Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this week and wow.

[Obliviax]

1. An electric car from China that can jump 6 meters (if something is in the road or, just because)
2. An AI assisted mirror that scans your body and does a health review
3. A Nividia super laptop for $3k that is 1000 x faster than today's laptop
4. A virtual reality 3D projector
5. Smart Glasses that navigate through AI.
6. A transparent 4K OLED TV
7. wearable robot
8. Robotic vacuum that can pick things up
9. Drivable with 3D or 4D simulations (so you can say, drive up to the cafe at the top of the mountain in Vail and I'll meet you there for coffee virtually)
10. Digital Pen that analyzes handwriting.

 

[91Joe95]

#2 - sounds like my wife
#7 - see number 2

 

[Obliviax]

On the other hand....

 

[Fayette_LION]

On the other hand....

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Don't understand about seat belts. Can you undo the seat belt while in the car so you can exit? Is there an emergency stop switch in these vehicles?

 

[bdgan]

On the other hand....

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I've had taxi drivers do that while watching the per mile charges accumulate on the meter. And the thing is they didn't speak English.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

Don't understand about seat belts. Can you undo the seat belt while in the car so you can exit? Is there an emergency stop switch in these vehicles?

That would be too practical.

 

[Obliviax]

Don't understand about seat belts. Can you undo the seat belt while in the car so you can exit? Is there an emergency stop switch in these vehicles?

Good question. I took one of these a few months ago in Vegas. The car wouldn't move until you put on your seatbelt. Will it stop if you take it off? I don't know.

 

[baircub1!]

1. An electric car from China that can jump 6 meters (if something is in the road or, just because)
2. An AI assisted mirror that scans your body and does a health review
3. A Nividia super laptop for $3k that is 1000 x faster than today's laptop
4. A virtual reality 3D projector
5. Smart Glasses that navigate through AI.
6. A transparent 4K OLED TV
7. wearable robot
8. Robotic vacuum that can pick things up
9. Drivable with 3D or 4D simulations (so you can say, drive up to the cafe at the top of the mountain in Vail and I'll meet you there for coffee virtually)
10. Digital Pen that analyzes handwriting.

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I did not go this year..scheduling issue but this trade show every year is just unreal..as far as attendance...I believe KBIS the Kitchen Bath show is the only other event that rivals it as far as attendees in Vegas...

 

[Obliviax]

I did not go this year..scheduling issue but this trade show every year is just unreal..as far as attendance...I believe KBIS the Kitchen Bath show is the only other event that rivals it as far as attendees in Vegas...

I once had to connect through vegas from LA coming back home as the show was starting. I got upgraded to first class next to a pretty attractive gal. She told me she was on the way to the CES. I asked her what she did and she told me she was an escort. Her biz was based out of LA and she equated what she did to being a model where the main guy, a dude, wanted to have arm candy when he showed up at an event. She said that the CES was her second biggest event of the year. To this day I don't know if her biz was legit of if she was just a high-priced call girl.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

Good question. I took one of these a few months ago in Vegas. The car wouldn't move until you put on your seatbelt. Will it stop if you take it off? I don't know.

Most likely that it does. The seatbelt connector end is likely a M044 kill switch like in pass restraint systems which VW rolled out in the late 1980's or something similar.

 

[baircub1!]

I once had to connect through vegas from LA coming back home as the show was starting. I got upgraded to first class next to a pretty attractive gal. She told me she was on the way to the CES. I asked her what she did and she told me she was an escort. Her biz was based out of LA and she equated what she did to being a model where the main guy, a dude, wanted to have arm candy when he showed up at an event. She said that the CES was her second biggest event of the year. To this day I don't know if her biz was legit of if she was just a high-priced call girl.

LOL..it was legit...the models hanging around these shows as escorts / arm candy or even presenters ( you should see the Auto Show!) is impressive...the models that are welcoming consumers at each booth..again...impressive...

 

[dbbp]

LOL..it was legit...the models hanging around these shows as escorts / arm candy or even presenters ( you should see the Auto Show!) is impressive...the models that are welcoming consumers at each booth..again...impressive...

I have been to the nightclub and bar trade show probably 10 times in Vegas. When I was 21 years old my dad took me for the first time and oh my lord! He said don’t be drinking everything some little hottie hands to you, or you will be throwing up by noon. I threw up at 11:38 🤦🏻‍♂️. I did rally though….

 

[tboyer]

I once had to connect through vegas from LA coming back home as the show was starting. I got upgraded to first class next to a pretty attractive gal. She told me she was on the way to the CES. I asked her what she did and she told me she was an escort. Her biz was based out of LA and she equated what she did to being a model where the main guy, a dude, wanted to have arm candy when he showed up at an event. She said that the CES was her second biggest event of the year. To this day I don't know if her biz was legit of if she was just a high-priced call girl.

Maybe both? The word "escort" suggests sex work is at least part of what she does. I'm no expert but I would bet that being a greeter at a booth doesn't pay nearly as well as being arm candy for a rich dude, and that doesn't pay nearly as well as sleeping with the rich dude.

It's all legit in my book -- or it should be. We've basically legalized gambling, alcohol and marijuana and most other vices. It is legal to charge money to offer all kinds of very personal private services. It's legal to massage someone for money and then suddenly you commit a crime if the massage touches certain zones of the body -- that strikes me as an anachronistic holdover from the Puritans.

 

[tboyer]

1. An electric car from China that can jump 6 meters (if something is in the road or, just because)
2. An AI assisted mirror that scans your body and does a health review
3. A Nividia super laptop for $3k that is 1000 x faster than today's laptop
4. A virtual reality 3D projector
5. Smart Glasses that navigate through AI.
6. A transparent 4K OLED TV
7. wearable robot
8. Robotic vacuum that can pick things up
9. Drivable with 3D or 4D simulations (so you can say, drive up to the cafe at the top of the mountain in Vail and I'll meet you there for coffee virtually)
10. Digital Pen that analyzes handwriting.

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A jumping car would be so handy in Philly for potholes and speed bumps. Could also get you over parking lot spikes.

 

[Obliviax]

Maybe both? The word "escort" suggests sex work is at least part of what she does. I'm no expert but I would bet that being a greeter at a booth doesn't pay nearly as well as being arm candy for a rich dude, and that doesn't pay nearly as well as sleeping with the rich dude.

It's all legit in my book -- or it should be. We've basically legalized gambling, alcohol and marijuana and most other vices. It is legal to charge money to offer all kinds of very personal private services. It's legal to massage someone for money and then suddenly you commit a crime if the massage touches certain zones of the body -- that strikes me as an anachronistic holdover from the Puritans.

I spent some time in Singapore. There, having a playboy or penthouse magazine was illegal (this is over 30 years ago now). At the same time, prostitution was 100% legal as long as you did so with a certified hooker. These were the ones that got blood work done periodically to make sure they weren't diseased. Like Amsterdam, it was considered a ligit career path.

When I argued my Puritan upbringing/reasoning, they stated that they have ZERO violent crime. It was illegal to entice or sexually excite (no girly mags as mentioned, but no strip joints either). They stated almost all violent crime was done by men and reasoned it was due to sexual frustration. If there was a way to relieve that frustration, that was a big part in reducing violent crime. Second to that, they used lashes to punish instead of/or with incarceration. Five lashes meant the same if you were poor or a billionaire.

Not having a playboy magazine or strip joints seemed out of alignment if prostitution was rampant. But once I realized how they used it to combat male frustration and violence (not to mention disease control), it makes complete sense if you take religion out of it.

 

[tboyer]

I spent some time in Singapore. There, having a playboy or penthouse magazine was illegal (this is over 30 years ago now). At the same time, prostitution was 100% legal as long as you did so with a certified hooker. These were the ones that got blood work done periodically to make sure they weren't diseased. Like Amsterdam, it was considered a ligit career path.

When I argued my Puritan upbringing/reasoning, they stated that they have ZERO violent crime. It was illegal to entice or sexually excite (no girly mags as mentioned, but no strip joints either). They stated almost all violent crime was done by men and reasoned it was due to sexual frustration. If there was a way to relieve that frustration, that was a big part in reducing violent crime. Second to that, they used lashes to punish instead of/or with incarceration. Five lashes meant the same if you were poor or a billionaire.

Not having a playboy magazine or strip joints seemed out of alignment if prostitution was rampant. But once I realized how they used it to combat male frustration and violence (not to mention disease control), it makes complete sense if you take religion out of it.

Yeah eastern cultures (maybe because they're not so Christian-dominated) are more likely to view sex as just something people enjoy, like cooking or playing cards, rather than something that's always being watched critically by the Old Guy in the Sky, which is how I felt about it for decades. Our culture is changing; our kids know so much more about sex and feel so much less guilty about it than we did. We're at the point where I rarely read about cities cracking down on prostitution - they've got so much bigger things to worry about. But full legalization is still not really talked about, and it should be. The risk of violence faced by sex workers is 1000 times worse because they, as outlaws, can't avail themselves of police protection the way, say, massage therapists can.

 

[Kasparaitis]

1. An electric car from China that can jump 6 meters (if something is in the road or, just because)
2. An AI assisted mirror that scans your body and does a health review
3. A Nividia super laptop for $3k that is 1000 x faster than today's laptop
4. A virtual reality 3D projector
5. Smart Glasses that navigate through AI.
6. A transparent 4K OLED TV
7. wearable robot
8. Robotic vacuum that can pick things up
9. Drivable with 3D or 4D simulations (so you can say, drive up to the cafe at the top of the mountain in Vail and I'll meet you there for coffee virtually)
10. Digital Pen that analyzes handwriting.

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Further proof that most everything useful has already been invented and most of the rest of this stuff is just showing off.

 

[ryoder1]

1. An electric car from China that can jump 6 meters (if something is in the road or, just because)
2. An AI assisted mirror that scans your body and does a health review
3. A Nividia super laptop for $3k that is 1000 x faster than today's laptop
4. A virtual reality 3D projector
5. Smart Glasses that navigate through AI.
6. A transparent 4K OLED TV
7. wearable robot
8. Robotic vacuum that can pick things up
9. Drivable with 3D or 4D simulations (so you can say, drive up to the cafe at the top of the mountain in Vail and I'll meet you there for coffee virtually)
10. Digital Pen that analyzes handwriting.

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Do you need to be going 120mph for the jumping feature to work?

 

[Obliviax]

Do you need to be going 120mph for the jumping feature to work?

My guess is no but you will get something less than 5 meters. Also, I think it is 120 KPH, not MPH. So that is about 75 MPH.

 

[PSU4U]

1. An electric car from China that can jump 6 meters (if something is in the road or, just because)
2. An AI assisted mirror that scans your body and does a health review
3. A Nividia super laptop for $3k that is 1000 x faster than today's laptop
4. A virtual reality 3D projector
5. Smart Glasses that navigate through AI.
6. A transparent 4K OLED TV
7. wearable robot
8. Robotic vacuum that can pick things up
9. Drivable with 3D or 4D simulations (so you can say, drive up to the cafe at the top of the mountain in Vail and I'll meet you there for coffee virtually)
10. Digital Pen that analyzes handwriting.

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And, they also have Godzilla.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Yeah eastern cultures (maybe because they're not so Christian-dominated) are more likely to view sex as just something people enjoy, like cooking or playing cards, rather than something that's always being watched critically by the Old Guy in the Sky, which is how I felt about it for decades. Our culture is changing; our kids know so much more about sex and feel so much less guilty about it than we did. We're at the point where I rarely read about cities cracking down on prostitution - they've got so much bigger things to worry about. But full legalization is still not really talked about, and it should be. The risk of violence faced by sex workers is 1000 times worse because they, as outlaws, can't avail themselves of police protection the way, say, massage therapists can.

Many eastern cultures also legalize/look the other way on child prostitution - rampant in Thailand and, especially, Cambodia. I’m not as sanguine about normalizing prostitution - any prostitution - as some here seem to be. It fuels the global trafficking movement among other things and the slippery slope down to Thailand levels is very real.

 

[Obliviax]

The future ex wife of obliviax.

 

[87 Penn St8]

My son was at the show with his French start up- he sent me a photo of a badge of a dude whose booth was near theirs.

Richard Johnson

Which suburban Baltimore town do you think he was from?????? Bison will likely guess correctly....

Totally Sophomoric humor- but I laughed my ass off

 

[87 Penn St8]

My son was at the show with his French start up- he sent me a photo of a badge of a dude whose booth was near theirs.

Richard Johnson

Which suburban Baltimore town do you think he was from?????? Bison will likely guess correctly....

Totally Sophomoric humor- but I laughed my ass off

Well....this thread is dropping so I'll share the punchline ( on top of the first punchline):

Dick Johnson was from Cockeysville, MD

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[91Joe95]

The future ex wife of obliviax.

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He did everything but grab her tits.