This year's hottest new consumer tech product isn't a personal robot or a self-driving car — it's a crib.
The $800 Elvie Rise, which debuted in January at the annual CES tech trade show, is an app-controlled bouncer that automatically repeats a baby's unique preferences and can transform into a bassinet after an infant falls asleep.
Elvie's claims implicitly suggest that dropping nearly a grand on a product that's meant to be used for only six months of a child's life isn't only sensible but also the responsible thing to do, writes Kelli María Korducki.
As more millennial and Gen Z "digital natives" become parents, it's no surprise that devices providing real-time data on a baby's every move are hot commodities. But while this information is reassuring to some parents, it can exacerbate anxiety in others — particularly those already struggling during the fraught, sleep-deprived months of early parenthood.
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