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, worthy of our Best of CES Awards. Other times, it’s because they’re so amazing and unique that you’re left with a lasting impression. Read on to find out which gadgets made us raise our eyebrows and smile, and expectations of all of us CES 2025 coverage here.

This Dungeons & Dragons Stern Pinball Machine Has Star Trek’s Worf as Your Dungeon Master

Pinball and Dungeons & Dragons are a perfect combination. Since Bally’s 1987 Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine debuted, many electronic components have been added to pinball machines. Stern took the opportunity to pack an entire D&D adventure into this pinball machine. You choose a character from several pre-built classes and species, then try to level up your character by meeting and overcoming challenges. We love the concept, but to make things even funnier, Stern brought in Michael Dorn — best known for his role as Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation—to act as dungeon master. The base model is $7,000, but if you want all the limited edition features, it costs $13,000.

Meet the Cute Little Robot That Can Chill Your Drink

The Nékojita FuFu does only two things: It keeps your drinks cold and looks great. It uses the “Fu-ing” algorithm system that randomizes the different blowing modes. The company claims that 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 can be mounted on flat plates to cool the soup.

TCL AIme Is A Rolling Baby Carriage For Many AI Models

Imagine if your personal home robot was a cute alien baby on a wheeled cart that you could also get in the form of an AI hockey puck. TCL’s concept robot is as confusing a device as a pitch, and it’s just as amazing to see it in action. AIme has three modules, each with different levels of AI applications, including speech and image recognition. The last module is one that you can take AIme with you on the road, allowing you to chat with an AI to get updates on your calendar, the weather, or anything you can use on your telephone. If it wasn’t so beautiful, I would probably point it out all the time, either by accident or on purpose, to a jury of my peers.

Anker’s Solix Solar Cape Is More of a Fashion Statement Than a Handy Tech Product

We have experienced it solar power collection hatsso it doesn’t take much imagination to see how Anker’s Solix solar panel-covered umbrella can be useful for a day at the beach or in your backyard. Then we come to Anker’s solar cape and the cyberpunk single neon strip running across the hood, and we’re lost. The device might be a way to power your phone and look stylish while you’re running down a runway or cosplaying at Comic Con, but we doubt you’ll get much sunlight if you try this cape on clubbing, where the neon light can be. appropriate. Then again, we’ve been advocates for the return of shoulder capes ever since Assassin’s Creed II released in 2009.

This Spoon Will Shock Your Tongue So You Can Taste Salt

We have seen new tools, but nothing 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 along the back of the stem uses a low current. The current activates the natural sodium in your saliva to make whatever you eat tastier. This could be a potential game changer for people on a low sodium diet. Because, let’s face it, slow food is no fun. But with innovations like the electric salt spoon, people can make healthier food choices, crossing the line from food tech to health tech.

Make Iconic Anime Characters Your Private Dancers

The Alienware Area-51 Desktop Is Big in Comedy

Graphics cards are getting bigger every year. Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 50-series cards are bigger and demand more power than ever before. It makes sense why cases should also increase in size, but the new Area-51 full tower from Alienware is truly awesome. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot going for it. The case includes a sliding rail that should support any size card you want. The “positive pressure” design of the case is novel, and we hope that Alienware has managed to make the case truly air tight as it claims to have fewer fans blowing all the time.

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable Costs Like Two Laptops for a Few Extra Screen Inches

Lenovo came to CES with several amazing concept devices, including a smart monitor with a personal speaker that can follow you around the room and another curved screen that can follow you with the help of a you webcam Those two things might not sell it, but one amazing Lenovo product you can buy is the $3,500 Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. It is usually a 14-inch laptop, but by pressing a key, it turns into a 16.5-inch laptop that is taller than it is wide. There are certain laptop users who can use a large screen, such as programmers, but they have to exceed the price point for what is still a laptop, which you will find below. for $1,500 in the same specs with ease.

This Little Dongle Brings Lots 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 about the size of a box of dental floss. Fluffer works on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, and even Nintendo Switch. Once connected, the device will read all haptic and accelerometer information and relay it to any Bluetooth-connected Motorbunny device. That includes the company’s sex machines, which are known for their power.

This Keyboard Changes With Just a Flick of the Wrist

If you thought you’d seen every keyboard design under the sun, you found something at CES that will blow your mind. For us, AutoKeybo splits the automatic mechanical keyboard swaps between the keyboard and touchpad sections with a slight flick of the wrist. However, good typing posture is the same here, as AI Machine Vision does not retract or extend keyboards otherwise. And while AutoKeybo is clearly aimed at productivity hounds, 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 Never Looked So Sassy

Shiftall showed off its HaritoraX 1.1B wireless body tracking hardware that lets you control digital avatars of your entire body. So, if you want to fully include your waifu in VR chat, this is for you.

Handy Does Exactly What You Think

Finally, There’s a Robot Vacuum That Picks Up Your Dirty Socks

The Roborock Saros Z70 may look like a typical robot vacuum—until it goes into something it can’t suck up. The Saros Z70 has an “OmniGrip” mechanical arm that extends from its chassis. It can pick up small items up to 300g and drop them into a preset area, such as a clothes hamper or trash can. Meanwhile the Z70 took its sweet time getting the socks off in our demo, Just think of the number of fights with your troubled roommate that college could have prevented.

Reporting by Kyle Barr, Florence Ion, Jorge Jimenez, Rose Pastore, and Sherri L. Smith