Tablets may be becoming increasingly popular but some still are concerned about just how extensive their usefulness might be.

Richard Taylor reports from CES in Las Vegas on a piece of software that allows a tablet to control everything from the TV and the heating system right through to boiling a kettle.

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The big trends of CES 2012

Dual view TV and Kinect 3D scanning

The solar powered laptop for the developing world

The tablet PC that makes a cup of coffee

Headphones 'made to fit in five minutes'

The tablet served up for cooks

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