• Visitors watch a “Phantom 2” drone by dji company at the CeBIT trade show. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
    Visitors watch a “Phantom 2” drone by dji company at the CeBIT trade show. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
  • Visitors look around at the IBM stand at the CeBIT trade show. Nigel Treblin / Getty Images
    Visitors look around at the IBM stand at the CeBIT trade show. Nigel Treblin / Getty Images
  • British premier David Cameron and German chancellor Angela Merkel announced a new set of initiatives to drive 5G research in their countries. Rainer Jensen / EPA
    British premier David Cameron and German chancellor Angela Merkel announced a new set of initiatives to drive 5G research in their countries. Rainer Jensen / EPA
  • Above, the code_n booth, a platform for 50 international start-ups at the CeBIT trade show. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
    Above, the code_n booth, a platform for 50 international start-ups at the CeBIT trade show. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
  • An artificial hand called i-limb ultra is operated via a smartphone. Friso Gentsch / EPA
    An artificial hand called i-limb ultra is operated via a smartphone. Friso Gentsch / EPA
  • An image from an analytic thermal camera at the booth of Seetec at the CeBIT. Friso Gentsch / EPA
    An image from an analytic thermal camera at the booth of Seetec at the CeBIT. Friso Gentsch / EPA
  • Claudia Breidbach, right, shows German chancellor Angela Merkel and British prime minister David Cameron how to control her bionic hand I-Limba at the CeBIT. Nigel Treblin / Getty Images
    Claudia Breidbach, right, shows German chancellor Angela Merkel and British prime minister David Cameron how to control her bionic hand I-Limba at the CeBIT. Nigel Treblin / Getty Images
  • Police stand guard at Vodafone booth at the CeBIT technology fair. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
    Police stand guard at Vodafone booth at the CeBIT technology fair. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
  • A Roboter welcomes the guests at the 2014 CeBIT technology show. Nigel Treblin / Getty Images
    A Roboter welcomes the guests at the 2014 CeBIT technology show. Nigel Treblin / Getty Images

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In pictures: CeBIT 2014 opens

Liz Claus

March 10, 2014

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CeBIT 2014 got underway in Hannover, Germany with mobile security and encrypted communications some of the topics expected to feature in the spotlight in Europe’s largest technology trade show.

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