I find weird stuff at trade shows. This is right up there with the weirdest.
May 16, 2011 
They were giving away product samples of a new product at CES 2011 called StickiDigits. People spend a lot of money to rent a booth at CES and then they need to spend four days manning it. One person told me they estimated that they spent somewhere between $15,000 to $20,000 to set up and man a booth for the run of the show. Since folks go there with high hopes of having come up 'the next big thing' I don't like to put down their dreams. With that said, sometimes I don't have high hopes for a new product I might find on display. Take for example, StickiDigits. They are 'custom designed finger mitts' -- inch and a half long pieces of rubber with a hole in the middle and a sticky back. The object is to put them on your fingers and then hold one of your electronic devices that you hope you'll never drop. You mark where your fingers are placed and then peel the backing off the StickiDigits. Now the next time you pick up that device, you slide your fingers into the StickiDigits feeling secure that it won't slip out of your hands. They flyer says they will arrest the development of Carpal and Ulnar Tunnel Syndromes. I have no idea about that, but I see one major drawback. Once the StickiDigits are in place, you won't be able to put in down on a flat surface. And with a StickiDigit in place, I don't see how a cell phone would fits in a standard case. Others may have felt that too. It's 5 months since CES and the company website is not up and running. It's registered - but ads from Go Daddy come up, along with an offer to sell the web address, so I guess that the reception at CES didn't warrant going away with a full scale roll-out. But next year they could be back with a winner!
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