This year's CES unveiled new gadgets aimed at improving consumers' lives, but a panel of 'dystopia experts' critiqued some products for being 'least repairable, least private, and least sustainable'. Awards were given to products like the Ultrahuman Rare Luxury Smart Ring for its unfixable battery, Bosch's Revol Smart Crib for excessive data collection from infants, and TP-Link's Archer BE900 router for security vulnerabilities. The 'Worst in Show' category also addressed products deemed unnecessary, like Samsung's Bespoke AI Washing Machine, and highlighted the downsides of 'flashy features' in appliances like LG's AI Home Inside 2.0 Refrigerator with ThinkQ.
So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers’ lives — whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to cure loneliness or by providing tools that help pe...The Bosch Revol Smart Crib is displayed at a Bosch booth during the CES tech show Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Las Vegas.
The rings, which come in colors like dune and desert sand, cost $2,200. Wiens said the jewelry “looks sleek but hides a major flaw: its battery only lasts 500 charges.” Worse, he said, is the fact that replacing the battery is impossible without destroying the device entirely.Bosch’s “Revol” crib uses sensors, cameras and AI that the company says can help monitor vital signs like how an infant is sleeping, their heart and respiratory rates and more.
“Parents expect safety and comfort — not surveillance and privacy risks — in their children’s cribs,” she said in the report. TP-Link's Archer BE900 router won for “least secure” of CES. The company is a top-selling router brand in the U.S. But its products are vulnerable to hacking, said Paul Roberts, founder of The Security Ledger.
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