The idea is to cut a few steps out of your everyday trash disposal process, which don’t sound like a big deal–until you count the number of times you walk over and physically open your trash can every day. Or you might place the can next to a counter or cooking station, and find it easier to voice-activate the can so you can easily dump scraps of food into it. The brand has several use cases in mind here: For instance, you might be sitting on a chair nearby. If you don’t want to walk over at all, you can say “open can” and it will open. On the other hand, if you walk briskly past it, it recognizes that you have no intention of throwing something away and stays closed. If you saunter up to the device, it senses you’re there and opens up. The other difference is the price: At $200, the voice-activated trash can is significantly more expensive than Simplehuman’s step-operated cans, which start at $80 for one of comparable size without the bells and whistles. But after you’ve either inserted batteries or plugged it in, it proves itself to be smarter than most other trash cans. On the surface, the new can looks like any other Simplehuman can, with its rectangular shape and glossy exterior. Simplehuman–the nearly 20-year-old company founded by industrial designer Frank Yang and famous for its sleek stainless steel trash cans–has already developed a line of voice-activated trash cans, one of which the company is launching today at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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