Hasta La Gadget!

You didn’t think CES was over, did you? Saving a true gamer’s delight for last, we went along to meet with Microvision’s reps today and were introduced to its PicoP laser projector and gun gaming peripheral. The projection tech employed here is unique, as each pixel (848 x 480 resolution) is itself an RGB laser reflecting off a mirror which flips 60 times a second. What that results in is a permanently focused projection, no matter how much you wiggle, jiggle or maneuver the projector. The whole thing fits within 6cc and was designed to be embedded into phones. We snapped a few pics of the standalone projector and then moved on to the rifle gaming controller. Come along after the break to check out our hell-raising skills on video, as well as some more in-depth impressions of the hardware.

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Well, the initial CES attendance estimates are in from the Consumer Electronics Association–the organization behind CES–and it looks to be good news. Despite pre-show estimates suggesting that attendance would drop off from last year, it seems that the show has actually seen a bit of a bump.

The CEA had initially expected last years attendance of 113,085 people to drop to somewhere around 110,000. According to an e-mail sent by the CEA to attendees, At show close, preliminary registration figures indicate more than 120,000 industry professionals attended the 2010 International CES.

There were more than 2,500 companies present at the show, according to the numbers–a decline of 2,700 from the year before. That, certainly, shouldnt come as much of a surprise to those present–the show occupied noticeably less floor space than a year prior, with certainly companies conspicuously absent from the proceedings.

There was, however, a record 330 new exhibitors, according to the CEA. This likely had something to do with a number of newly introduced floor sections, including The iLounge Pavilion and Living in Digital Times.

Packed in with LG’s new top of the line LCD, the 3D capable, LED backlit LE9500 is a new RF remote that users wave, Wii-style, to operate the onscreen menus. There’s also a standard IR remote for universal remote compatibility and the very necessary lazy bastards who don’t want to lift their arms to change the channel compatibility. Check out a quick demo from the CES show floor after the break.

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It’s that time of the year again, where we round up all the gadgets we found on the CES show floor that help us to reset our gauge for bad ideas and hardware. Following in 2009’s footsteps, there seemed to be much less crap this year than before. Still, we’re here to recognize those souls who strive harder than most to hit that point of mediocrity — pick your favorite below, then rest easy knowing that you live in a world that accepts the existence of all kinds of products, no matter how miserable.

The nominees

Crapgadget Crapdown, CES 2010: the best of the worst originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Can you believe it? Another CES has come and gone — and the crew of Engadget was there to capture all the highs and the lows. If you haven’t been keeping track of things, this year was an insanely jam-packed frenzy of gadgety goodness. Our team bounced between the towering monuments to 3D TV, a boatload of smartbooks, netbooks, and tablets, an unexpected deluge of “superphones” and smartphones, and the requisite helping of crazy Crapgadgets and mountains of new laptops with the style and grace of a ballerina on opening night. Of course, we captured all of that madness on the pages (and pages, and pages) of Engadget, blowing it out with our biggest CES showing ever and putting a bunch of our new redesign elements into play to get news to you guys faster. But like all awesome things, they must come to an end, and after a week in Las Vegas, everyone is definitely ready to truck it on home. We wanted to leave our readers with a taste of what CES was like for us (including some awesome video of senior editor Thomas Ricker breaking it down). We also want to shout out a big thank you to you guys and girls for coming to the site every day and making this our biggest and best CES ever. You absolutely rule forever.

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It was Vegas, baby — Engadget departs CES 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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