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CES video: Green gadgets, kids tech and other trends

January 11, 2009 | 10:38 am

LAS VEGAS -- Consumer electronics are becoming more kid-centric, blurring the line between toys and technology. The trend is reaching toward younger and younger children, with some manufacturers aiming at kids as little as 3 years old.

Toys are also increasingly going online to reach kids where they're spending more of their time. Mattel's Barbie B-Nails, for example, lets girls create a nail design on a computer, upload and share the design, then download it to a gadget that can paint it on their nails. The El Segundo company calls these toys "beautronics: where beauty meets electronics."

For more examples, including digital cameras for tots, click on the video above or the link here to see a presentation I did with CNN.

-- Alex Pham


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