Neat Stuff For Every Day

This Morning Consumer Correspondent Herb Weisbaum is checking out the hottest items at the International Housewares Show in Chicago. Here are his "picks" of new products introduced at the show:

• Mr. Coffee Cocomotion Hot Chocolate Machine: ($49)
  Perfect for the cold weather. Mixes and heats up to four cups of hot cocoa in just ten minutes.
• Winemaster Wine Bottle Opener from Vacu Vin: ($65)
  Unique mechanical corkscrew that opens any wine bottle without twisting.
• Ovo frying pan from Italy, made by TVS: (about $30)
  Fry your eggs in a fried-egg shaped frying pan. Teflon coated.
• Cool Wave Stirring Pitcher from Sierra Housewares: ($10-$15, available March 1st)
  Easily mixes any beverage with its own built-in spoon! No more splashes.
• Frog Can Crusher from the Bakertowne Company: ($15)
  Insert can, step on frog. Makes recycling fun!
• Philips Sensor Touch Thermometer: ($60, available in July)
  Measures temperature by just stroking the forehead (instead of the less pleasant alternatives). Can even be used on a sleeping child.
• Pants Out, from Advanced Hanger: ($5.99)
  People put their pants on first and take them off last. But most hangers put the pants inside the jacket. Pants Out solves this centuries-old problem.
• Revlon Perfect Heat To Go, curling iron and hot brush:
  The heat comes from a butane cartridge so you can use it anywhere - after gym workouts, travel, camping, etc.
• The Amazing Light by Bing: ($40-$50)
  Create your own unique lamp by molding the flexible thermoplastic rubber shade into a variety of shapes and heights.
• Sculptured Electra Lamp from Lumisource: ($120)
  Each unique light sculpture is made from hand-blown glass. Electric charges passing through a blend of inert gases creates ever-changing arcs of light.
• Chia Taz and Elmer Fudd:
  These Looney Tunes figures are the latest additions to the Chia Pet line.
• Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ from Ronco: ($160)
  Cooks up to a 15-pound turkey. From America's most beloved inventor, Ron Popeil.

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