Digging a bit deeper and looking beyond the monster displays at the Builders' Show, we're looking forward to visiting these 4 booths that might be small on space but deliver big on product.
Parasoleil
If these architectural panels are as beautiful in person as on their website, we're sold!
RipCart
We're hoping they have a demo setup. Would love to see a circular saw rip some stuff up at IBS 2010.
Stilleto Tools
We'd love to take a swing with their TBII-15. Is the most expensive hammer out there worth it?
Carhartt
This clothing company keeps it simple yet rugged and stylish. We always pine for their latest but our current Carhartt coats never wear out.
We'll follow up with live tweets from these booths and blog posts later next week.
CES is all about the gadgets and this automated hardwood floor cleaner certainly fits the bill.
The Mint automatic floor cleaner works with popular cleaning clothes such as Swiffer or Pledge. You simply install the cloth of your choice, turn the unit on and let it run. It will go for 3 hours on a single charge and at the end you'll have a floor so clean that you could eat from it (not really).
The toughest consumer electronic device we saw at CES 2010 came in the form of a beefed up Ford F-350 that was wrapped in DeWALT tools and featured Microsoft's mobile office as part of Ford's Work Solutions that's available in their line of trucks.
When I was in 6th grade my parents had a beeper system that I took with me when I left the house to ride my bike in the neighborhood. When it was time to come home for dinner or play time was up they would buzz me. Much like the fancy light up buzzers that are handed out at the Cheesecake Factory that let you know when your table is ready but with probably a shorter range.
This was way before cellphones and even before pagers were the rage. It seemed very high-tech at the time and it was too cool to be dorky or frowned upon (or at least I thought so).
In 2010 the Protector from Taser has arrived that makes my beeper system seem like the dark ages.
The Protector is one of the more interesting product announcements we found at CES 2010 and should be available to the public this year.
Once the Protector software is installed on your mobile phone system you can set a plethora of alerts that will notify you of your child's behavior. We thought these were the most scary or useful - depending how you look at it.
