<p>There were plenty of other interesting ideas on display, too, from 3-D printing to a wireless cell phone tether. Here are some of the gadgets most worth keeping an eye out for this year, and some that best deserve an arched eyebrow of amusement:<br /><br />TV on the iPhone - Qualcomm Inc’s FLO TV service has been limited by the fact that only a few AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless cell phones can receive the signals, which carry about 15 news, sports and entertainment channels. <br /><br />Game-controller glove - Iron Will Innovations demonstrated a futuristic-looking black-and-silver glove that replaces a keyboard and lets users control games by touching their fingers together instead.<br /><br />Wireless charging Power unveiled the Powerpack, a battery that replaces the one that comes with your cell phone and lets you charge your handset by placing it on the mat - no other attachments needed. <br /><br />Cameras - Polaroid announced at the show that it will be bringing back instant film cameras. <br /><br />Cell-phone tether - Losing your cell phone is a drag, and a company called Zomm believes it can make it a thing of the past. It has a small device, also called Zomm, that connects wirelessly with your phone through Bluetooth and sets off an alarm if you walk away from it. <br /><br />3-D camera - The big push from TV makers this year is for sets that show 3-D in the home. Fujifilm, betting that people will want to shoot their own 3-D movies and photos as well, is also selling a digital camera with two lenses, set apart as if they are human eyes. .<br /><br />3-D filter - Realview Innovations Ltd has developed a film that can be placed over a set to make it look like the flat surface of the screen bulges inwards. Sort of like 3-D, but the effect doesn’t vary from scene to scene. <br /><br />3-D color printing - Shapeways has been offering 3-D printing for a few years, taking data files and turning them into sculptures with the help of a machine that lays down successive layers of a plaster-like material. At the show, the Dutch company announced that they’re now offering sculptures in full color.</p>.<p> The dyes are impregnated into the material as it’s being built up. The cost: $16.22 per cubic inch.<br /><br />Mopping robot - It’s the battle of the cleaning robots! The vacuuming Roomba robots will get competition this September from the Mint, a square robot that has a pad for a dry or wet Swiffer-type cleaning cloth. Guided by a beacon that projects an infrared light on the ceiling , the Mint will methodically sweep one room at a time.</p>
<p>There were plenty of other interesting ideas on display, too, from 3-D printing to a wireless cell phone tether. Here are some of the gadgets most worth keeping an eye out for this year, and some that best deserve an arched eyebrow of amusement:<br /><br />TV on the iPhone - Qualcomm Inc’s FLO TV service has been limited by the fact that only a few AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless cell phones can receive the signals, which carry about 15 news, sports and entertainment channels. <br /><br />Game-controller glove - Iron Will Innovations demonstrated a futuristic-looking black-and-silver glove that replaces a keyboard and lets users control games by touching their fingers together instead.<br /><br />Wireless charging Power unveiled the Powerpack, a battery that replaces the one that comes with your cell phone and lets you charge your handset by placing it on the mat - no other attachments needed. <br /><br />Cameras - Polaroid announced at the show that it will be bringing back instant film cameras. <br /><br />Cell-phone tether - Losing your cell phone is a drag, and a company called Zomm believes it can make it a thing of the past. It has a small device, also called Zomm, that connects wirelessly with your phone through Bluetooth and sets off an alarm if you walk away from it. <br /><br />3-D camera - The big push from TV makers this year is for sets that show 3-D in the home. Fujifilm, betting that people will want to shoot their own 3-D movies and photos as well, is also selling a digital camera with two lenses, set apart as if they are human eyes. .<br /><br />3-D filter - Realview Innovations Ltd has developed a film that can be placed over a set to make it look like the flat surface of the screen bulges inwards. Sort of like 3-D, but the effect doesn’t vary from scene to scene. <br /><br />3-D color printing - Shapeways has been offering 3-D printing for a few years, taking data files and turning them into sculptures with the help of a machine that lays down successive layers of a plaster-like material. At the show, the Dutch company announced that they’re now offering sculptures in full color.</p>.<p> The dyes are impregnated into the material as it’s being built up. The cost: $16.22 per cubic inch.<br /><br />Mopping robot - It’s the battle of the cleaning robots! The vacuuming Roomba robots will get competition this September from the Mint, a square robot that has a pad for a dry or wet Swiffer-type cleaning cloth. Guided by a beacon that projects an infrared light on the ceiling , the Mint will methodically sweep one room at a time.</p>
