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 innovation and design, which we deserve Best of CES Awards. Other times, it’s simply because they’re so weird and quirky that you leave a lasting impression. Read on to see which gadgets made us raise our eyebrows and smile, aAnd catch us all over CES 2025 coverage here.

This Dungeons and Dragons Stern pinball machine features Star Trek’s Worf as your dungeon master.

Pinball and Dungeons and Dragons are such a perfect combination. Since Bally’s 1987 Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine debut, a wealth of electronic components have been added to pinball machines. Stern took the opportunity to pack an entire D&D adventure into this pinball machine. You select a character from among several pre-made classes and species, then try to level up your character by completing challenges. We love the idea, but to make things even funnier, Stern brought in Michael Dorn – best known for his role on The Wharf. Star Trek: The Next Generation– To act as the 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 cool your drinks

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

TCL AIme is a rolling baby carriage for multiple AI models

Imagine if the personal robot in your home was a cute alien baby on a wheeled vehicle that you could also take the form of an AI hockey puck. TCL’s concept robot was as confusing a device as a 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 apart AIme and take with you on the road, letting you chat with an AI to get updates on your calendar, the weather, or anything you can use your phone for. If it weren’t so adorable, I’d probably tip it all the time, whether by accident or on purpose, depending on the jury of my peers.

Anker’s Solix Solar Cape is more of a fashion statement than a practical tech product

We already have experience Solar energy collection capSo it doesn’t take much imagination to see how Anker’s Solix solar panel-covered umbrella could come in handy for a day at the beach or in your backyard. Then we get to Anker’s Solar Cape and its cyberpunk single Neon Strip, and we’re at a loss. The device might be a means of powering up your phone and looking stylish while you’re strutting the runway or cosplaying at Comic Con, but we doubt you’ll find much sunlight if you try to take this cape clubbing, where neon lights might fit. Then again, we’ve been advocates for bringing back the shoulder cap ever since Assassin’s Creed II Released in 2009.

This spoon pushes your tongue so you can taste the salt

We’ve seen some innovative containers, but never anything like this. Kirin, known for its ramen and soup, 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 stem uses a gentle electric current. Currants stimulate the naturally occurring sodium in your saliva to make everything you eat taste salty. This could be a potential game changer for people on a low-sodium diet. Because, let’s face it, bland food isn’t fun. But with innovations like the electric salt spoon, people can make healthier food choices by crossing the line from food technology to health technology.

Turn iconic anime characters into your personal dancers

The Alienware Area-51 desktop is ridiculously large

Graphics cards are getting bigger every year. Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 50-series cards are bigger and claim more power than ever before It’s understandable why the cases would need to increase in size, but Alienware’s new Area-51 full-size tower is truly monstrous. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have much going for it. The case has a sliding rail that should support whatever size card you want. The “positive pressure” design of the case is novel, and we hope Alienware managed to make the case truly air-tight as it claims less fan blowing all the time.

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable costs the same as two laptops for a few inches of extra screen

Lenovo brought some weird concept devices to CES, including a smart monitor with a personalized speaker that can track you around the room and another curved screen that can follow you around with a webcam. These two items may never make it to market, but one of the weirdest Lenovo products you can buy is the $3,500 Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. It’s normally a 14-inch laptop, but with the press of a single key, it turns into a 16.5-inch laptop that’s taller than it’s wide. There are certainly some laptop users who could use a taller screen, such as programmers, but they have to get past the price point of what’s still just a laptop, which you can get for under $1,500 with the same specs with relative ease.

This little dongle brings a lot of joy

Motorbunny’s Fluffer PlayMate Haptic Relay Plug-in can add a sexy dimension to any game. It’s a USB-C dongle plug 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 the haptic and accelerometer data and relays it to any Bluetooth-connected Motobunny device. These include the company’s sex machines, known for their power.

This keyboard transforms with just a flick of the wrist

Just when you think you’ve seen every keyboard design under the sun, you find something at CES that blows your mind. For us, the AutoKeybo automatic mechanical keyboard switches between the keyboard and touchpad sections with a slight flick of the wrist. However, good typing posture is par for the course here, as AI machine vision won’t retract or extend the keyboard otherwise. And while it’s clear AutoKeybo is aimed at productive hunters, it’s also designed for people with upper limb disabilities. But regardless, the Windows/Mac-compatible device is an innovative take on the keyboard.

Full body VR has never looked so glamorous

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

The Handy does exactly what you think

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

The Roborock Saros Z70 may look like an ordinary robot vacuum — until it reaches something it can’t suck. The Saros Z70 has an “OmniGrip” mechanical arm that extends from its chassis. It can pick up small objects up to 300 grams and drop them in a predetermined place, such as a clothesline or wastebasket. Although the Z70 took its sweet time to pick up the socks In our demo, Just think of the number of fights with your messy roommate that could have been prevented in college.

(Reporting by Kyle Barr, Florence Yon, Jorge Jimenez, Rose Pastore and Sherry L. Smith)