Technology News: Technology: Gadgetry Cacophony at #CES

Attendance-wise, CES is having a fat year. Bloated crowds meander through the show floor's arteries, clumping around deposits of cool gadgets, blocking the flow for those not willing to get a little physical and squeeze themselves through.

Press conferences overflow, locking out anyone who's not in line an hour in advance. Floor walkers do the CES zombie shuffle. Shuttle buses antagonize their passengers by crawling 300 feet in 20 minutes in the traffic cluster outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, and no, the driver cannot let you out until the bus is at its assigned stop.

Is this conference claustrophobia a sign of a recovering economy? Are people getting slower? Am I just getting fatter? Perhaps it's all of the above. But without being able to conduct a formal headcount, I'd hazard a guess that CES is enjoying a bumper crop of show-goers this year.

CES officially lasts four days, and with these crowds, it could easily take someone at least that long to check it all out. Here's a mere handful of products that caught my eye so far.

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