Offbeat items brighten CES
Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA
January 10, 2008
LAS VEGAS -- It probably goes without saying that no one actually needs a dancing MP3 player or a music-playing Taser holster or a drink cooler that can be ridden like a scooter.
But some vendors at the International Consumer Electronics Show are betting that people will actually want these things.
Alongside gadgets representing the highest of high technology, CES this week showcased a great collection of offbeat items.
Some might even turn out to be blockbusters. Others, if they're lucky, will nestle into an ignored corner of the SkyMall catalog.....
.....At Taser International Inc.'s booth, it was easy to forget that the company sells a weapon.
The company featured an abundance of femininity. Four Playboy Playmates signed autographs. Then there were new stun gun models in "Fashion Pink" and a leopard print scheme. The leopard one costs $379, while regular Tasers cost $349.
A fitting accessory for the leopard-print Taser is the music player holster, which clips a Taser to a belt and plays digital music.
Recommended listening: Aerosmith's "Lightning Strikes" and, of course, any number of "Don't Tase Me, Bro!" remixes.....
Continued: (here).
January 10, 2008
LAS VEGAS -- It probably goes without saying that no one actually needs a dancing MP3 player or a music-playing Taser holster or a drink cooler that can be ridden like a scooter.
But some vendors at the International Consumer Electronics Show are betting that people will actually want these things.
Alongside gadgets representing the highest of high technology, CES this week showcased a great collection of offbeat items.
Some might even turn out to be blockbusters. Others, if they're lucky, will nestle into an ignored corner of the SkyMall catalog.....
.....At Taser International Inc.'s booth, it was easy to forget that the company sells a weapon.
The company featured an abundance of femininity. Four Playboy Playmates signed autographs. Then there were new stun gun models in "Fashion Pink" and a leopard print scheme. The leopard one costs $379, while regular Tasers cost $349.
A fitting accessory for the leopard-print Taser is the music player holster, which clips a Taser to a belt and plays digital music.
Recommended listening: Aerosmith's "Lightning Strikes" and, of course, any number of "Don't Tase Me, Bro!" remixes.....
Continued: (here).
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