CES: Let the gadgets begin

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The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t get really serious until tomorrow when the big guns -- Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, etc. -- hold carefully rehearsed news conferences to show off their new products for the year.

But tonight at the Unveiled showcase in a ballroom at the Venetian Hotel, a few dozen companies presented -- in much more free-form style -- new products that could mostly be classified as gadgets.

Many were very cool. Some were just wacky and might not last the year.

But overall, you just had to admire the creativity.

Take a look at three unusual products that were introduced tonight to the consumer electronics world.

-- David Colker