Everything You Need to Know About CES [INFOGRAPHIC]

Listen. Can you hear it?

It's the distant sound of thousands of AMOLED touchscreens being loaded into the Las Vegas Convention Center.

That's right -- it's almost here. CES 2012 promises to be the biggest, baddest tech extravaganza since ... well, CES 2011.

In anticipation of the yearly Geek-a-Palooza, the folks over at Sortable have created this visual guide to the upcoming show. It also includes a fun look back at CESes past.

Check out which gadgets and games made their debut at the conference over the years, and grab some stats on what will undoubtedly be a breakout year for a pile of new products, services and companies.