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About new inventions that would fit into a horror film.
You’d think that the world currently offers so many ways to scare yourself that there wouldn’t be a need for technology to come onto the market that is, to say the least, strange. The Consumer Electronics ShowCES, was just taking place in Las Vegas. And if you thought you (and your garden birds) could just carry on as before, let us prove you wrong today.
A dream innovation is undoubtedly the “Lollipop star”, a lollipop that allows you to listen to music while ruining your teeth. When you bite on it (!), vibrations are transported via the teeth and jawbone directly into the inner ear, it is said, and “create the illusion of music”. Illusion of music? A lollipop with a song that matches the flavor costs nine dollars, but you get a lot of silent lollipops and electricity for the radio. You can also stream a horror film, and it’s cheaper.
Household robots were also introduced in Las Vegas, which can, for example, fold your towels in what feels like hours while you try to win the money needed to buy such a device at the casino. A robot has also been newly developed with a “tipping point” so low that it can no longer easily fall onto children or pets. Not so easy anymore? A stormy dachshund is still likely to be in mortal danger.
There is also a new smart toilet that can call for help. She’s not doing this for herself, as you might think, because she knows that calling the plumber is pointless anyway. Rather, it makes an emergency call if no one has sat on it for more than eight hours. It is intended to protect old people from lying helpless in their homes for long periods of time. Of course, old people are also forgetful… and are still able to go on an all-day trip.
Meanwhile, the household robot orders 20 lollipop stars because he wants to listen to music while he’s alone at home. Or he hacks bird monitoring for entertainment. Because that too will soon be a thing of the past: birds eating their fill or taking a shower incognito. The AI birdbath’s camera films everything and puts together a best-of at the end. So dirt finches shouldn’t think they can get away undetected. Coming soon to the market: the fully automatic bird feeder with a robot cat that eats any offender.
