic circuit board at the Microlinks Technology Corporation stand at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT 2011 will be open to the public from March 1-5. (Getty Images)