CES certainly feels a little less packed this year, but there's still plenty to see on the acres of showfloor that make up the world's largest tradeshow, once you find your way around the massive TVs, booming soundsystems and thousands of iPod accessories.

Small laptops to your left

First must see, on your whistle stop tour of the show, has to be Sony's teeny weeny Vaio P series laptop. You can see how Sony might have been a bit miffed at Asus stealing the limelight in the titchy computer stakes with the Eee PC. Sony may not be trying to compete on price - you could have nearly three Eees for the same as one Vaio P - but it's a slick looking device. It also has a very high res screen, so if you're blessed with 20/20 vision you can see more onscreen at the same time.

Once you've finished drooling over the Vaio P, then swing a left and head on over to the Powermat booth to literally see the future: wireless power. Before you get too excited, it won't let you simply charge devices as you're walking around - sorry iPhone 3G users - but it does massively simplify the process. Strap the device you want to charge into a Powermat enabled harness - such as a dock for iPod or case for your BlackBerry - and then simply drop it on the charging mat whenever you want to power up. It's early days yet but if you could get Powermat built into new devices by default it'd be a useful, not to mention extremely cool, timesaver.

Robot Wars

It's probably time to take a break, so what better way to spend some downtime than shooting the odd robot bird or two? Dunk Hunter from Interactive Toy Concepts brings Nintendo's classic Duck Hunt to life. Launch the bird into the air and then shoot it with the supplied infrared gun as it flies around. Each direct hit will stun it slightly, and on the third it'll drop to the floor. Dead.

While you're over by the robots, it's worth checking out Wow Wee's new Spy Ball webcam too. About the size of a football, you can roll it into a hostile area you wish to survey and once it's come to a stop it'll right itself, click a stabilising wheel out the back and pop a camera out of its top. You can then drive it via a web browser and see what it sees live, wirelessly.

If concept stuff is more your cup of tea, then Samsung has got some pretty impressive OLED displays to show off. There's a folding one, so you can get twice as much display in half the space and even a see through screen which could be used in car GPS systems, so you can keep up on directions without taking your eyes off the road.

Finally, for cool ideas reinvented, stop by the Polaroid booth and check out the Pogo Instant Digital Camera. It's camera and printer in one, so once you've taken a snap just hit print and in 45 seconds you'll have a hard copy in your hands. It's like, well, a Polaroid camera of yesteryear, but without all shaking.