Take a Sneak Peek at the Housewares of Tomorrow

March 25, 2005 -- -- Ron Hazelton, "Good Morning America's" home improvement editor, got to check out some inventive and innovative new products at the International Home & Houseware Show in Chicago. Here's a look at some of the tools and toys that were demonstrated on today's show, and some that weren't.

Slice and shred quickly into permanent bowl or into 6-cup GladWare bowls. No more scraping out ingredients from bowls or cutting boards into other containers.
Hamilton Beach, www.hamiltonbeach.com
Price: $49

Skin pears, peaches, tomatoes seamlessly.
Zyliss, www.zylissusa.com
Price: $6.99

Mirror TV is an LCD flat-panel television. When turned on, it looks like a regular television; turned off, it looks like a mirror.
Philips, www.flattv.philips.com/miravision
Price: $3,599

New floating vacuum cleaner, shown for the first time in the United States. Airider uses "hovercraft" technology to float an eighth of an inch off the floor, making it virtually weightless during operation.
Airider Systems Ltd, www.airider.co.uk
Price: $399

The PRO LINE® Series Waffle Baker brings professional performance home. The clamshell baking unit flips to allow the batter to coat both the upper and lower waffle plates, producing ultra-thick, uniform waffles. In less than five minutes, you'll open up the baker and remove two 7 1/2-inch diameter by 1 1/4-inch thick Grand Belgian Waffles.
KitchenAid, www.kitchenaid.com
Price: $349.99

This is a fun little device that makes it easy to pop the top off of a banana and peel it easily.
Spring Mill Home Products, www.springmillcorp.com
Price: $3

With just a few easy turns of a handle, Rotato peels three times as many potatoes in the time it takes to peel one using a paring knife.
Starfrit, info@roomatesproducts.com
Price: Not available

It used to take a wire whisk to mix up your favorite egg dish or pancake batter. Take away the handle and you've got the Blender Ball. Just drop it into the Blender Bottle along with our favorite ingredients and shake. Now you can whip up anything from hot fluffy omelets to salad dressings to nutrition shakes with just the flip of your wrist No batteries, electricity or mixing bowls required.
Sundesa, LLC, www.blenderbottle.com
Price: $8.95