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It'S the final day of CES 2025. We saw new GPUs, laptops and TVs, but today we're recognizing companies that understood the assign. 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 Mirumi 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? Marumi'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. You guys got something a little more practical? The Nekojita Fufu, a little cat with a fan inside that can cool down your hot tea in the same way humans do by randomizing its blowing 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's perfect mix of cuteness and horror. TCL's A Me spelled AI Me is apparently geared towards parents who've decided that having one real human child is plenty. But there's real 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 Realbotics pretending to be something other than ChatGPT powered sexbots? I don't know. Ask the 12 people who have apparently purchased one. I'm sure they're great guys. CES had wacky displays aplenty, 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 Microled 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 touch screens like say, a car's infotainment system. So we could use those instead of forcing drivers to tap through their giant dashboard's 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 drywall. Hey J Socks says their FlipGo 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. Hmm, maybe we can steal it back in a clandestine operation. For that we might consider using the XPENG Aero ht, which answers the question what if a cybertruck 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. Aw, what do we get? Well, there's this 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 Zoox, mostly because of the name. I want there to be a jingle for that. Take a ride in a Zoox, Zoox, Zoox, Zoox. And when we're on the run, we'll probably need our sponsor Saily, the ESIM service that keeps you connected even if you're recreating the classic adventure novel around the world in 80 days. Which is much easier to do than it was in 1872 because airplanes, but also because Downloading a single Esim for your whole multi country trip is easy and affordable with Saily's regional and global plans. And you just know that standing in line at multiple airport shops for a local SIM or trying to find someone outside who won't scam you is gonna take a day or two altogether. And you only have 80 Saily ESIM plans are compatible with iOS and Android devices, and if yours isn't compatible, you'll get a full refund with chat support available 24. 7. Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily ESIM data plans. Just download the Saily app and use code techlinked at checkout. I could 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 DualSense 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 Wii, which came out 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 Autokibo, a Linux PC with actually okay, it's not a 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, 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, oukitel 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 that can be used either as a smartwatch or a. A Bluetooth earpiece. Okay, see this CES should just be entirely this stuff. This is what I'm talking about. Ukitel also showed off the Titan, a fantastically chunky phone with a massive 33,000 milliamp hour battery that can power a 1200 lumen camping light on the back or a 120Hz projector on the top. Throw that in the back of the Aptera. We're going glamping. Hmm. We may need more solar power though. We could use Anker'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 Anker'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 Kirin 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 for that to work, though. You have to complete the circuit by holding the bite in 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 to end up back here again on Monday for more tech news. And we'll be back to three episodes a week because doing one every day is. Well, I don't recommend it.