Straight Line of the Day: What would be your entry in the Consumer Electronics Show?
… and please don’t say “Ivanka Trump, flying cars, sex toys, and 8K TVs,” because those ideas are already taken:
What To Expect at CES 2020: Ivanka Trump, Flying Cars, Sex Toys and 8K TVs — Oh My!
— Edward C. Baig, USA Today via Phys.org / Jan. 4, 2020
Flyings cars and transporters
Segway will be showcasing the new S-Pod “personal transporter” that aims to enhance the way people get around at malls, theme parks and airports, especially for those folks with mobility challenges. The company says it is part of a bigger smart city mission to bring new transportation options to metro areas.
Meanwhile, though CES is not considered a dedicated car show, electric vehicles and self-driving cars are all part of the mix, as are entertainment systems within vehicles.
And Hyundai Motor plans to unveil its concept “Personal Air Vehicle.” Translation: flying car. Maybe the future isn’t as far off as you might think.
Ginormous TVs
CES wouldn’t be CES without the latest in TV tech.
Now that you’ve purchased a sweet, large-screen 4K television to anchor your home theater—and got it relatively cheaply—the challenge for TV makers, led by usual suspects LG, Samsung, and Sony, will be trying to convince you that what you have now isn’t quite good enough. So, CES this time around will be a showcase for 8K sets—never mind that there won’t be much to watch in the format just yet, and many average viewers can’t even tell the difference between an HD and 4K broadcast. The push for 8K isn’t surprising, given how low 4K TV prices have gotten, putting a strain on retailer margins.
Those who take the plunge, will “buy 8K for the future…so they know in three or four years they’re not obsolete,” says Tom Campbell, chief technologist at the Southern California based Video & Audio Center chain.
If you want to look even further CES attendees will also get to peer at 16K. Even if it’ll be years before you’d even think about buying one.
What would be your entry in the Consumer Electronics Show?
Well I’m not saying it’s Aliens but… It’s Aliens.
What would be your entry in the Consumer Electronics Show?
An Edible phone.
… a mouse replacement you can operate with your feet.
I smell a rat.
An app that recognizes a spam call, traces its origin and calls a drone strike on the coordinates.
I will definitely make a kickstarter contribution to whoever is developing that product.
A battery operated battery.
*batteries not included.
A TV that replaces all CNN personalities’ voices with Looney Toons characters.
Too late, already in operation.
Yeah, but this one lets you choose which voice goes with which personality.
Kinky.
I don’t want the voices replaced. I want the entire character replaced. I’d much rather see Foghorn Leghorn than Anderson Cooper.
On the other hand… hearing Foghorn Leghorn’s voice coming out of Anderson Cooper would be entertaining.
A device that starts meowing continuously an hour before dinner time so I don’t have to.
Why not just develop an automated tuna dispenser? That way, I don’t have to put up with any caterwauling.
It’s not about eating! It’s about control!
I have of those. It is activated by meowing for 1 hour.
CreepPS- lets you know the exact location of Joe Biden.
WeepPS- lets you locate a crying SJW so you never run low on liberal tears to drink.
VeepPS- allows Mike Pence to avoid being alone with any female other than his wife. (Not perfected yet-still getting false positives from Corey Booker and Lindsey Graham.)
SteepPS- leads you to a decent cup of tea.
MeepPS- helps Muppet Labs keep track of the research assistant.
SheepPS- Iranian dating site.
One machine that washes and then drys your clothes.
A machine to sort and match socks
Get married.
I did. Now I have twice as much laundry and an entire wardrobe full of recently widowed socks.
Upgrade you wife to a 2020 model.
I’d suggest a 2002 model, just to say legal.
Plug and play?
A device that disables all social media within a hundred yards while I’m out having dinner or attending the cinema…
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Robot Death Cat.