CES has been around for a long time, and as the world’s largest tech show, it has a notorious reputation for turning up gadgets that we didn’t really need. Self-adjusting belts, toilet robots — you name it, someone paid to have it built. It’s Day 3 here at CES and there’s been some real doozies. Pillows that move your head around as you sleep? Meat toasters? Yet, there’s one thing that really made me go “WTH?” And it is…
The weirdest thing at CES 2024
Everyone, hold the inside-out phone. This product. This is the weirdest one we saw at CES 2024. Dancing plants, or rather quite jiggly ones. The PlantPetz is designed to turn your green thumb into Gizmo (from Gremlins). They gurgle when they don’t get water and there’s a capacitive sensor inside — meaning electricity, albeit mild — which makes it move when you touch it. I’m shaking my head at this thing through my computer screen in disbelief. I mean it’s fun, but so potentially torturous. Meanwhile, I’ve got some dried dirt clods on my window sill that could do with some electrical jolts. Arise, my lovelies. It’s time.
AI meat cookers replacing $50 pans
“Darling, I’ll have two pieces of meat toast, please!” Just chuck a couple of steaks in the freight elevator-like cages of the $3,500 AI-enhanced Perfecta Gill. Two minutes later, you’ll have a perfectly cooked ribeye. This is taking brunch to a new level.
Stalker robot that watches you sleep
In New York City it’s said you’re never more than six feet from a rat, and at CES you’re never more than six feet from a robot. Based on what we know about this one, we want to stay as far away as we can. Samsung’s Ballie won’t like that; it follows you. It watches you sleep. It has cameras. It can determine how you’re sitting to show you YouTube clips with its built-in projector — even on the ceiling.
On a side note, this AI Robot bears a striking resemblance to…
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