Today, my in-box contained a few articles on the Consumer Electronics Show that just wrapped up in Las Vegas.  Articles written by people who weren't there.  I felt compelled to share my thoughts, since I actually was there.

The big buzz word was 3D TV, but we saw critical mass for e-readers, designer headphones, and wireless chargers, which haven't had a lot of buzz in the press.  The 3D TVs we saw were pretty amazing, but we kept wondering who would want to wear glasses every time they watched a show.  There were a few "no-glasses" 3D or almost-3D TVs, but they weren't quite as amazing.  Upshot is that in a couple of years, people with disposable income will probably have a media room that includes 3D components.  Wait until you see your first 3D football game, and you'll be hooked.

Another very cool thing we saw (we had to return the second day because we couldn't get close to it the first day) was the "worlds thinnest TV."  I won't be satisfied until I can tape my TV to the wall   Here's some incredible video I shot:

One of the most exciting things I saw at the show was called "LightTouch."  It's a device that I dreamed up when I first got my iPhone, but these guys beat me to market   It attaches to your smart phone, and projects an image of the screen on any surface.  Take a peek:

I wanted to bring one of these home with me, but no luck.  They're still looking for OEMs, so anyone out there?  Please?

The CES show in general was much more crowded and buzzy than last year, which is a good sign.  We may finally start seeing some Jetsons-like innovation over the next few years.  I'm excited to see what happens.

But here's my mindblowing prediction (as promised): within the next 10 years, the "device" will be dead.  That means TVs, phones, video players, etc.  All of the functionality that we expect from those devices will instead be integrated with furniture or walls or thin air.  Witness the first glimpses of this with the TV-in-the-mirror we've already seen, the charging station embedded in a desk (we saw at CES), the fully functional touch computer wall (we saw at the Hard Rock in Vegas).  I could go on, but you get the idea.  Buckle your seat belt.

Wasn't there a Ray Bradbury short story about a house with digital walls?