this is elaine houston. and, ms. houston, what's your role at the university of pittsburgh? >> guest: i'm a ph.d. student and a student researcher. >> host: and why are you hear at the consumer electronics show? >> guest: i'm hear demonstrating the personal ability manipulation appliance. >> host: where was this developed? >> guest: this was developed back at the university of pittsburgh in conjunction with cash dwi melon -- carnegie mellon university. >> host: could you demonstrate what this does and how it helps you? >> guest: i've dropped my pen, and it's picked it up, and now i need to get it back to me. i can have the hand come in and bring me the pen. can you swing it in? sorry. >> host: this is being operated robotically, is that correct? >> guest: open the gripper. yes, it is. >> host: now, is this a product that could be on the market at some point? >> guest: very much so. we're very much hoping that this can be actually commercially available within the next couple of years. >> host: what else does it do? it looks like it has cameras here on the side along with the

. >> elaine houston, ph.d. student in? >> degree of science. >> at the university of pittsburgh. "the communicators" is at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. >> you know, one of the items on display here in 2012 is 3d tv and we are joined on "the communicators" by heidi hoffman who is the manager of the 3d at home consortium. >> we are a 50 member companies who are interested in accelerating the adoption of 3d in the home and beyond. we were formed about four years ago. we -- our members are all active members of the industry that work on broadcast, content creation, 3d products for the home consumer products or whether it is recent studies on how 3d is working for people, what needs to happen scomprks what they like best. >> are we in second or third generation 3d yet? >> good question. i think we're still first generation product. if you evaluate 3d by active television. you know, we've seen the technology changing. we see it moving. we see a lot happening. and you can see it here at the show. >> what are you displaying here at the consumer electronics show? >> for the

this is elaine houston, and ms. houston what is your role at the university of pittsburgh? >> guest: i'm a ph.d. student in the graduate student researcher. >> host: why are you here at the consumer electronics show? what he demonstrating? >> guest: i am demonstrating that personal manipulable of the appliance. >> host: where was this develop? >> guest: this was developed at at the university of pittsburgh in conjunction with carnegie mellon. >> host: can you demonstrate what this does and how it helps you? >> guest: one of the task is going to do is i drop my pen and it has picked it up and now he needed to get it back to me so i could have the hand come in and bring me the pen. can you bring it in? >> host: this is being operated robotically, is that correct? >> guest: open the grouper. yes, it is. >> host: is this a product that could be on the market at some point? >> guest: very much so. we are very much hoping to be commercially available within the next couple of years. >> host: what else does it do? it looks like it has cameras on the site along with the grippers. >

she will be buried next to her father, john houston. anthony. >> mason: elaine quijano in new york. thanks, elaine. overseas at the vatican, 22 new cardinals received their red hats today, two americans among them. allen pizzey has more on the ceremony and how it may impact the catholic church going forward. >> reporter: the official name for the ceremony is an ordinary public consistory. ordinary being something of an understatement for what is in fact the pope's way of putting his stamp on the future of the church. the cardinal's principal job is to choose a new pope from among the ranks and the increasingly fragile benedict xvi has now created more than half of those eligible to vote. 12 of the voters are american. the star among the 22 new cardinals at today's ceremony was undoubtly new york's timothy dolan. not only did the pope embrace him longer than any of his fellows. cardinal dolan is also being talked about as the first potential american pope, as unlikely as that may be. in the meantime, he and the newly elevated cardinal edwin o'brien of baltimore have a more pressing j

>> mason: tonight, a farewell to whitney houston. entertainment greats and ordinary fans crowd the newark church where she got her start. elaine quijano reports on the funeral. >> we loved her so much and that won't stop. >> mason: 22 new cardinals at the vatican, including two americans. allen pizzey tells us what the pope's choices may mean for the future of the church. bailout battleground in michigan-- will mitt romney's opposition to the government's bailout impact his chances to win the primary? and behind the mask-- there's more to this would-be u.s. olympic fencer than meet the eye. michelle miller will explain. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. you wait for a voice like that for a lifetime. record executive clive davis told the mourners at whitney houston's funeral today, and one week after houston's sudden death at age 48, many of the best-known voices in the world of music were raised in farewell at the church where it all began. elaine quijano was there.

>> elaine, thanks, we appreciate it. for more on the careful planning and guest list for the funeral we are joined by the chief news correspondent for e entertainment, ken baker, outside the new hope baptist church this morning in newark. ken, good morning. >> good morning. >> elaine walked us through the guest list including kevin costner, oprah winfrey. who orchestrated whitney's funeral? who planned the event? >> really, the person in charge, the place where the buck stopped in all of this was cissy houston, whitney houston's mother. what we are going to see today from the guest list to the program to who is eulogizing is personally orchestrated by cissy. we are told she was personally reaching out. she called aretha franklin and said, you have to sing here. of course aretha is the godmother to whitney houston. she made it known to people she wanted them here. besides the fact that this is a relatively small church, there are 1,500 people, pretty sizable. of course it will be star-studded. but it will be filled with p

i'm elaine quijano, cbs news in new york, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> a music legend dead at 48. what we know about the circumstances surrounding whitney houston's death. >> traditionally. these have been summer jobs for high school students, but that was then. the highly qualified candidates hoping to land jobs at six flags. >> and one of the biggest names in music takes the stage, two local ties. local musicians nominated for music's highest honor. cbs 5 eyewitness news is up next.