LAS VEGAS--Sporting a pair of heavy dark shades herself, "Bad Romance" songstress Lady Gaga rolled into CES yesterday to unveil Polaroid sunglasses that can take pics and display them as well.

The super-stylish GL20 Camera Glasses contain a camera and 1.5-inch OLED screens that can capture and display images and video to people around you.

A veiled, black-clad Lady Gaga, Polaroid's creative director, demoed a prototype of the specs on a mannequin, calling the shades the first of their kind. The singer has sported video glasses made of iPod screens before.

The GL20 shades have a USB key in the earpiece so imagery can be transferred to a computer and uploaded to the Internet. The shades will be released later this year at an unspecified price.

They're part of a Grey Label lineup of Gaga-inspired products. Also coming out this year is the GL30 Instant Digital Camera, a printer-enabled device that evokes Polaroid's instant camera glory days. The 12-megapixel shooter can hold 10 3x4-inch prints and features a swiveling LCD screen for viewing pics before printing. … Read more

LAS VEGAS--If your baby isn't getting enough attention at home, he or she can get more love on social-networking sites like Facebook with a new high-tech baby monitor from Samsung Techwin America that records images.

The company announced its BabyView at the Consumer Electronics Show here, touting the SD card recording of audio and video data for easy uploads to social networks.

With USB compatibility, the monitor can plug into a computer running Skype and act as Webcam, so friends anywhere on the Internet can check in on your child.

Various versions of the system have two-way talk, sound … Read more

LAS VEGAS--Amimon, which is the strongest supporter of the Wireless Home Digital Interface display standard and announced the Asus WAVI earlier this week, demoed at CES 2011 a variety of solutions through which WHDI-enabled devices could potentially change the way we interact with indoor entertainment.

Similar to Intel's WiDi and Sibeam's WirelessHD, WHDI is a technology that allows devices to connect to a HDMI TV wirelessly and transmit audio and video at full HD quality (1080p). The strength of WHDI is the fact that it has almost no latency and, therefore, other than high-def movies, enables interactive applications, … Read more

LAS VEGAS--What if you could control a 5-foot-tall robot with your iPad? iRobot's AVA, introduced today at the Consumer Electronics Show, is a self-navigating, tablet-controlled droid that can map out environments, project your presence into remote locations, and turn virtually any app into a mobile platform.

"You just tap your tablet screen to tell it where to go," said iRobot CEO Colin Angle, who introduced a prototype of the machine. "It could be serving drinks or act as a mobile alarm clock."

AVA, short for "avatar," is a three-wheel platform that runs on … Read more

LAS VEGAS--No shortage of Dell news today.

On Thursday at its press conference, Dell debuted the Streak 7, but right after that presentation the company showed a very quick look at the Dell Streak 10.

The Streak 10 will have a 10-inch screen and will be geared toward business and enterprise users.

Expect built-in support for VPN and other business-related features.

No work yet on release date, price, or if there will be a consumer version.

The AR.Drone helicopter demo was going really well, until the 'copter, under the expert pilotage of a company employee, veered out of control from its demo arena and smacked into a CES attendee's head. Fortunately, the foam bumper on the drone was installed, otherwise the guy might not have laughed off the collision.

Shortly thereafter, in a demo set up for me of the new AR.Drone dogfighting game, Flying Ace, one demonstrator mercilessly (virtually) pounded another pilot's copter, which hovered motionless, locked in place by the Wi-Fi interference that plagues this conference every year (check out … Read more

LAS VEGAS--Clarity, a leading provider of amplified telephones and assistive listening devices for seniors and those with hearing loss, has learned over the years that many seniors (75 and older) need new tech to be simple. Really simple.

An example: it's removed the plastic around its phone cords in packaging because so many reported having a hard time doing it themselves.

So the company's new customer service platform, ClarityLogic, gives their customer service call center access to each customer's phone so that, with the click of one button, they can get help for any phone issues without … Read more

LAS VEGAS--After a long, hard day at CES, there's nothing like a good massage, even if it is performed by a small robot.

Stopping at the booth for an Israeli company called DreamBots, I got a hands-on, or rather backs-on, demo of its WheeMe portable massage robot.

Fitting in the palm of your hand, the tiny massager works its magic around your back by digging in with four studded wheels, or fingerettes. The WheeMe is able to navigate your body without falling off through a series of sensors that tells it when to stop and when to shift into … Read more

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post here. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below.

LAS VEGAS--Samsung had the tech world's attention earlier yesterday afternoon as it unveiled new phones, a Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab, and TVs, cameras, and Blu-ray players. But, just wait, the company tells us, there's more.

Today at 4:30 p.m. PT, the president of Samsung's visual display business, BK Yoon, will be giving a keynote speech in which he will apparently … Read more