I'm fully recovered from my trip to Vegas (and in the process of recovering from all of this snow) so here goes the first annual Best of CES Awards, Digital Dad style. My criteria was innovation, coolness, and appllication of technology to the family.
Oregon Scientific's Wireless Talking Meat Thermometer
"Why wait by the grill to find out when dinner is ready? The AW131 Talking Wireless BBQ/Oven Thermometer verbally alerts you when your entree has reached the perfect temperature."
And note the little picture of the cow. Cool.
LED Lantern plus Weather Radio
This looks pretty cool. The LED lantern is a cylinder that also folds out into wings to shine downward. Unfortunately I forgot to write down the manufacturer - any ideas?
Microsoft Windows Home Server
This one looks promising - all your music and pictures, remote access, auto-backup, headless console control. It's a home server OS that ships on a new HP box that looks pretty tiny. I'll give it some hands-on at work and see how it goes,
Car with twelve video screens
Not sure what the deal was here - just caught my eye.
A few other items of note - refrigerators with built-in LCDs, but no WiFi connectivity? Bummer. It also looks like TVs are getting thinner bezels - Samsung was down to almost only half an inch of plastic around the big screen.
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