CES 2025 is in full swing. While the conference features reveals from tech powerhouses like Nvidia, Samsung, and Toyota, there are also some pretty weird ideas and product announcements floating around at the show. We’ve rounded up the weirdest, silliest, and most impressive products from CES 2025.
A robotic cat that cools your coffee for you
An adorable new gadget from Yukai Engineering is the Nékojita FuFu, a tiny robotic cat that can be placed in a mug or bowl and will blow air at human-like intervals to cool your coffee or soup. The company says the product was born after a team leader wanted an easier way to cool freshly cooked baby food “because doing so often made him feel short of breath and dizzy.”
An electronic spoon that elevates the taste of your food
Why add more salt to your meal when a $127 spoon could simulate the taste of sodium for you? Japanese company Kirin Holdings showed off an electronic spoon that makes your food more salty. The company says its spoon uses a weak electric current to concentrate sodium ion molecules in your food, adding a stronger umami flavor and saltiness to low-sodium foods.
A portable gaming console that’s really quite big
Handheld consoles are great for gaming on the go, but Acer’s latest product really pushes the boundaries of what’s considered portable. The Nitro Blaze 11 is undeniably huge: With a 10.95-inch screen, it’s not only the size of an 11-inch iPad Air, but it also weighs as much as two iPad Airs stacked on top of each other. You may need to strengthen your wrist before trying it!
A concept laptop with a ‘The scrolling screen becomes reality
A few years ago, Lenovo introduced its idea for a laptop that had a screen that could be expanded to a much larger one. At this year’s CES, what was just a concept turned into the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. The device’s 14-inch OLED screen can be unfolded and expanded to a 16.7-inch panel with the push of a button or gesture controls, effectively adding much more screen space without additional screens or accessories.
And you can watch our friends at Engadget get up close and personal with the Gen 6 Rollable below.
An AI powered spice dispenser
Spicerr is another weird food tech gadget from this year’s CES. The device is configured as an item Keurig Spice Maker, with individual capsules that you can spin while its AI detects how much you’ll need based on the recipe you’re using and dispenses it for you. If you want to add a little more than what it suggests, there’s also a “freeform” feature that gives you a little more control.
An AI powered bird bath
Bird-watching technology is nothing new to CES. Longtime attendees may remember Bird Buddy’s smart bird feeder or Swarovski’s $4,799 artificial intelligence birdwatching binoculars. The latest bird innovation comes from Birdfy: a smart birdbath. The Bath Pro uses artificial intelligence to detect when birds are using it and take a photo — but there’s a monthly subscription if you want it to identify species.
A $1,350 espresso machine
How much is too much for a jolt of caffeine? Meticulous showed off this smart espresso machine, which the company claims is the first of its kind with a robotic lever. The machine has 10 digital sensors that monitor water temperature, pressure, flow rate and weight of liquid in the cup and can make real-time adjustments like a barista. The pre-order price for the machine is $1,350, plus another $250 if you want the milk steamer.
A wearable AI that sits on your temple
From Humane’s Ai Pin to Friend, it’s been a strange time for wearable AI devices. Joining them is Based Hardware’s Omi, a wearable that can answer your questions, summarize your conversations, create to-do lists and help you schedule meetings. The device constantly listens and executes your conversations through GPT-4o, and can also remember the environment for a user to be more personalized.
The Omi can be worn as a necklace, but the company is pushing people to attach it to the temple with medical tape for a true sci-fi experience. Based Hardware claims it can use a “brain interface” to understand when you’re talking to it, though we only saw a brief in-person demo. this is a claim for further testing when released.
Smart glasses that beam a screen to your precious eyeballs
Smart glasses are the buzziest AI form factor of late, and wearable startup Halliday is jumping on the hype, but with a slightly different approach. Instead of projecting a screen onto the lens, this pair of smart glasses projects a 3.5-inch round screen directly onto your eyeballs. The glasses offer real-time language translation for 40 languages and can display phone notifications, a cheat sheet with notes and navigation instructions.
Another CES, another ‘flying car’.
If there’s one thing that signals life in the future, it’s the idea of a flying car. Xpeng Aero HT has unveiled its land-based aircraft carrier, its part-van, part-eVTOL “articulated flying car.” It’s essentially an electric minivan with a small foldable eVTOL vehicle hidden in the back that can be rolled up and launched in flight.
Xpeng vice president and president Brian Gu said the land-based aircraft carrier has received type certification, but if that all sounds a bit far-fetched, you’re certainly not alone.
A toaster-shaped device that charges your phone in seconds
Swippitt wants to make sure your phone battery never dies again. With a design reminiscent of a stylish toaster, the charging hub works quick change of external batteries which fits into a custom phone case and aims to give 50-90% extra charge instantly. It will cost you, though: it starts at $450 with an additional $120 for the phone case.
A cat tower that doubles as an air purifier
What if a cat tower could also help keep the air in your apartment clean? This is LG’s goal with the AeroCatTower, a sleek cat tower that doubles as an air purifier. It can also monitor your cat’s weight and sleep, and you can even change the flow of the cleaner while your cat is perched on it so it’s not disturbed by the noise.
A gaming chair that warms (and cools) your butt
Razer showed off its idea for a gaming chair that can heat and cool your seat like a fancy car seat. The system features a self-regulating heater that can reach up to 86 degrees Fahrenheit, as well as a “bladeless fan system” that circulates cool air through the mesh to keep you comfortable while grinding Fortnite.
Tim Meadows next to a giant cup of coffee
While this isn’t a product reveal, I’d be remiss not to mention one of the silliest key moments of the conference. To illustrate BMW’s Panoramic iDrive, the company pretended to shrink the entire audience as if the keynote took place inside a BMW. Thanks to that, we now have this great photo of comedy legend Tim Meadows looking very small next to a giant cup of coffee.
This $1,500 iPad Bundle That Will Post About You When You Die
As our own Brian Heater writes, we’ve already reached the point at CES where it’s hard to tell a real product from an elaborate hoax. In Case of Death is a grim bundle designed to be a dead switch for your digital life. It includes an 11-inch iPad case, a smart ring, an app and a self-destructing 11-inch iPad Pro – bricks in the event of the user’s death. According to the company, the “death protections” include features that can delete your search history, Rickroll your loved ones for eternity, and send one last social media post to your followers.
Enron’s latest farce
While not technically a CES 2025 reveal, the “resurrected” Enron made an announcement about a fake nuclear reactor at home on Monday to escape the attention paid to the technology industry’s announcement spree. Dubbed the “Enron Egg,” the latest hoax involved a lot Basic CES style video championing the egg’s ability to power a household for 10 years straight and revolutionize the industries of ‘power’, ‘independence’ and ‘freedom’. Sure!
An adorable fuzzy robot for your bag
Yukai Engineering also debuted Mirumi, its latest charming robot that fits into a purse and moves its head like a curious baby as it observes its surroundings. The company says Mirumi was designed to “recreate people’s joyful experiences” when interacting with a baby, as this is expressed through curiosity, embarrassment and comfort.
