The weirdest gadgets we saw at CES 2025

Every year at CES, there are products that everyone wants to talk about. Sometimes it’s because technology is a leading example of the innovation and design we deserve Best of CES Awards. Other times, you’re left with a lasting impression simply because they’re so weird and weird. Read on to find out which gadgets make us raise an eyebrow and smile, aand catch all of us CES 2025 coverage here.

This Dungeons & Dragons Stern Pinball Machine features Star Trek’s Worf as your Dungeon Master

Pinball and Dungeons & Dragons are such a perfect combination. Since Bally’s Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine debuted in 1987, many electronic components have been added to pinball machines. Stern took the opportunity to pack an entire D&D adventure into this pinball machine. You choose a character from several preset classes and types, then try to level up your character by meeting and defeating challenges. We love the concept, but to make things even more ridiculous, Stern brought in Michael Dorn, best known for his role as Worf. Star Trek: The Next Generation— to act as dungeon master. The base model is $7,000, but if you want all the features of the limited edition, it will cost $13,000.

Meet the adorable little robot that will keep your drinks cool

The Nékojita FuFu does just two things: It cools your drinks and it looks adorable. It uses a “Fu-ing” algorithm system that randomizes different blowing modes. The company claims it can reduce the temperature of a hot beverage from 190°F to 160°F and 151°F in less than five minutes. In addition to cups, FuFu can be mounted on flat plates to cool soup.

TCL AIme is a rolling stroller for multiple AI models

Imagine if your personal robot at home was a cute alien baby on a wheeled wagon, and you could also take it in the shape of an AI hockey puck. TCL’s concept robot was as confusing a device as the pitch, and it was just as strange to see it in action. AIme has three modules, each with different levels of AI applications, including speech and image recognition. The final module is one that you can tear off AIme and take with you on the go, allowing you to chat with the AI ​​to get updates on your calendar, weather, or whatever else you can use your phone for. If it weren’t so charming, I’d be over it every time, by accident or on purpose, it’s up to a jury of my peers.

Anker’s Solix Solar Cape is more of a fashion statement than a wearable technology product

We have already experienced solar energy harvesting hatsso it doesn’t take much imagination to see how Anker’s Solix Solar Covered Umbrella could come in handy for a day at the beach or in your backyard. Then we come to Anker’s sun cowl and its cyberpunk single neon strip running down the hood, and we’re faced with a loss. The device may be a way to power up your phone and look cool while you’re walking the runway or doing Comic Con cosplay, but we doubt you’ll get much sunlight if you try to use this neon-lit hood. suitable Then again, we’ve been advocating the return of shoulder pads ever since Assassin’s Creed II Released in 2009.

This Spoon Shocks Your Tongue to Give You a Salty Taste

We’ve seen some innovative bowls, but never anything like this. Known for its ramen and soups, Kirin has jumped into the food tech arena with the world’s first electric salt spoon. A plastic spoon with a metal strip on the bowl and back of the body uses a mild electric current. The current stimulates the naturally occurring sodium in your saliva to make everything you eat taste saltier. This could be a potential game changer for people on low-sodium diets. Because let’s face it, bland food is no fun. But with innovations like the electric salt spoon, people can cross the line from food technology to health technology and make healthier food choices.

Make iconic Anime characters your personal dancers

The Alienware Area-51 Desktop Comic Is Big

Graphics cards are getting bigger every year. Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 50 series cards are bigger and require more power than ever. It makes sense why cases would need to increase in size, but the new Area-51 full-size tower from Alienware is truly monstrous. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a lot going for it. The case includes a sliding rail that should support any size card you want. The “positive pressure” design of the case is new, and we hope Alienware managed to make the case truly airtight, since it claims to have fewer fans all the time.

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 costs the equivalent of two laptops for a few extra inches of screen.

Lenovo arrived at CES with a couple of unusual concept devices, including a smart monitor with a personal speaker that can follow you around the room and another curved display that can follow you around with the help of a webcam. These two products may never make it to market, but one strange Lenovo product you can buy is the $3,500 Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. It’s normally a 14-inch laptop, but it turns into a taller-than-wide 16.5-inch laptop with the push of a button. Of course, there are some laptop users who can use a tall screen, such as programmers, but they have to pass that price point for a laptop that is just a laptop that you can find with the same features for under $1500 with relative comfort.

This Little Dongle Brings Lots of Fun

Motorbunny’s Fluffer PlayMate Haptic Relay Plug-in can add a sexy dimension to any game. It’s a USB-C dongle the size of a box of dental floss. Fluffer works with PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and even Nintendo Switch. Once connected, the device reads all haptic and accelerometer data and transmits it to any Bluetooth-connected Motorbunny device. This includes the company’s well-known sex machines.

This Keyboard Converts with a Flick of the Wrist

Just when you think you’ve seen every keyboard design under the sun, you find something mind-blowing at CES. For us, AutoKeybo splits automatic mechanical keyboard changes between the keyboard and touchpads with a little wrist movement. However, good typing posture is the same here as AI Machine Vision will not retract or extend the keyboards otherwise. While AutoKeybo is clearly aimed at productivity dogs, it’s also designed for people with upper limb disabilities. But regardless, the Windows/Mac compatible device is innovative in its keyboard.

Full Body VR has never looked so elegant

Shiftall showcased the HaritoraX 1.1B wireless body tracker that lets you control digital avatars with your entire body. So if you’ve ever wanted to fully embody a waifu in a VR chat, this is for you.

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Finally, there is a robot vacuum that will pick up your dirty socks

The Roborock Saros Z70 might look like an ordinary robot vacuum cleaner – until it runs into something it can’t swallow. The Saros Z70 features an “OmniGrip” mechanical arm extending from the chassis. It can pick up small items weighing up to 300g and drop them into a pre-set location, such as a clothes hamper or wastebasket. The Z70 took a long time to pick up the socks in our demo, think of the number of fights with your messy roommate you could have avoided in college.

Reporting by Kyle Barr, Florence Ion, Jorge Jimenez, Rose Pastore and Sherri L. Smith