For some, Christmas comes the first week in January, when the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) takes place in Las Vegas. This year 2,500 exhibitors showcased everything from a 103-in. plasma TV to a portable ½-in.-thick satellite radio. Here are the products and the services we considered to be best in show.
ROBOTIC WONDER
Mindstorm NXT isn't your typical Lego set. Equipped with a 32-bit computer as well as USB 2.0 and Bluetooth interfaces, it lets you build robots that walk, talk and interact with their environment. Available in August. $250
THE NEW DISC WARS
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