CES 2008

An attendee puts an Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card into a Canon camera at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 9, 2008. The Eye-Fi beat nine other contenders for the top spot in the traditional "Last Gadget Standing" contest staged by Yahoo! Inc.'s technology section. The $100 card, which has 2 gigabytes of memory, uses Wi-Fi to instantly zap pictures to computers and photo-sharing Web sites.

Attendees play the 3DV Systems' ZCam boxing game at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. The ZCam recognizes human gestures in the interactive game.

Voltaic Systems' backpack with waterproof solar panels is shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. The backpack can charge MP3 players, cell phones and most digital cameras.

Show attendees look at General Motors' display showing the drivetrain of a hydrogen fuel cell car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008.

Enon, center, a service robot from Fujitsu, entertains people at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008.

Philips' heart-shaped 1GB USB drives are shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008.

Show attendees look at Hitachi's 1.5-inch thick LCD television display during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008.

Guitarist Slash, left, plays next to Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, right, during his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008. This is Gates' last electronics show as Microsoft's boss. Later in the year, he'll be giving up his daily duties to devote full time to philanthropy.

Attendees arrive at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Nearly 3,000 exhibitors will be taking part in the largest tech show in the country. About 140,000 people from around the world are expected to attend the show, which runs through Thursday.

Barb Marshall demonstrates the Microsoft Surface at the Microsoft booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. The computer in a table responds to users' touches and gestures. Surface is debuting as a virtual concierge in hotels, but Mi0crosoft chairman Bill Gates hopes it will soon be used in retail stores.

Polaroid's Distal Instant Mobile Photo Printer is shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Once connected to a phone or camera by Bluetooth wireless or the USB port, the printers need less than a minute to churn out a 2-inch-by-3-inch picture. The printer uses a thermal printing technology instead of ink.

Sony's 11-inch OLED digital televisions are showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Gizmos and gadgets will cover over a 1.5 million square feet of convention space over the show's four-day run. Some of the most influential electronic devices have debuted at CES: the VCR rolled out in 1970, the camcorder in 1981, the DVD in 1996.

Jim Naslund, left, checks out Samsung's 3D HDTV at the Samsung booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008.

Show attendees walk past the Sharp booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Despite fears of a recession, the Consumer Electronics Association predicts that consumers will buy more gadgets in 2008.