Big week in Vegas. Just a big, gadget-y, future-y week in Vegas. We’re talking, of course, about the Consumer Electronics Show. It ends today, you know. Coincidentally, you look like you could use a robot. Herewith, the best ones of CES 2013...
It may not be today. It may not be tomorrow. But soon, you’ll put a tiny silver robot man on your desk and have him play you music all day. It’ll be great. He’ll learn your taste in music. Take requests. Even dance around to the beat. It’s not creepy if it’s science.
Picture a little remote control car that drives all over your back and massages it. Now picture... actually, you don’t have to picture anything else. That’s exactly what this thing is. Only it’s really smart. And it won’t fall off. It just keeps massaging you with its bristly wheels. Take that, hands.
The problem with computer screens is that they just sit there. No mouse cursor that moves in tandem with your eye movements. No ability to open links just by looking at them. It’s criminal. Enter the Tobii Rex. It’ll let you do all that stuff next fall. Until then, there’s always... fingers.
Hey, look, another robot. Only this one’s kind of ninja-y, which automatically makes it outstanding. You see, it’s a tactical personal security robot. Kind of like a mini tank that rolls into potentially dangerous situations and checks them out so you don’t have to. Like bumps in the night. And board meetings.
