Though we love all the large names and large launches, top-of-the-line issues about CES (the Cosumer Electronics Present), which takes place yearly in Las Vegas, is the chance to find bizarre tech.
Enter Nimble’s… system. That’s what it’s known as: the Nimble System.
The Nimble System does one factor. It paints your nails, which it achieves with the assistance of a robotic arm holding a little bit bottle of nail varnish. Does it do this job nicely? We haven’t seen it in individual however given the strides in robotics over the previous couple of years, nail technicians could need to begin dusting off their CVs.
Why can’t we see what’s taking place within the field?
What we do know is that, like nearly every little thing being shouted about at CES 2024 this 12 months, it makes use of ‘superior AI’ (synthetic intelligence), or a minimum of machine studying termed as such. On this case, AI is utilized in mixture with 2D and 3D scanning, to study the scale, form and curve of your nails. Which it then paints, as we’ve made abundantly clear.
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In response to Nimble’s web site, it’ll provide you with “a wealthy, high-shine, easy manicure” in both two or 4 coats and its “totally automated drying know-how means ready-to-go nails as quickly as you take away your hand”.
Why does the phrase “take away your hand” make us jumpy? Perhaps as a result of there’s one thing intrinsically disturbing about inserting your hand into an opaque field, which is what you’ll need to do right here to benefit from the robotic nail portray service. And that simply invitations additional questions.
Why can’t we see what’s taking place within the field? Is the robotic arm shy? Will a member of the Bene Gesserit seem behind you with a poisoned pin in case you flinch?
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Dune similarities apart, this isn’t the primary time we’ve seen this tech. Forged your thoughts again to 1997, or solid your browser throughout to IMDB in case you weren’t born then. Within the sci-fi movie The Fifth Component, there’s a throwaway scene during which a PA solutions a cellphone whereas additionally making use of nail varnish utilizing a remarkably comparable albeit smaller little bit of package.
The folks behind Nimble Magnificence haven’t acknowledged the oeuvre of Luc Besson as inspiration for his or her invention, as an alternative extra prosaically crediting a dinner date that was disrupted due to a manicure mishap.
Nonetheless, the moment nails system isn’t the one inspirational make-up tech to seem within the movie. There’s additionally a scene during which the tangerine-headed heroine Leeloo makes use of a Chanel-branded eye make-up applicator.
Whereas this appears principally like an excuse for a little bit of Chanel model placement, YSL Magnificence has give you a tech-based prompt make-up answer of its personal. The Rouge Sur Mesure is a related system that color matches and mixes lipstick shades.
Take a photograph of the shade you need in your cellphone digital camera and the system will create it by mixing the pigments from three cartridges inside. You should purchase it from Yves Saint Laurent Magnificence for $350/ £260.
Yves Saint Laurent Magnificence
Nonetheless, that’s small change when in comparison with the Nimble System. It prices $599, down from $699, and you’ll pre-order it from Nimble Magnificence with a $99 deposit. Orders will likely be shipped on 15 March.
The product dimensions aren’t talked about on the location but it surely doesn’t appear to be the type of factor you may pop in your bag and take to work like in The Fifth Component.