Reporting from Las Vegas - The giants of the electronics industry made the big splashes at the Consumer Electronics Show, as usual, with towering displays, celebrity spokespeople (Taylor Swift sang for Sony, live and in 3-D) and invitation-only soirees.
On the far opposite end of the scale were boutique or just plain small companies, a few of which were even of the mom-and-pop variety.
Sometimes, that's where the fun stuff resided at CES, with products that varied from highly inventive to downright wacky.
Original Article: Innovation doesn't always carry a big brand name - latimes.com