This device is like a high-tech Rorschach test

What does it look like to you?

Here are some  answers:

"A futuristic ashtray from a movie made in the 1960's." -- Eric

"I see a bad coldbrew coffee maker...actually, it's that thing that had those poison balls from 'The Rock.'" -- Morgan

"A scale model of a very high-tech stealth lighthouse." -- Ed"I guess it looks like a smart home thingy." -- Lynn

"I don't know, like an air purifier of sorts." -- Xiomara

"The second version of the DeLorean that uses compost, it had...Mr. Fusion! Thank you." -- James

"A trash compactor." -- Rochelle

"It looks like a vacuum cleaner." -- Gabby (Medecki, director of CNET Espanol and Smart Home)

"I mean maybe a computer, it's got like all this power stuff..." -- Christine (Petrozzo, senior business intelligence analyst)

"You put this down (pulls out his iPhone) and it charges it and plays whatever you want at the same time, is that what this is?" -- Ravish (Puri, chief engineer at CBS Interactive HQ)

"It's kind of a like a Dalek, it's kind of like pepper spray, it's a trash can obviously." -- Kelsey

"Wasn't there a goofy robot in some cartoon where the head popped out of the top? Now I'm expecting arms to pop out too." -- Laura

"It looks like one of those circular speakers...a subwoofer, or like an Amazon Echo-like device." --Andrew

"A bomb." -- Jason

"A Mac Pro." -- Lexy, John Kim (video editor)

"A Mac Pro with an ashtray on top." -- Patrick

Source:CNET