InventHelp’s Invention Girl finds it amusing that the audience favorite at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, a hub of high-tech wizardry, turned out to be a “black box.” Well, it’s not a black box in terms of a complex invention whose inner workings are mysterious or unknown, but more of a black box in the physical sense.

The Boxee Box was crowned the Last Gadget Standing at CES in Las Vegas, which began Jan. 7 and wrapped up this past Sunday. The gadget is a cube-like device that shares web content with your television. Consumers can store and play favorite videos and more on their television and share it with their Facebook friends. Scheduled for sale this spring, the Boxee Box will retail for about $200.

The Last Gadget Standing is a “people’s choice” award that’s determined by audience applause. Other contenders in the 10 finalists, chosen by a panel of CES judges, included:

• Neato Vacuum Cleaner — InventHelp’s Invention Girl has been drooling over the Roomba ever since it hit the market, and the Neato could be even better. Anyone who grew up on The Jetsons not-so-secretly wishes that they had a robot maid! The Neato features a mapping system to ensure the cleaning ‘bot hits the whole room, and a square jaw for stubborn corners.
• Intel Reader — This nifty reader converts text to voice and reads it aloud. A second reader in the finalists, the Que proReader, delivers newspapers and magazines wirelessly.
• Nvidia Ultra Android Tablet — This isn’t your ordinarily tablet, but it’s just as small. The gizmo incorporates a gaming PC and a multimedia player into an easily portable, compact unit less than an inch thick.

Keep an eye out for these new inventions at your favorite electronics store soon!