The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026

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• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The AI detects when the machine’s about to freeze up and make noise, so it automatically defrosts before things get loud.

  Are we using “AI” to describe microcontrollers now?

  Have a machine run something at a certain temperature (or range of temperatures) is about the simplest thing to program.

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  • thehatfox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In a lot of cases “AI” is slapped on as marketing buzzword for anything with even a simple algorithm controlling it.

    We got a new “AI” washing machine last month. As far as I can tell it the same as last years model just with some of the auto settings renamed to something AI.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My oven was discontinued and the new on has an air fryer setting…which is just the same as thenstandard functionality

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  • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimetallic_strip

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    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Analog AI”

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    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Baader-Meinhof ! I learnt about this recently because my boiler is broken. I assume it’s the strip. Haven’t stripped it down yet

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    AI is pretty much any conditional statement at this point. I saw a YouTube video talking about AI in decades old video games.

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    • Yaky@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      TBF, specifically for games, enemy behavior has been called “AI” for decades.

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• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Zeroth Robotics introduced the W1 at CES, a robot reminiscent of WALL-E.

  The W1 is a programmable companion designed for families. According to the company’s website, for $4,999, the robot offers round-the-clock AI-powered security, 360-degree mobile surveillance, and integrates with smart home devices for instant smoke and intrusion alerts. It’s also marketed as an adventure companion that can transport camping gear, follow you around the campsite taking photos as a family photographer, and supply portable power so you can enjoy entertainment on the go.

  We built a surveillance device that follows you around and uploads data to our cloud servers, which we have absolutely made very secure! We care about your privacy, so your data will never be shared except with our 372 advertising partners! Please bring it into your home today!

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  • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ll stick with my dog. She’d never snitch on me.

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    • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not even for a Scooby Snack?

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  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was curious what this nonsense looks like - and found out that the $5k is the preorder price. It goes up to $5600 once its shipping.

    Looking at it in their videos it just reminds me of every “Robot turns bad and kills everyone” story. Just needs red eyes to replace blue.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  AI, AI, AI…

  Oh shit a fuckin’ vibroblade?! Sweet!

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• JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A lollipop with electronic waste. Truly a feat of engineering!

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Technically we already had those in in '90s

    topsecrettoys.us/products/spin-pop-12-pack

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    • PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s exactly where my mind went

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• umbraroze@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ultrasonic chef’s knife

  3 years ago I wrote a cyberpunk novel for NaNoWriMo. In it, one of the hoodlums was waving around a “compu-knife”. A knife that you have to pair to a smartphone app over Bluetooth, or it won’t work.

  All together now: Cyberpunk was meant to be a warning, not just an aesthetic.

  (I know, I know, the article doesn’t say the knife needs to be paired to an app. I feel lucky about guessing it does though)

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  • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It doesn’t. The knife is actually really, really cool. I’d heard about it a few months ago and if I had the disposable cash, I’d by one.

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• Thorry@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is this the most bizarre tech? These things seem lame as hell to me. Except for the knife, that’s cool. I’ve seen those ultrasonic cutters used in hobby and industry and those work well. Using them in the kitchen I don’t know about, especially given the price, but still a cool thing.

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• robocall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The panda is gonna drain Grandma’s life savings

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We have Vibroblade now

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  • certified_expert@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wait… does that exist in real life? The concept sounds plausible

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• Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not very far away anymore from calling a plain and simple light switch “AI”.

  But I fear the unknown, black hole that comes after that, when there will be nothing left that can be newly called “AI” because everything is “AI” already …

  /s

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well don’t be so hyperbolic. Only a three way switch would compromise a network sophisticated enough to be considered AI.

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• FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Great, more worthless junk

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• pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I love that mower one that isn't shown in this article. Slap a remote control on it and I can't see anyone getting bored to mow the lawn again.

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  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989). Old news

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• Deadeyegai@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  …less AI slop on the horizon?

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  • NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    2/3 of the list are AI products, but we can all hope.

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Where the fuck do you get this optism from and can I buy some?

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• Trilogy3452@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Will the knife spray particles all over the place? Or perhaps vaporize liquids on meats, basically aerosolize salmonella?

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