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...commissioner for consumer protection in the European Union (E.U.) criticized the U.S. organization responsible for product safety and urged the two bodies to work together to enforce higher standards, in a speech Tuesday at the Center for European Studies (CES). “In the area of the governance of product safety, the US might stand to benefit from a closer study of what has been done in Europe over the years,” commissioner Meglena Kuneva said in her talk, titled “Consumer Protection as a Challenge and Opportunity for the Transatlantic Agenda...
...landscape of international outposts is as varied as the landscape of the centers at Harvard,” says Coolidge Professor of History David Blackbourn, who is the director of CES. “They should all be different and appropriate to particular people who have put their imprint there...
...that beg the question: do we really need this stuff? Last year, an iPod-Dock/Toilet-Paper Dispenser stunned the crowd. Once gadgeteers had explored the kitchen, living room and bedroom, they rushed to the final frontier: your bathroom. Among the thousands of objects cluttering booths throughout Las Vegas's CES convention halls this time around, here are some of the oddest...
...This device actually won an innovation award at CES, with the following tagline: "Why wait by the grill to find out when dinner is ready?" Apparently there's no need to actually watch what you're cooking. Just buy another widget. The $50 thermometer goes a step beyond other models in reading its findings aloud, wirelessly, far from the grill. So if your dinner is already burning, you can run right over to put out the flames...
...While many of the top tech players at CES are headlining their copycat i-Pod accessories, few have new tools that encourage music-making. One of the most creative and refreshing new applications at this year's show, therefore, is a digital piano-learning game that encourages kids (and musically curious adults) to toy around with a piano keyboard. "From Bach to Bon Jovi, your child will be playing in minutes," the company's tag line promises. And despite the product's crude, toddler-friendly design, the program actually works well to introduce the basic concept of piano fingering without...