TheGrio at CES!

By Dan Woolsey, theGrio.com

This year the floor is covered with hot cool stuff that you need to keep an eye out for from cases for your BB that can protect you from the phone's radiation (from Pong Research) to a fully integrated nav/music/just plain cool system for your car (Panasonic AVIC X920 BT).

But the big thing this year has to be 3D. 3D TV, 3D video cameras, 3D video games, 3D, 3D, 3D!! You still need glasses for most of them, and the effect is good, but not great.  I don't want to bring anyone down, but it still messes with your eyes a bit and I can't see myself sitting at home with the glasses on for any serious amount of time.

3D video games may be another story. The naturally geek-friendly world of gaming lends itself to accepting gadgetry (including glasses) for hours at a time and the Sony OLED screen that had 3D game samples looked the best out of any of the 3D samplings. Granted, this may have been the incredible Sony OLED display.

So get ready for rich family members and friends to buy 3D TVs and invite you over, but wait at least a few years to run out and get your own. In the meantime, you have a great year of gadgets coming at you.

Be sure to look for our piece next week on our top picks from CES on thegrio.com.