It's the final day of CES 2025 we saw
new gpus laptops and TVs but today we're
recognizing companies that understood the assignment the true meaning of CES
is showing off Tech that's slightly disturbing Tech that's just a bit wrong
now I'm not sure you could say that about Mir roomi though it's a fuzzy
robot that Clips onto bags and turns its adorable head towards anyone approaching
if this little guy is wrong I don't want to be right but why would you pay 70
bucks for one mari's makers yukai engineering say it's to make the people
around you happier and maybe give them just a smidge of existential crisis from
staring into its bashful yet probing eyes a little uncomfortable Yuki's got
something a little more practical the Neco GAA fuu a little cat with a fan
inside that can cool down your hot tea in the same way humans do by randomizing
its blow speed and Rhythm using its special algorithm called system that
can't be right you may remember yukai engineering is the company behind many a
weird CES product including one of my favorites the Kubo pillow with a
cat-like tail that gently Wiggles when
stroked how I miss it other companies are trying very hard to emulate yukai
perfect mix of cuteness and horror tcl's
am me spelled AI I me is apparently
geared towards parents who've decided that having one real human child is
plenty but there's room in the family for what is essentially a robot egg baby
that can ask its fleshy sibling questions he is not prepared to answer
what is living it looks like TCL
genuinely thinks families will treat Amy like it's alive and you may think that's
creepy but is it as creepy as The Uncanny Valley apparitions from real
btics pretending to be something other than chat GPT powered sex bots I don't
know ask the 12 people who have apparently purchased one I'm sure they're great guys CES had wacky
displays of Plenty including the vertically extending rollable screen on
lenovo's thinkbook plus Gen 6 which we mentioned on Tuesday but there are yet
more weird things we can do to displays
Samsung displays stretchable micro LED prototype which can create sort of a 3d
effect without the use of glasses is one such display ZDNet notes it could also
be used to create tactile buttons on touchscreens like say a cars
infotainment system so we could use those instead of forcing drivers to tap
through their giant dashboards tablet settings to turn the wipers on but if
you just want a giant display you can put anywhere there's the displace TV a
battery powered fully wireless TV that combines with other units into a larger
display Each of which can be stuck on the wall with four built-in suction cups
because sure you might be risking your $6,000 TV falling but it's better than
drilling mounting holes and ruin this perfectly good W drywall hey JX says
their flipo Horizon adds two monitors to
the side of a laptop but I've seen this before that's razer's project Valerie
stolen from the CES show floor in 2017 H
maybe we can steal it back in a clandestine operation
for that we might consider using the xping aroh HT which answers the question
what if a cyber Tru was that huge and obnoxious for a reason the reason being
it can spit a giant drone out of its back that can seat two people despite
costing just under $300,000 it apparently already has 3,000
pre-orders and will launch in China in 2026 ah what do we get uh well there's
this uh three- wheeled solar panel equipped two-seater EV from aptera that
looks like some kind of tadpole shoe hybrid okay I'll admit I thought this
thing looked goofy when I first saw it but if you get a lot of sun you may
never have to charge this thing and there's actually a surprising amount of
room in the back for cargo or for sleeping so we could go off the grid
after we pull the project Valerie Heist one getaway car we're definitely not
going to be using is Amazon's autonomous toaster shuttle zuk
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
this whole time you should see your face right now
they were like oh console accessory makers do be acting a fool right now
hyperkin announced a new version of one of its Xbox and PC controllers with a
clearly PlayStation dual sense inspired design called the competitor look it's
like when you wrap a Coke label around a can of Pepsi because you want to drink a
Pepsi but you want to feel like you're drinking a Coke right we understand this
hyperkin also debuted a new Guitar Hero
controller for the Nintendo wiii which came out in 18 years ago turns out it's
actually the same product hyperkin released in 2009 but with completely
refreshed brand new internals and it had to apologize to fans for the confusion
what is fans of Guitar Hero on Wii I
feel like they should check out some newer peripherals like the auto kebo a
Linux PC with actually okay it's not peripheral it's a PC a Linux PC with
built-in ergonomic keyboard trackpad and
mouse modules that automatically shoot out like Wolverine's claws when the
onboard camera detects certain motions from your hand you can customize its
speed and sensitivity so it doesn't Shear your fingertips off as that may
compromise your ability to remain perfectly ergonomically productive
moving your hand to your mouse and back is quick but those seconds add up but if
you love keeping yourself as busy as possible possible there's the Mecha
Comet a handheld Linux computer with
modular attachments for adding game controls a keyboard sensor arrays hey if
you can dream it and you have vast amounts of patience and free time you
can build it if you prefer a wacky device that someone else built for you
though ukel showed off two of them at CES the
wp200 pro is an Android phone with a
chunkier than average camera module because it contains a pop out device
device that can be used either as a smartwatch or a Bluetooth
earpiece okay see this CES should just be entirely this stuff this is what I'm
talking about ukel also showed off the Titan a fantastically chunky phone with
a massive 33,000 milliamp battery that
can power a 1200 Lumen camping light on
the back or a 120 HZ projector on the
top throw that in the back of the aptera we're going glamping hm we may need more
solar power though we could use anor's solar panel equipped beach umbrella but
that might attract too much attention I'll grab the ecoflow power hat with
built-in solar panels instead but once you have that well then then you pretty
much have to complete the look with Anchor's solar powered cloak I'm sorry
you wanted to put solar panels in clothing that people wear in the year
2024 and you went with cloak hey they're
coming back what now you should always take
everything you hear about these wacky CES concept products with a grain of
salt but you won't need any actual salt for that with perhaps my favorite weird
thing from CES the kierin electric salt spoon it's designed to make foods taste
saltier by sending a weak electric current through your food drawing sodium
ions out so it tastes saltier and you don't have to increase your salt intake
so for that to work though you have to complete the circuit by holding the bite
in your your mouth for a few seconds and make sure you hold it in perfect
triangle formation the food will taste better not only because it's saltier but
also because you feel relief that you didn't die just light electrocution
follow these instructions closely or you could end up pregnant instead I want you
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