The Weirdest Devices We Noticed at CES 2026

Nothing says CES like taking a look at 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 client 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; one of the best of the baffling; the titans of “tf did I simply see?!”

iPolish color-changing nails

In all probability 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 referred to as iPolish.

Principally, 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 colour reworked by a vape-looking machine that emits an electrical area. With iPolish, you’ll be able to choose between 400 totally different colours which might be chosen through a companion app and shift the colour of every nail virtually immediately.

Consider it or not, you’ll be able to really purchase iPolish’s starter equipment 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 precisely what I mentioned: a lollipop that you just put in your mouth to play music in your head. It’s a must to chunk 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 subsequent huge factor, and that is just the start. Charlie XCX taste, right here we come.

Fitasy 3D-printed footwear

You may assume that 3D printing is for VR equipment and untraceable weapons, however there are many different makes use of. I’ll offer you 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 footwear 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 shouldn’t be paying for them) to create a 3D mannequin in an app. That mannequin is then made utilizing digital gentle 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 footwear, you should purchase a pair from Fitasy beginning at $180.

Glyde sensible hair clipper

There was sensible every thing at CES 2026—sensible plates, sensible mirrors, and sensible pet bowls. There’s, nevertheless, just one sensible machine 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 velocity, tilt, and angle, so it may well “regulate 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 reducing.

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

Mui Board sensible wooden

I bear in mind two lengthy years in the past once 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 manufactured from actual wooden, initially debuted as an idea in 2019 however by no means really acquired shipped. Properly, 2026 was the yr for the Mui Board; with a brand new technology, this costly piece of wooden is definitely discovering its approach 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 degree—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 so much nicer and emphasizes minimalism. It’s also possible to contact the wooden floor, which is capacitive, to work together with the hub and your sensible dwelling.

It prices $800, which is so much for a chunk of sensible wooden, however I’d be mendacity if I mentioned I wouldn’t pull the set off if I had that type 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 outdoors and in, child.

These headphones fold up and fix magnetically, so if you’re uninterested in internalizing all of your audio, you may make everybody else take heed to your Spotify appreciated songs, too. I acquired to listen to the TDM Neo myself, and whereas it was laborious to get a way of how the speaker half sounds, provided that I used to be in a loud, crowded room, the headphone half sounded fairly okay. May you simply purchase a Bluetooth speaker to associate with your headphones? In fact, however going full Transformer is a lot cooler.

Neurable and HyperX brain-sensing gaming headset

You possibly can put the vitality drinks away, as a result of there’s a brand new approach 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 changing into a greater gamer.

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

If the headset does its job, it ought to enhance your focus by decreasing your cognitive load—the much less different crap you’re specializing in, the extra you’ll be able to focus on pwning. The entire thing is fairly nifty should you ask me, and whereas there’s no laborious launch date, it doesn’t really feel like one thing that might 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. Not like 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 acquire information 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, take 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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