The Weirdest Devices We Noticed at CES 2026

Nothing says CES like a gadget and uttering to your self, “What the precise f*ck?” Wacky devices are as necessary to the attract of the world’s greatest shopper electronics present as phones are to MWC or as being illegitimate is to Trump Mobile.

Now that CES 2026 is fading into the space, we’re right here to compile the winners of the bizarre. The creme of the complicated gadget crop; the perfect of the baffling; the titans of “tf did I simply see?!”

iPolish color-changing nails

Most likely one of many greatest show-stealers this yr was a set of acrylic nails that may change colours on demand, because of a novel little gadget made by an organization known as iPolish.

Mainly, the entire thing works by making use of a small piece of electrophoretic movie to an acrylic nail. As soon as utilized, that nail can have its shade reworked by a vape-looking system that emits an electrical area. With iPolish, you may choose between 400 completely different colours which might be chosen through a companion app and shift the colour of every nail virtually immediately.

Consider it or not, you may really purchase iPolish’s starter package proper now for $95 with an anticipated ship date in June.

Lollipop Star’s music-playing sweet

Typically wacky CES devices simply really feel like somebody mashed a bunch of phrases collectively, and I’m going to take the freedom of submitting this bone-conducting lollipop beneath that class.

The Lolipop Star is strictly what I mentioned: a lollipop that you simply put in your mouth to play music in your head. You must chew down barely to actually hear the tunes since that is bone-conducting audio tech that emanates from the stem, however that exercise yields its personal sugar-y reward—you get to crunch on scrumptious sweet.

Proper now, there are three artists—Ice Spice, Akon, and Armani White—however hey, who is aware of? Perhaps lollipops with bone conduction are the following huge factor, and that is just the start. Charlie XCX taste, right here we come.

Fitasy 3D-printed sneakers

You may assume that 3D printing is for VR equipment and untraceable weapons, however there are many different makes use of. I’ll provide you with a touch: look down. No, not that; I’m speaking about your ft.

Fitasy introduced its foot-scanning tech to CES 2026, which 3D prints sneakers which might be tailor-made precisely to the anatomy of your ft. To do that, all you must do is take a bunch of ft pics (no, Fitasy isn’t paying for them) to create a 3D mannequin in an app. That mannequin is then made utilizing digital mild projection 3D printing to create a rubber-like pair of kicks with a shock-absorbing lattice design.

The entire thing is as spectacular as it’s bizarre. In case your canine are dying for a pair of 3D-printed, totally customized sneakers, you should buy a pair from Fitasy beginning at $180.

Glyde sensible hair clipper

There was sensible all the things at CES 2026—sensible plates, sensible mirrors, and sensible pet bowls. There may be, nevertheless, just one sensible system that may trim your hair, and that comes courtesy of Glyde. Why shove sensible tech into clippers? Properly, Glyde claims that the clipper is “mistake-proof” and makes use of a “sensible blade: to sense your pace, tilt, and angle, so it will probably “alter in actual time to stop uneven fades or overcuts.” There’s additionally a bizarre band that you must put on whilst you’re utilizing Glyde, so it is aware of the place you’re chopping.

We tried to check Glyde for ourselves, however Gizmodo’s sensible dwelling skilled, Wes Davis’ hair was apparently “too lengthy.” Hey, we mentioned “weirdest devices,” not “most purposeful,” okay?

Mui Board sensible wooden

I keep in mind two lengthy years in the past after I wrote in regards to the Mui Board; it had already been kicking across the CES circuit for years. The sensible dwelling hub, which is definitely product of actual wooden, initially debuted as an idea in 2019 however by no means really obtained shipped. Properly, 2026 was the yr for the Mui Board; with a brand new era, this costly piece of wooden is definitely discovering its option to prospects, and I need one simply as unhealthy as I did method again when.

The Mui Board doesn’t do something groundbreaking on a technical stage—it controls stuff like lighting and can be utilized to set timers or see notifications and climate like different sensible dwelling hubs—but it surely does look loads nicer and emphasizes minimalism. You too can contact the wooden floor, which is capacitive, to work together with the hub and your sensible dwelling.

It prices $800, which is loads for a bit of sensible wooden, however I’d be mendacity if I mentioned I wouldn’t pull the set off if I had that sort of frivolous gadget slush fund.

TDM Neo headphone audio system

Typically you must simply ask your self: why not each? That’s what TDM did when it made headphones that additionally flip into audio system. Yup, that’s proper—music exterior and in, child.

These headphones fold up and connect magnetically, so once you’re bored with internalizing all of your audio, you can also make everybody else hearken to your Spotify favored songs, too. I obtained to listen to the TDM Neo myself, and whereas it was exhausting to get a way of how the speaker half sounds, on condition that I used to be in a loud, crowded room, the headphone half sounded fairly okay. May you simply purchase a Bluetooth speaker to go together with your headphones? In fact, however going full Transformer is a lot cooler.

Neurable and HyperX brain-sensing gaming headset

You’ll be able to put the power drinks away, as a result of there’s a brand new option to lock in that doesn’t contain ingesting 50g of sugar. This new gaming headset idea from Neurable and HyperX integrates EEG sensors to trace your focus and assist information you to turning into a greater gamer.

To assist zero you in, Neurable is utilizing what mainly quantities to a meditation that asks you to take a look at a bunch of dots and focus till the dots get smaller. Keep in mind, there are EEGs on this factor, so it’s measuring your focus scientifically; you may’t cheat your method into minimizing the dots.

If the headset does its job, it ought to enhance your focus by lowering your cognitive load—the much less different crap you’re specializing in, the extra you may focus on pwning. The entire thing is fairly nifty in the event you ask me, and whereas there’s no exhausting launch date, it doesn’t really feel like one thing that will be completely inconceivable to make.

Beatbot’s RoboTurtle

It’s not all about Spot, Boston Dynamics’ horrifying dog-like robotic—turtles can have a bit of little bit of robotics, too, as a deal with.

Introducing RoboTurtle from Beatbot, which is an organization identified for making pool-cleaning robots. In contrast to its different pool robots, RoboTurtle has a extra altruistic mission of conducting analysis in delicate ecosystems like coral reefs. The thought is that RoboTurtle can mix in with its environment and accumulate knowledge extra simply with out scaring away surrounding sea life.

On high of that, it’s additionally only a cool type of biomimicry and fairly rattling cute. I imply, have a look at this factor and inform me you wouldn’t need one to swim round your pool and monitor chlorine ranges? Personally, I feel Beatbot is onto one thing right here, environmentalism or not.

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