THE POPULAR MECHANICS PEOPLE were nice enough to invite me to go along to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, but I wasn’t able to make it, alas. They’re blogging what they’ve found, though, and it looks like an interesting new wave of gadgets. Editor Jim Meigs emails: “My takeaway after a few hours is that while last year they showed a lot of high def stuff that didn’t materialize (like DVRs) this year it looks like it will really arrive.”