There have been so many go-nowhere products from every CES that it's hard to take most of it seriously. In my opinion, the snarkiness that the author decries is

There have been so many go-nowhere products from every CES that it's hard to take most of it seriously. In my opinion, the snarkiness that the author decries is warranted and necessary to criticize companies with no strong vision, who release crazy product after crazy product just to throw darts and see what sticks. Smart laundry? Smart forks? Come on. That still frame of the woman non-chalantly lugging the 27-inch "tablet" between rooms is not only amusing but also embarrassing for the industry. Not to mention the keynotes which get weirder each year.