CES 2024 is in full swing in Las Vegas. We’re on the ground supplying you with probably the most talked about news and announcements from the event, however a lot of the enjoyable is to be discovered within the weirder margins of the present flooring. In an period of CES the place corporations are all-in on the AI hype machine, there are sure to be devices and claims which might be a little bit odd, to say the least.
Listed here are the eight strangest devices, tech and claims from CES 2024 to this point.
AI-powered birding binoculars
For the birder with a limiteless funds, Swarovski unveiled the AX Visio 10×32: a $4,799 pair of AI-powered binoculars. The binoculars use AI that will help you rapidly determine greater than 9,000 birds and different species, in addition to present the power to take pictures and movies of your discoveries to share.
An app that allows you to pay to pee
Picture Credit: Flush
Must go and keen to pay? Web-based app Flush permits companies to lease out their bogs to folks for extra income. The oddest factor about this app, exterior of its existence because of the shortage of maintained and public restrooms within the U.S., is its score system that companies use to approve or deny a reservation.
A BlackBerry-style keyboard on your iPhone
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Do you miss the times of getting a tactile keyboard in your iPhone? Revealed at CES 2024, Clicks Technology’s creator keyboard turns your telephone right into a BlackBerry-era relic for $139. The keyboard acts as a telephone case attachment and provides you entry to extra of your iPhone’s display screen with out the digital keyboard. It’s certain to make your telephone loads longer, however possibly that’s the value you pay for nostalgia.
Dynamic sound mixing primarily based in your driving
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Sound Drive, a startup from singer-songwriter turned entrepreneur Will.i.am, goals to match the music you’re listening to with the cadence and power of your commute. The know-how reacts to your pace and matches music to it, with lyrics coming in and dropping out intelligently whether or not you’re ripping down the freeway or caught in visitors. Whereas we have been a little bit skeptical, we got here away from the tech pretty impressed.
A router that appears like an image body
Picture Credit: GL.iNet
Matching your tech to your private home’s aesthetic has been fashionable in the previous couple of years. Is your TV too boring? Make it appear like a gallery portray with the Samsung Body or have it mix seamlessly into your private home with LG’s newly revealed transparent television.
And the most recent tech merchandise to get the yaasification therapy is the common-or-garden router. The Marble Wi-Fi 6 OpenWrt Router from GL.iNet seems to be like a small framed piece of artwork you could dangle in your wall or prop in your desk.
An AI assistant that calls 911 for you
At LG’s press occasion, the corporate introduced its Smart Home AI Agent. The “two-legged” wheeled robotic acts as an assistant in sync together with your LG home equipment. Generative AI means that you can chat with the AI Agent, and the corporate claims it might show you empathy. Within the firm’s surreal, Pixar-esque promotional video, the bot can remind you to take your drugs or name 911 in a time of disaster.
A bidet you’ll be able to speak to
Picture Credit: Kohler
Hey, Alexa? Activate the bidet spray. Kohler launched the PureWash E930 Bidet Seat with voice command assist for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. With voice help, you’ll be able to management the seat hands-free, activate the bidet’s spray and dryer capabilities, in addition to its self-cleaning UV function. Simply don’t let anybody watch you speaking to your rest room.
A voice absorbing masks that appears like a muzzle
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Goodbye, nosy eavesdroppers. Skyted’s “Mobility Privacy Mask” and “Hybrid Silent Mask” are designed to “absorb voice frequencies” in noisy environments like planes, trains and rideshares, so you’ll be able to talk with a little bit extra privateness, according to founder Stéphane Hersen. The corporate goals to implement their Bane-like masks in workplaces, name facilities and even in gaming environments.
