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- GRAPEVINE, Page 17FORWARD SPIN
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- By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT GREGORY
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- Summer's coming, and so are the gadget makers, displaying
- their wares in Chicago this week at the 1992 International
- Summer Consumer Electronics Show. Among the offerings:
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- MY BANK TELLER
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- The piggy bank of the '90s is a tyke-size home ATM machine
- that handles withdrawals and balance quotations and even tells
- little Ashley or Justin how much to deposit in savings each
- week. Next: My Little Broker, the pint-size Charles Schwab doll.
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- BEEPERKID
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- A high-pitched signal lets you know when Junior has
- wandered more than 35 feet away. If he's not in sight, just push
- a button and activate the child's homing device. Next:
- TeenFence, an invisible electronic barrier that keeps teenage
- daughters in and teenage suitors out.
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