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Human-focused gadgets steal spotlight at CES
Daily Maverick
|January 16, 2026
This year's Consumer Electronics Show highlighted a clear trend: devices designed for real people outshone Al-powered innovations. By Lindsey Schutters
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Lego absolutely stole the show with its Smart Play system.
(Photos: Supplied)
However, if there was a clear winner of the CES 2026, it wasn’t a computer manufacturer at all. Instead it was a company which remembered that the original building block of creativity isn't a microchip.
Lego walked away with the show prize by doing exactly what it has done for 90 years: sparking imagination. But this time, it added a layer of silicon that feels genuinely magical rather than gimmicky.
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