I'm still thinking about the 8 weirdest tech gadgets I saw at CES - and some are even useful

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• CES 2026 was full of weird, fun tech that you didn't know you needed.
• Not everything is practical, but a lot of it is surprisingly clever.
• AI is popping up in places you'd never expect.

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is known for featuring some of the weirdest and wildest new tech products and concepts of the year. CES 2026 was no different, with everything from humanoid robots that could fold laundry to AI-powered hair clippers to lollipops that played music through your mouth via bone conduction technology.

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Here were some of the weirdest products we saw on the ground at CES 2026 last week.