It's only the second day CES 2025And we have already reached the point where it is difficult to distinguish real products from elaborate pranks. Deaths currently lead that nation by a country mile.
Manufactured by Zugu, the product is designed as a sort of dead man's switch for your digital life. It combines an 11-inch iPad case with a smart ring and an app. All of them ship with a self-destructing 11-inch iPad Pro, which generates bricks in the event of the user's death.
Zugu wrote,
If a user's heart suddenly stops beating, and their body temperature and blood oxygen levels also drop dramatically, the smart ring knows that its user has died and sends a signal in the event of death to trigger a 'death protection' selected by the app. Users when they first enroll in the app and set it up.
The company notes that the system knows when you take it off a finger, so it won't brick your iPad every time you charge your ring. The case maker is apparently having a bit of fun with such a sick product, offering a number of different options instead of — or in addition to — tablet bricking.
“Death Protection includes Destroy My Browser (which removes it and its history), Nuke My iPad (which erases all its data), Rickroll My Loved Ones (which instructs the iPad to play a never-ending loop of Rick Astley videos), and tweet to my followers,” according to the company.
The standard tweet reads, “Going offline permanently, bestie. Literally. Don't forget to like and subscribe to my obituary #LastPost #NoFilter #NoHeartBeat #RIPme.”
The system costs $1,500. Grab some screen wipes while you're at it to take advantage of free shipping.
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