Gosh, I miss

not being there this year. Apparently, it’s only gotten better and better. Witness:

….I was interviewing the CEO of a $100 million company recently when a nearby man got zapped with a Taser. The man, a Wall Street Journal reporter who had volunteered to be “Tased,” cried out in pain when the electrical dart hit him. He was lowered gently to the floor, then helped back to his feet when the effects wore off.

This happened minutes after I attended a press conference for a new Taser stun gun that has an MP3 player in its holster (yes, an MP3 player). At the press conference, Taser, Inc. also announced it’s rolling out a stylish leopard skin Taser. Company executives celebrated the introduction by donning leopard skin clothing. Also, a nice lady in leopard skin pants talked about how she’d once been kidnapped.

Welcome to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), 2008 edition. To those who’ve never attended, it may sound a bit surreal. But to CES regulars, it’s, well … fun, in an odd sort of way…..

…The flip side of this strangeshow is the breathtaking technology it delivers. Sony, for example, showed off an organic light emitting diode TV measuring a scant 3 mm thick. Texas Instruments (TI), meanwhile, demonstrated a “his and hers” TV technology, which allows two people to view completely different 3-D images while watching the same television at the same time. And a team composed of GM, Carnegie Mellon University and Continental Automotive offered rides in an autonomous truck known as “Boss.”….MORE….

What will they think of next?

ThankYouVeryMuch!

Owlbert

ps - thinking Tasers are you?

Taser why the media hates it and fears it