And a transparent TV.

“My favorite this year has to be the advancements in home automation.

There was this smart home security system that really caught my eye.

LG’s Transparent OLED TV in a living space.

LS Transparent OLED TV.LG

It seamlessly integrated AI to analyze behavior patterns, enhancing security while ensuring privacy.

Radical Transparency

If you’ve ever visited CES, you’ll know some things are inevitable.

This year, the novelty came from LG with its transparent OLED TV.

An LG transparent TV showing in a bedroom space with a shelf behind it that you can see through the TV.

LG Transparent OLED TV.LG

Yes, you’re able to see through it to the wall or window behind.

As a tech demo and a publicity magnet, the OLED-T screen is perfect.

But as a TV?

The Rabbit R1 AI device in red against a gray background.

Rabbit R1.Rabbit

Perhaps not so much.

One of the biggest advantages of an OLED TV, for example, is its black levels.

Unless, of course, you have a transparent screen.

Fortunately, the TV can also be switched to make the screen opaque black.

And a bunch of AI home-automation products, as mentioned by home-automation installer Klimaszewski above.

The breadth and usefulness of the AI breakthroughs on display this year were remarkable.

But AI fridges, cat flaps, and mirrors are just gimmicks.

Was there any legit AI tech at the show?

One gadget that really stands out is theRabbit R1from startup Rabbit, with hardware design by Teenage Engineering.

The idea is that the R1 interacts with web apps, so you don’t have to.

Rabbit

But not everybody is into high-tech AI.

Some people prefer their gadgets old school.

I have to agree.

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