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    The weirdest and best of CES 2024



    Help Desk’s Chris Velazco travels each year to Las Vegas to see the most ambitious, often odd, and sometimes great ideas tech startups and tech giants put on display for the first time. Read more: https://wapo.st/3NXyX7d. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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    -Hey, I’m Chris Velazco, a personal tech reporter at The Washington Post, and even though I’ve been covering this show, CES, for years, it still feels impossible to walk these halls and talk to people and feel like you’ve seen and experienced everything CES has to offer, so we’re not even going to try.

    Instead, what we’re going to offer is a first glimpse at some of the newest and strangest and most interesting things we’ve seen at the show so far. Hopefully, they give you some sense of how your relationship with technology will change this year, but if nothing else, should be a lot of fun.

    So I’ve got my backpack on, my comfy shoes. Let’s go take a walk. You can always count on Samsung to bring some really interesting stuff to CES, and there have been a few standouts already. There is the world’s first transparent micro LED wall, so basically a display that you can see right through

    And something called music frames, which are speakers you can stick on your wall and double as art pieces. But maybe the weirdest and most interesting thing we saw this year was Ballie, an AI-powered home robot with a projector that’s meant to work as kind of a catchall home assistant. Hey buddy.

    It’s Samsung’s first attempt at a serious home companion robot. They say it’s going to ship this year, and it’s got a projector built in so it can communicate with you, show you greetings, and even project stuff onto a wall. Samsung really looks at this as a catchall home companion,

    So theoretically you’ll be able to use this as a secondary display for your PC, a remote telemedicine tool for people who are homebound like seniors. Some of these features haven’t been fully fleshed out yet, and in truth, there are some key details Samsung just hasn’t worked through.

    Those details, and other things like the price, are kind of being worked out right now, so it’s tough to say exactly how good a value this is. But between announcements like this and others we’ve seen from companies like LG, which announced its own AI agent robot this year,

    It feels like we’re finally getting to the point where you maybe actually would want a little robot companion toting around your house. For the last few years at CES, I’ve seen a lot of these. Smart rings that track your steps and monitor your heart health to kind of give you

    A better sense of your own well-being. But this, the Lotus Ring from a startup called Lotus in California is a little bit different. It’s designed to give people with limited mobility, so veterans, the elderly, and even people who just want a touch of telekinesis in their lives,

    More control over their device without having to get up. Which is nice, especially if they can’t. There’s a tiny IR blaster baked into the ring, and when you point it at devices like this, the switch cover, well, it kind of does exactly what you’d expect.

    The company plans to ship these later this year. You’ll get the ring and a few of these switch covers, which work for the classic flat switches and those little toggles, too. for about $299, there’s going to be a power strip with a built in IR receiver,

    So you can control things like coffee makers and other appliances. And in time, the company hopes to be able to build a touch sensor into the ring. So not only will you be able to turn a TV on and off, you’ll be able to control the channels and the volume too.

    [Rock music plays] If you needed any further proof that I is the big theme at CES 2024, look no further than Flappy, the AI-powered cat door. Long story short, it uses the microchip inside of the animal to determine whether or not it is in fact your animal and whether it should open.

    But it also refuses to open if the cat walks up to the door with prey in it’s mouth because who wants a tiny mouse or a dead bird in the middle of all of your nice things? I certainly don’t. So unfortunately, I’ve been told that I cannot strap on and try these.

    The Skwheels, these electric ski shoes, which is probably for the best. The top speed is 50 miles an hour, which sounds absolutely terrifying, but if you’re cruising at a more reasonable 12 or so miles per hour, you can expect to get about 20 miles of range. Everything is controlled from this telescoping handle

    That also doubles as your controls. You’ve got your accelerate. [chuckles] Oh. It’s accelerate… [Motor whirs] Oops. Sorry. You can accelerate and access your brakes. And then once you’re done and you’re ready to kind of pack things up and go away, you telescope this thing, attach it to the wheels, and off you go.

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    10. @titusp9488 on

      from a big news agency and your show is half as good as some youtubers … that is sad. who edited your video … the part for the eletric bike was 5 seconds .. no idea what it is … just waste of air time 3:00

    16. @davidhunternyc1 on

      "AI" is certainly the catchword this year. All it means is that companies will snoop, buy, sell your data, and still charge you subscription fees. This CES 2024 is lacking in creativity and innovation.

    18. @PierreSlot on

      If you find the small Carrera stand, please stop by.
      The little racers were my surprise highlight. 😊
      First something like Anki, but if you take a closer look, it's so much more fun. 🤩

    27. @vegetajp7 on

      A lot of the stuff is amazing but where is the wild factor win in 2024 we have no hover cars or hoverboards what happened to imagining greater and taking us to the next level in the future and more I was young used to have engineers and scientist said they wanted to make a city in the sky like the Jetsons they wanted to make cars that zoom like the Jetsons is seem like we just staying with the same technology and all we focuses on is AI and robots, even though that is cool, I just expect more from these brilliant minds to take us to the next level in the future it’s like they don’t care

    30. @Bright123-fp3jl on

      °∆ I believe we are meant to be like Jesus in our hearts and not in our flesh. But be careful of AI, for it knows only things of the flesh such as our fleshly desires and cannot comprehend things of the Spirit such as true love and eternal joy that comes from obeying God's Word [Galatians 5:16-26]. Man is a spirit and has a soul but lives in a body which is flesh. When you go to bed it is the flesh that sleeps, but your spirit never sleeps and that is why you have dreams, unless you have died in peace physically. More so, true love that endures and last is a thing of the heart. When I say 'heart', I mean 'spirit'. But fake love, pretentious love, love with expectations, love for classic reasons, love for material reasons (love because of material needs) and love for selfish reasons those are things of the flesh. In the beginning God said let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness. Take note, God is Spirit and God is Love. As Love He is the source of it. We also know that God is Omnipotent, for He creates out of nothing and He has no beginning and has no end. That means, our love is but a shadow of God's Love. True love looks around to see who is in need of your help, your smile, your possessions, your money, your strength, your quality time. Love forgives and forgets. Love wants for others what it wants for itself. However, true love works in conjunction with other spiritual forces such as patience and faith – in the finished work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, rather than in what man has done such as science, technology and organizations which won't last forever. To avoid sin and error which leads to the death of your body and your spirit-soul in hell fire (second death), you must make God's Word the standard for your life, not AI. If not, God will let you face AI on your own (with your own strength) and it will cast the truth down to the ground, it will be the cause of so much destruction like never seen before, it will deceive many and take many captive in order to enslave them into worshipping it and abiding in lawlessness. We can only destroy ourselves but with God all things are possible. God knows us better because He is our Creater and He knows our beginning and our end. The prove texts can be found in the book of John 5:31-44, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Daniel 2, Daniel 7-9, Revelation 13-15, Matthew 24-25 and Luke 21.

      HOW TO MAKE GOD'S WORD THE STANDARD FOR YOUR LIFE?
      You must read your Bible slowly, attentively and repeatedly, having this in mind that Christianity is not a religion but a Love relationship. It is measured by the love you have for God and the love you have for your neighbor. Matthew 5:13 says, "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men." Our spirits can only be purified while in the body (while on earth) but after death anything unpurified (unclean) cannot enter Heaven Gates. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God [Matthew 5:8]. No one in his right mind can risk or even bare to put anything rotten into his body nor put the rotten thing closer to the those which are not rotten. Sin makes the heart unclean but you can ask God to forgive you, to save your soul, to cleanse you of your sin, to purify your heart by the blood of His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ which He shed here on earth because Isaiah 53:5 says, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed". Meditation in the Word of God is a visit to God because God is in His Word. We know God through His Word because the Word He speaks represent His heart's desires. Meditation is a thing of the heart, not a thing of the mind. Thinking is lower level while meditation is upper level. You think of your problems, your troubles but inorder to meditate, you must let go of your own will, your own desires, your own ways and let the Word you read prevail over thinking process by thinking of it more and more, until the Word gets into your blood and gains supremacy over you. That is when meditation comes – naturally without forcing yourself, turning the Word over and over in your heart. You can be having a conversation with someone while meditating in your heart – saying 'Thank you, Jesus…' over and over in your heart. But it is hard to meditate when you haven't let go of offence and past hurts. Your pain of the past, leave it for God, don't worry yourself, Jesus is alive, you can face tomorrow, He understands what you are passing through today. Begin to meditate on this prayer day and night (in all that you do), "Lord take more of me and give me more of you. Give me more of your holiness, faithfulness, obedience, self-control, purity, humility, love, goodness, kindness, joy, patience, forgiveness, wisdom, understanding, calmness, perseverance… Make me a channel of shinning light where there is darkness, a channel of pardon where there is injury, a channel of love where there is hatred, a channel of humility where there is pride…" The Word of God becomes a part of us by meditation, not by saying words but spirit prayer (prayer from the heart). Take note, God is Spirit and those who worship Him should do so in spirit and truth (genuinely by living the Word). When the Word becomes a part of you, it will by its very nature influence your conduct and behavior. Your bad habits, you will no longer have the urge to do them. You will think differently, dream differently, act differently and talk differently – if something does not qualify for meditation, it does not qualify for conversation.

      THE BATTLE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS (GOOD AND EVIL)
      Heaven is God's throne and the dwelling place for God's angels and the saints. Hell was meant for the devil (satan) and the fallen angels. Those who torture the souls in hell are demons (unclean spirits). Man's spirit is a free moral agent. You can either yield yourself to God or to the devil because God has given us discretion. If one thinks he possesses only his own spirit, he is lying to himself and he is already in the dark. God is light while the devil is darkness. Light (Holy Spirit) and darkness (evil spirit) cannot stay together in a man's body. God is Love (Love is light) and where there is no love is hell, just as where there is no light is darkness. The one you yield yourself to, you will get his reward. The reward of righteousness to man's spirit is life (abundant life) and the reward of sin to man's spirit is death. Sin and satan are one and the same. Whatever sin can cause, satan also can cause. Sin is what gives the devil dominion or power over man's spirit. When God's Word becomes a part of you, sin power over you is broken, you become the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. Where Jesus is, you are and when He went (to the Father), you went. In the book of John 8:42-47, Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.” My prayer is, "May God bless His Word in the midst of your heart." Glory and honour be to God our Father, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and our Helper the Holy Spirit. Watch and pray!… Thank you for your time and may God bless you as you share this message with others.

    31. @shashankkatiha9439 on

      This Samsung bailley is nothing special and a dumb one. The Japanese company Sharp had a robot phone Robohon back in 2015 which would show videos and pics on a wall projector.

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