In the future, Bosch says, the X-Spect will also be able to scan foods, which may come in handy during those times when you're trying to find out if your fruits or vegetables are ripe. Or if you could pair it with a smart oven, and as soon as you scanned a pizza, it would start the preheating process. Bosch could even make the X-Spect open-source, so it wouldn't just work with its own products but others from more appliance makers as well.

Naturally, its success will likely depend on how much it'll cost. Bosch isn't discussing those details at the moment, but the company did say that to take the X-Spect beyond a concept and launch it "soon."

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