The worst news CES 2018: from smart toilet to idle voice assistant
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Kohler Numi
Kohler Company considered that the smart home should be everything, even the toilet. That's how the light appeared Numi toilet, which can be controlled by voice commands. For interaction with the user answers a voice assistant Alexa, who may be asked to wash off, lift the lid, or to activate the desired mode of operation of a bidet.
The manufacturer says that the toilet microphones and even more so the cameras are not provided, but there is a speaker for your favorite music. Kohler Numi also conducts water usage statistics. It is possible that people with limited capabilities toilet functions would be really helpful, but for 5625 dollars it is unlikely someone will buy it.
LG cLOi
The South Korean giant has demonstrated CLOi assistant for managing smart home systems. Externally, it is a cross between a smart column and a friendly robot that can nod approvingly and even imitate a smile.
During the presentation, David Vanderval, head of marketing in the United States, tried to demonstrate the ability to live such an assistant to answer questions. It all started well: CLOi spoke about the schedule and the need to visit a gym. But the question of the treatment of laundry, he ignored, and all subsequent. Perhaps, the assistant simply floating.
FoldiMate
The desire to alleviate many of the usual classes helped invent many useful devices. However, sometimes mistakes happen and, in the case of FoldiMate. It is a machine for the automatic folding clothes. In theory, it will consult with the towels, pillow cases, T-shirts, dresses and little things like that, but will not be able to cope with socks, bulky sweatshirts and baby clothes.
The idea is certainly interesting, but the implementation is clearly limping. Even these wardrobe items "feed» FoldiMate need to individually correct fixing in special terminals. That is, the machine to simplify the process of folding clothes requires you to constant participation.
Thus FoldiMate has a very large size (125 × 70 × 60 cm), is worth $ 980 and will only be available for pre-order in 2019.
Modius Health
The creators of this device are confident that the problem excess weight It can be solved without any exercise. Suffice it to apply the desired brain signals about saturation, that hunger again did not lead you to the refrigerator. It performs this task Modius Health headset send impulses directly to the hypothalamus, which regulates precisely the feeling of hunger and thirst.
The project with interest received on Indiegogo: adopted more than 4000 orders and collected about $ 2 million. But in fact, the device did not pass the certification, and research on the benefits of its application has not been published anywhere else. Those who were able to experience it for yourself, described only pain, weakness and nausea. All these symptoms are, of course, beat off appetite completely, but that work Modius Health should be completely transparent.
SoftBank Pepper
This new Japanese humanoid robot that focuses on the US market. Its main task - to inform users about the services and help to interact with various automated systems. Simply put, it is the assistant for the store, bank or even a hotel. It is designed to meet the customers and help them get the right information. Pepper is able to recognize all the faces and contact name.
In theory, everything is quite good, but in practice this assistant was completely useless. users have reported speech and misunderstanding of affirmative and negative responses poor recognition to communicate with him. Pepper really remembers you in the face, but the benefits of this no. All requests and the necessary information had to be entered on the touch screen.
At a price of about 25 000 dollars it is much easier to hire a live person who will be much more effective.
kodak KashMiner
Kodak has surprised everyone with its own computer for of mining cryptocurrency. The device, called KashMiner, the free market does not go. Buy it can only be on loan for two years for $ 3 400.
According to the manufacturer, in this period KashMiner could bring 375 dollars a month, or about 9000 dollars for the entire period. Under the agreement, the lease of such a computer requires deduction of 50% of the total received bitcoins Kodak Company.
It turns out that when all the user at the end of two years, is still about 1 100 dollars. However, experts argue that it should not count, because cryptocurrency cost is constantly growing, and profits of mining on the average reduced by 15% per month.
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