Berlin's Internationalen Funkausstellung is by no means an unexciting user electronic components show. Sure, there aren't nearly as many new gadgets to play with as you'll find at even the tamest year of CES, but there's still plenty else around to leave almost any tech buff feeling full. Still, this year's most exciting gadget -- to me, at least -- wasn't a new tablet, or cell phone, or even that Android-controlled robotic vacuum. No, the focus of my week was these clip-on 3D glasses, which LG reps handed out to every involved


copyrights:cite this source synonym collection v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico publishing group spectator as they entered the company's booth. These dead-simple, yet in toto life-changing specs were almost certainly overlooked by the 20/20 vision-abled, but for folks like me who can't stand sliding one pair of glasses over another just to watch Kung Fu Panda in three dimensions, those clip-ons you see above are the absolute best swag I could ever hope to find.



There's really not much to them. The 3D empiricism was identical to what you'll get with rooted passive glasses -- these simply clip on top of your eyeglasses, rather than resting on their own. They also offer UV protection, and "communicate seamlessly with the TV." Well alright then. While attendees could get their own pair for free at IFA, you can also find these online for about 20 bucks -- sold as the LG AG-F220. I'd like to see them become much more widely available, and more affordable as well. So listen up, Hollywood: if you ever again want me to hand over five extra bucks at the box office to watch an vivid bear kick his furry paw direct toward my temple, these better be waiting on the other side of the ticket scan.

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