Tag: Technology & Electronics
Emerson Smart brings offline voice control to lamps and fans
Perhaps you like the idea of controlling your home appliances with your voice, but aren’t super keen on a data center processing recordings of you. Fair enough. The trade-off for most smart home conveniences is relinquishing at least some of your privacy. Today at CES, I saw a line of…
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Engadget’s best of CES 2026: All the new tech that caught our eye in Las Vegas
This year, over 4,000 exhibitors descended on Las Vegas, Nevada to showcase their wares at CES, and the Engadget team was out in full force. The week started with press conferences from the biggest companies at the show, which were often a flurry of AI buzzwords, vague promises and very…
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I can’t get over this goofy, long-necked ‘cyber pet’ robot at CES
Cute, alien-inspired companion robots are a fixture at CES, but have I ever seen one with a furry telescoping neck that's also warm to the touch? No, I can't say I have before this year. OlloBot — which had possibly the cutest booth at CES 2026 — is a home…
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CES 2026 Day 2: All of the coolest tech we saw on the show floor during the second day
CES 2026’s second day was all about hands on time with new tech. From Lego’s most ambitious play experiment yet to assistive mobility tech, smart home ideas that actually feel affordable and robots that might one day fold your laundry, here’s what stood out most on January 7. Lego Smart…
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Samsung Display at CES 2026: Playful demos and mysterious prototypes
Samsung Display is the part of its giant parent company that makes OLEDs, LCDs and other screens for both Samsung devices and anyone else that can afford them. This year, it’s going all-in on OLEDs of the future. And that meant things like foldable displays with invisible creases, robots hurling…
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This haptic wristband pairs with Meta smart glasses to decode facial expressions
It's only been a few months since Meta announced that it would open its smart glasses platform to third-party developers. But one startup at CES is already showing off how the glasses can help power an intriguing set of accessibility features. Hapware has created Aleye, a haptic wristband that, when…
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