While most of my fellow CES attendees are staked out at the slots trying to get in a little more gambling, I’m staked out on the laptop cropping photos, and trying to get in one last post.  I had been looking for the cool, new toys here at the show and finally found some I think fit the bill.

As a dad, I dread the day my kids get old enough to want their own PSP or Nintendo DS.  I just know they’re going to lose them.  If the good folks at LeashTec have their way, maybe not.  The Game Leash (buy it online for about $13) tethers the device, Wii controller, or other tech toys to your tot.  Never lose another gadget or watch another nunchuk sail across the living room.

If you want to propose but wish the two months salary you shelled out for all that bling came with a case that would play a video or pictures set to “We’ve Had the Time Of Our Lives”, you’re in luck.  For an extra $200 bucks the Euricase will allow you to upload images or an MP$ and it will playback when the recipient opens the box.

Gaming chairs are all the rage and the show had plenty of them.  From the low end (on the bottom at $600) to the high-end closing on $15,000, you can get your chair configured with multiple displays, flight simulator controls, phenomenal audio, and a drink holder (not actually sure about that last one, but it would make sense.

The iDry is the next wave in clothes dryers (or so they hope).  Your clothes (up to 14 garments) hang in the tall nylon tube and air circulates around them.  It eliminates the need to iron, and doubles as a heather humidifier in the winter.  Warm air flows from what looks like a small space heater at the bottom and the warm moist air exits the top.  Run it in the summer with the heat off (it takes a little longer) and avoid the heating effect.  They expect it to retail for about $200 (much cheaper than that Maytag you’ve had your eye on).

The Argo Cinema 2 provides 3D DVD viewing through a set of personal glasses (similar to the MyVu’s I took a look at on Monday).  The entire set retails at $549 and includes the glasses, remote, and DVD player.  I’m not sure why a personal player needs a remote, but it has one.

Finally, 3DV, a company that apparently provides a lot of very cool stuff for filmmakers enters the consumer electronics field with what appears to be a typical webcam until you see it in action.  The camera in the picture above sits right under the TV.  It reads your body in 3D, strips out the background and puts you in the game (in this case boxing, but combine it with the Wii controllers and first-person shooters and the skies the limit).  It was cool to watch - like a new version of Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, but featuring a body that looks strangely familiar layered over Soda Popinski.  They expect the camera bundle to retail for around $100.

Well, my flight is boarding.  I hope these updates have given you a little glimpse into some of the newest tech toys at CES.

Tags: 3DV, Argo Cinema 2, CES, Euricase, Game Leash, iDry, LeashTec

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