CES is known for being a high-tech love-fest, where approximately 180,000 strangers gather to gawk at geeky gadgets—some of which will never see the bright light of day shining outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. CES 2019 was no exception. There was more new, high-tech stuff than any single human being could see, even over the course of the six days this human being was in attendance. Interestingly enough, though, two low-cost, low-tech items designed to defeat much more sophisticated pieces of smart, high-tech gear caught my attention as much as any of the other flashier, higher-tech devices sprawled across what felt like (to my feet, anyway) a bazillion square feet of convention floor space: the Smartē Mute+ and the TV Jockstrap.
