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It's the final day of CES 2025 we saw

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new gpus laptops and TVs but today we're

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recognizing companies that understood the assignment the true meaning of CES

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is showing off Tech that's slightly disturbing Tech that's just a bit wrong

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now I'm not sure you could say that about Mir roomi though it's a fuzzy

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robot that Clips onto bags and turns its adorable head towards anyone approaching

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if this little guy is wrong I don't want to be right but why would you pay 70

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bucks for one mari's makers yukai engineering say it's to make the people

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around you happier and maybe give them just a smidge of existential crisis from

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staring into its bashful yet probing eyes a little uncomfortable Yuki's got

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something a little more practical the Neco GAA fuu a little cat with a fan

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inside that can cool down your hot tea in the same way humans do by randomizing

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its blow speed and Rhythm using its special algorithm called system that

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can't be right you may remember yukai engineering is the company behind many a

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weird CES product including one of my favorites the Kubo pillow with a

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cat-like tail that gently Wiggles when

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stroked how I miss it other companies are trying very hard to emulate yukai

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perfect mix of cuteness and horror tcl's

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am me spelled AI I me is apparently

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geared towards parents who've decided that having one real human child is

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plenty but there's room in the family for what is essentially a robot egg baby

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that can ask its fleshy sibling questions he is not prepared to answer

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what is living it looks like TCL

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genuinely thinks families will treat Amy like it's alive and you may think that's

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creepy but is it as creepy as The Uncanny Valley apparitions from real

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btics pretending to be something other than chat GPT powered sex bots I don't

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know ask the 12 people who have apparently purchased one I'm sure they're great guys CES had wacky

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displays of Plenty including the vertically extending rollable screen on

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lenovo's thinkbook plus Gen 6 which we mentioned on Tuesday but there are yet

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more weird things we can do to displays

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Samsung displays stretchable micro LED prototype which can create sort of a 3d

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effect without the use of glasses is one such display ZDNet notes it could also

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be used to create tactile buttons on touchscreens like say a cars

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infotainment system so we could use those instead of forcing drivers to tap

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through their giant dashboards tablet settings to turn the wipers on but if

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you just want a giant display you can put anywhere there's the displace TV a

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battery powered fully wireless TV that combines with other units into a larger

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display Each of which can be stuck on the wall with four built-in suction cups

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because sure you might be risking your $6,000 TV falling but it's better than

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drilling mounting holes and ruin this perfectly good W drywall hey JX says

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their flipo Horizon adds two monitors to

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the side of a laptop but I've seen this before that's razer's project Valerie

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stolen from the CES show floor in 2017 H

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maybe we can steal it back in a clandestine operation

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for that we might consider using the xping aroh HT which answers the question

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what if a cyber Tru was that huge and obnoxious for a reason the reason being

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it can spit a giant drone out of its back that can seat two people despite

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costing just under $300,000 it apparently already has 3,000

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pre-orders and will launch in China in 2026 ah what do we get uh well there's

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this uh three- wheeled solar panel equipped two-seater EV from aptera that

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looks like some kind of tadpole shoe hybrid okay I'll admit I thought this

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thing looked goofy when I first saw it but if you get a lot of sun you may

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never have to charge this thing and there's actually a surprising amount of

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room in the back for cargo or for sleeping so we could go off the grid

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after we pull the project Valerie Heist one getaway car we're definitely not

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going to be using is Amazon's autonomous toaster shuttle zuk

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mostly because of the name I want there to be a jingle for that take a ride in a

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introduce the quick bits now but guess what we've already been doing quick bits

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this whole time you should see your face right now

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they were like oh console accessory makers do be acting a fool right now

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hyperkin announced a new version of one of its Xbox and PC controllers with a

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clearly PlayStation dual sense inspired design called the competitor look it's

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like when you wrap a Coke label around a can of Pepsi because you want to drink a

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Pepsi but you want to feel like you're drinking a Coke right we understand this

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hyperkin also debuted a new Guitar Hero

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controller for the Nintendo wiii which came out in 18 years ago turns out it's

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actually the same product hyperkin released in 2009 but with completely

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refreshed brand new internals and it had to apologize to fans for the confusion

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what is fans of Guitar Hero on Wii I

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feel like they should check out some newer peripherals like the auto kebo a

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Linux PC with actually okay it's not peripheral it's a PC a Linux PC with

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built-in ergonomic keyboard trackpad and

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mouse modules that automatically shoot out like Wolverine's claws when the

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onboard camera detects certain motions from your hand you can customize its

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speed and sensitivity so it doesn't Shear your fingertips off as that may

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compromise your ability to remain perfectly ergonomically productive

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moving your hand to your mouse and back is quick but those seconds add up but if

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you love keeping yourself as busy as possible possible there's the Mecha

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Comet a handheld Linux computer with

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modular attachments for adding game controls a keyboard sensor arrays hey if

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you can dream it and you have vast amounts of patience and free time you

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can build it if you prefer a wacky device that someone else built for you

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though ukel showed off two of them at CES the

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wp200 pro is an Android phone with a

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chunkier than average camera module because it contains a pop out device

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device that can be used either as a smartwatch or a Bluetooth

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earpiece okay see this CES should just be entirely this stuff this is what I'm

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talking about ukel also showed off the Titan a fantastically chunky phone with

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a massive 33,000 milliamp battery that

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can power a 1200 Lumen camping light on

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the back or a 120 HZ projector on the

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top throw that in the back of the aptera we're going glamping hm we may need more

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solar power though we could use anor's solar panel equipped beach umbrella but

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that might attract too much attention I'll grab the ecoflow power hat with

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built-in solar panels instead but once you have that well then then you pretty

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much have to complete the look with Anchor's solar powered cloak I'm sorry

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you wanted to put solar panels in clothing that people wear in the year

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2024 and you went with cloak hey they're

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coming back what now you should always take

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everything you hear about these wacky CES concept products with a grain of

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salt but you won't need any actual salt for that with perhaps my favorite weird

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thing from CES the kierin electric salt spoon it's designed to make foods taste

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saltier by sending a weak electric current through your food drawing sodium

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ions out so it tastes saltier and you don't have to increase your salt intake

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so for that to work though you have to complete the circuit by holding the bite

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in your your mouth for a few seconds and make sure you hold it in perfect

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triangle formation the food will taste better not only because it's saltier but

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also because you feel relief that you didn't die just light electrocution

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follow these instructions closely or you could end up pregnant instead I want you

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to end up back here again on Monday for more Tech news and we'll be back to

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three episodes a week because doing one every day

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is well I don't recommend it