The Worst Products of CES 2010

loose electron submitted a (sigh) slideshow page documenting 10 of the worst products from CES this year. Includes a baseball hat with a TV in the brim, vibrating earbuds, an Android powered microwave, and what appears to be the next generation of Teddy Ruxpin.

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[Anonymous Coward]

this autamated frist psot gettor?!?

Krave

[Sponge Bath]

One look at that advertisement and I'm craving something other than an electronic cigarette.

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[Anonymusing]

One look at that advertisement and I'm craving something other than an electronic cigarette.

Hmm. Do you need to borrow my vibrating earbuds?

Re:Krave

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah. How 'bout you pass the green goo and a dancing stuffed animal instead. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what I call a Friday night.

Re:Krave

[gandhi_2]

What? In Utah we were told candy cigarettes were a gateway drug! Had to drive to Evanston, WY to get them.

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[g0bshiTe]

Back in the day of those candy cigarettes is how all us next gen smokers got hooked, trying to look older and cool with our candy cigarettes.

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[citab]

For those of us who do not smoke, at first glance the "Krave" looks amazingly stupid. Add the hot chick in the ad and it looks like a pathetic marketing attempt to sell a lame product.

I hear they are going to start selling them right after the Extenze Infomercials on late night TV ... I mean, what a better time to want a eCig.

Re:Krave

[Cyberax]

"Analog cigarette" - now that's a phrase!

Re:Krave

[VIPERsssss]

iHookah?

Vibrating earbuds...

[tacarat]

Interestingly enough, they weren't meant to go in your ears >.>

Vibrating "earplugs"

[PopeRatzo]

I don't think those vibrating "earplugs" are really meant to go in your ears.

Seriously, try putting an inexpensive pair of earbuds up your rectum (use a lubricant). Then, if you play the second Pavement album at full volume, while watching The Wizard of Oz, you will achieve states of Tantric ecstasy. You have to start them at exactly the same time. Then, just as Dorothy is about to meet the Tin Man, yank out the earbuds as fast as you can.

Warning: Be sure to lock the door to your office before doing this. Having a co-worker walk in could cause some uncomfortable feelings in the workplace.

Android Powered Microwave Chime

[ufpdom]

1) Insert popcorn 2) Push popcorn button 3) wait 4) When popcorn is ready instead of a chime you'll get: DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! Only if you can program the replacement chime :)

Pregnant Zombie Nuns

[Anonymous Coward]

"The makers of the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System claim that their device, which emits a sounds similar to the mom's heartbeat..." Really? Wouldnt the mother's heartbeat imitate their heartbeat much better than this pointless instrument? Maybe they are marketing this towards the pregnant zombie demographic who would clearly have no heartbeat and thus need this product..

Re:Dishwasher Safe Keyboards

[Anonymous Coward]

Nope...didn't work. Damn...

Re:Synthetic Snot

[BigDXLT]

8. Android Microwave... Why not... They have computer in them anyways just something with a little more juice. Heck you can program how long you need to cook your dishes vs. risking the preprogrammed ones.

Want to cook spaghetti? There's an app for that!

Teddy Ruxbin was before its time

[JoshuaZ]

We had Teddy Ruxbin when I was a little kid, some of the first models. Unfortunately, they kept breaking. Sometimes Teddy would slowly die with his speech getting slower and slower. One time his lower jaw fell of and he kept talking apparently oblivious. That was slightly traumatizing. The technology really didn't exist to make that sort of robot that was both cheap and dependable. This newer toy sounds much more promising. The other gadgets not so much.