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it's one more sign of the current fascination with selfies and drones the wrist-worn Nixie snagged the $500,000 top prize that Intel's make it wearables challenge whenever you want to take an amazing shot Nixie unfolds the entire thing unfolds and it flies to turn around take a photo or video of you and then comes back to you the competition sponsor Intel makes Edison a tiny computer that powers wearables my goal is to make it so small that it'll fit on a button in your shirt of the thousands of contestants ten were chosen to present at the finals in San Francisco among them Rishta Phi a personal heating and cooling device and baby be designed to comfort premature infants mother's place the so called turtle on their stomachs and the Bionic mattress mimics the mother's heartbeat and chest movement for babies inside incubators blocks earned the fan favorite award connect the modular units for a customizable device and swap out blocks as needed let's say you're just everyday businessperson you can get a fingerprint scanner for secure access to your laptops open bionics place second it uses 3d scanners and printers to quickly create prosthetics at a fraction of current costs currently these devices are all prototypes though judges say they expect winning products to start selling within the next year so yes you could soon take selfies to whole new heights in San Francisco I'm sue me does cnet.com for CBS News