it s funny the stuff that appeals to you you know late at night. right, they make things look so simple, everything is solvable. tech contributor becky worley enlisted some tech moms to see if those products deliver when they promise. hi. reporter: meet mom testers. three women tasked with testing those as seen on tv products with big promises that have us wondering whether they really make a mom s life easier. from winter park, florida, ashley vann, two kids with one on the way. susan woods from los angeles, california, son harry. and buffalo, new york s, own andrea pusateri, with a toddler and a baby girl. we shipped them four products. and asked for their rating, the ultimate mom approved or the heart-wrenching first up the gyro bowl. spin it around and it s not supposed to spill. oh. my gosh. that s crazy. reporter: susan s impressed. ashley tests the product and then presents it to the target
this year? our tech contributor daniel sieberg techs it out. reporter: if your ever dreamed of joining a band but never had the musical ability or the patience for practicing, the music games are the perfect blend. the power of love is a curious thing make a young man weep, make another man sing reporter: activision s guitar hero got gamers rocking in 2005. since then a number of other titles have expanded the idea to more than just a guitar. including def jam rap star which gives players a chance to be on stage with their rhyming skills. reporter: and the game rock band from harmonics and mtv, which is now up to version 3. the philosophy is to get people who don t play an instrument the joy and feeling you get from playing in front of a crowd or playing in front of groupies. exactly. without necessarily the hard work. maybe a change from rock band 3. rock band 1, yeah.
making them. our tech contributor, daniel sieberg reports on what ford is putting on the road. hitting the gas is the wrong term with an electrical vehicle. hitting the accelerator. while ford has an upcoming line of electric vehicles, some fully electric, some hybrids, the company hasn t been going full speed ahead with their foray into the plug-in market. they re hedging their bets. definitely to a certain extent. they re successful with hybrids now, fusion hybrid, 41 miles a gallon. they re going to build on that. they announced they re getting five electrified vehicles of some kind by 2012. a couple will be battery powered. two will be a regular hybrid. they re also going to do a plug-in hybrid. reporter: fletcher, writing a book about the electric car industry. he says ford is aiming for the middle of the road rather than reinvent the wheel, ford is taking existing models like the
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