The weirdest tech at CES 2025

CES is location to immoderate of the coolest, cutting-edge, and astir innovative exertion around. But wrong this oversea of tech are ever immoderate beautiful unusual gadgets. This year’s convention was nary different, packed pinch a full bunch of wacky devices, immoderate of which mightiness person a chance of taking off, and others... possibly not truthful much.

Here’s a roundup of each the weird tech we spotted connected the CES show level and beyond.

Mirumi is simply a furry small robot that latches onto your purse aliases backpack strap. It turns its caput to look curiously astir the room utilizing built-in sensors. But overmuch for illustration an infant, Mirumi is designed to beryllium a spot shy, truthful it mightiness hide its look if it’s touched aliases approached by strangers. The institution down Mirumi, Yukai Engineering, plans to motorboat the bot done a crowdfunding run this twelvemonth pinch an expected value of $70.

No, my workfellow Allison Johnson isn’t sticking her telephone successful a toaster — that achromatic container is really a charging hub made by Swippitt. It’s designed to powerfulness up a bid of outer batteries that spell into Swippitt’s Link telephone case, giving your instrumentality a small other charge. When your artillery is connected the verge of dying, insert your telephone into the hub, and it will automatically switch retired the outer artillery for 1 that’s afloat charged, nary cords aliases wireless charging stations needed.

I ne'er moreover thought I needed a keyboard that retracts to uncover a trackpad and number pad, and aft seeing my workfellow Sean Hollister usage it... I still don’t deliberation I request it. The AutoKeybo uses a built-in camera to observe the position of your hands and will automatically move betwixt setups erstwhile you raise them slightly. It’s expected to thief you “boost productivity” by redeeming you from moving your hands betwixt your rodent and keyboard, and it comes pinch a beautiful hefty $700 value tag.

LG is backmost pinch a 2nd type of its portable StanbyME monitor. But this time, you tin adhd a enarthrosis strap to the 27-inch monitor, letting you haul it astir while connected the spell (or bent it up successful a room). There’s moreover a caller folio lawsuit that makes it look for illustration an absurdly ample tablet. Aside from the caller accessories, the StanbyME comes pinch different upgrades complete its predecessor, including a higher 1440p resolution, a longer four-hour artillery life, and 2 USB-C ports.

SwitchBot made a modular robot tin of completing galore different types of chores. Built connected a type of SwitchBot’s mini robot vacuum, the Multitasking Household Robot K20 Plus Pro comes pinch a wheeled “FusionPlatform” that you tin equip pinch various devices, for illustration the company’s aerial purifier, fan, information camera, and more, allowing it to rotation astir your location while completing each kinds of tasks. It will beryllium capable to do moreover much successful the early pinch the in-development robotic arms you tin spot successful the video above.

Forget your accepted engagement ring. What astir presenting your partner pinch an 18-karat golden smart ring? Well, Ultrahuman made conscionable that, pinch its “artisanal” Rare ring, costing $1,900 successful golden (or $2,200 successful platinum). Aside from afloat entree to each of Ultrahuman’s features and life rank to its warranty program, this instrumentality has the aforesaid specs arsenic the acold cheaper $349 Ultrahuman Ring Air — conscionable successful a acold much costly package.

The LG AeroCatTower is precisely what it sounds like: an aerial purifier that doubles arsenic a feline tree. In summation to providing a heated spot for your feline friend, it filters retired pet dander and moreover weighs your cat, too. The AeroCatTower connects to the LG ThinQ app, wherever you tin spot accusation astir your cat’s weight and way really agelong your feline was asleep.

This overgarment from Anker is still conscionable a conception for now, but it gives disconnected existent Cyberpunk 2077 vibes pinch its LED ray strips and perovskite star cells wrapped astir the extracurricular of the cloak. It offers a 30W maximum input, on pinch a USB-C output you tin usage to complaint your phone.

Like LG’s AeroCatTower, the company’s latest return connected indoor farming combines aggregate functions successful a azygous package. The instrumentality looks akin to your emblematic broadside table, but it features a lamp you tin turn plants beneath. It besides automatically waters your plants utilizing its built-in vessel and has a built-in speaker. LG made a taller, lamp-style garden arsenic well.

This is precisely what it looks like: a pod containing 3D models of dancing anime girls. But it doesn’t have to location anime girls; you tin upload immoderate characteristic to Character Livehouse’s 1200p display, and it will usage AI to interact pinch you. The capsule comes equipped pinch cameras and microphones pinch sound recognition, allowing the characteristic to observe your presence. Code 27, the institution down Character Livehouse, says the exemplary tin cheer you connected successful games and moreover “gently” aftermath you up. It’s headed to Kickstarter soon pinch a value scope of $400 to $500.