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this is Spiro a robotic ball that bounced onto the scene as not much more than a fun prototype at this very show two years ago after the first CES we use that momentum and all the hype and the media and the customer you know early orders to go out and raise more money more money to the tune of five million dollars but equally as important CES has gotten them valuable connections you get so many people through that you can't help to have a meaningful conversation with someone that can impact the future success of your business case in point Spiro now retails at major chains like brookstone Apple target in barnes and noble for 129 dollars the impression of CES is always Samsung it's all the giant tvs but the fact is there's startups everywhere throughout CS and it's really important for them they make great contacts they get great exposure and actually they're making a lot of the most interesting products products like happy fork a fork that vibrates if you take more than one bite every 10 seconds that's what the happy is about to help you lose weight and to help you so it'll slowly the startup presence here at CES is bigger than in recent years in fact five percent of companies showing here are considered startups and if CES is proven to bring some of those company success you can count on that startup presence growing year after year in Las Vegas on cars Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News