Dominated by the continued rise of synthetic intelligence and a few attention-grabbing visions for shopper electronics, the occasion provided a glimpse of what we will count on to see in the marketplace later this yr.
From a rollable laptop computer display screen to an umbrella with photo voltaic panels and even a “private AI supercomputer” that matches in your desk — right here’s a have a look at the tech which captured our consideration essentially the most.
Robotic vacuums get arms (and legs)
Not content material with merely zooming round, robotic vacuums are rising additional appendages left, proper, and centre.
On the left and proper sides now we have the Dreame X50 Extremely, which has two small legs which the corporate says can push it up a step as excessive as 6cm.
Some robotic vacuums have already been capable of tilt up barely to recover from small rises and thick rugs, however a 6cm climb is (actually) an enormous step up for vacuum tech.
Beforehand solely an idea design, Dreame’s new flagship mannequin received the CES 2025 Worldwide Breakthrough Award and is predicted to go on sale later this yr.
The Dreame X50 Extremely robotic vacuum. Picture: Dreame / Equipped
When it got here to central appendages, Roborock’s new Saros Z70 vacuum — additionally coming this yr — impressed onlookers with its skill to choose up gadgets resembling socks whereas driving round cleansing the ground.
The vacuum’s five-axis robotic arm, known as the OmniGrip, might decide up issues weighing as much as 300 grams, Roborock stated, and will determine different objects resembling beanies, items of paper, and small towels.
The corporate confirmed the function might be disabled if obligatory, and there may be an emergency button and baby lock to stop an I, Robotic Vacuum state of affairs.
Lenovo’s rollable laptop computer display screen
First displayed as an idea design two years in the past, Lenovo’s laptop computer with a versatile and retractable show is now going into manufacturing because the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6.
The system can roll out vertically from a 14-inch OLED show to a 16.7-inch show after urgent a devoted button or making a gesture to the pc’s digicam.
The laptop computer is designed primarily for enterprise professionals and would assist individuals get extra work achieved, Lenovo stated.
It may be fairly helpful for watching vertical video (à la TikTok) or streaming an additional window of content material when you work — however you didn’t get that concept from us!
The laptop computer is predicted to begin at round $5,500 ($US3,499).
Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6. Picture: Lenovo / Equipped
Nvidia’s ‘private AI supercomputer’ and online game helpers
Nvidia, which dominates the AI chip market and has grown to be one of many world‘s most beneficial corporations, confirmed off some attention-grabbing makes use of of its newest tech.
Founder and CEO Jensen Huang unveiled “a private AI supercomputer” known as Venture Digits, which gave the impression to be very highly effective regardless of its comparatively small measurement.
The product would provide a petaflop of AI computing efficiency “for prototyping, fine-tuning and operating massive AI fashions”, Nvidia stated, which means it might perform a thousand trillion calculations per second.
“Putting an AI supercomputer on the desks of each information scientist, AI researcher, and scholar empowers them to interact and form the age of AI,” Huang stated.
Venture Digits is predicted to be out there in Might, beginning at round $5,000 ($US3,000).
Nvidia’s Venture Digits AI supercomputer. Picture: Nvidia / Equipped
Nvidia additionally confirmed off some attention-grabbing functions of AI for players, together with an improve to the standard non-playable characters (NPCs) we’re used to seeing in video video games.
The corporate says it’s increasing the autonomous sport characters it first launched in 2023, which it calls ACE, into “autonomous sport characters that use AI to understand, plan, and act like human gamers”.
These characters would be capable of make selections whereas utilizing visible and audio information to understand their in-game environments, Nvidia stated.
Right here’s an instance the corporate shared of how it could work within the well-liked sport PUBG: Battlegrounds.
Should you assume you may want much more assist, gaming {hardware} firm Razer touted an “AI gaming copilot” which it stated was designed to make its customers higher at video video games.
The corporate stated its Venture AVA system would run via “tens of millions of sport simulations inside seconds” to assist customers get immediate skilled recommendation “with out ever having to tab out”.
A beta launch is within the works for “later in 2025”.
This ‘cellphone toaster’ swaps batteries
Again on the quirkier aspect of CES, an organization known as Swippitt drew consideration with its battery-swapping Swippitt Hub, which some reporters agreed seemed like “a cellphone toaster”.
When a cellphone in a particular Swippitt battery case is positioned contained in the system, it routinely replaces the drained battery with a charged one in simply two seconds, the corporate stated.
The Hub holds 5 charged batteries internally, which it then pulls out and in of the case on the person’s cellphone.
“This expertise will change how individuals take into consideration battery administration and assist prepared the ground in the direction of a wiser, easier path to energy cellphones,” Swippitt founder and CEO Padraic Connolly stated.
The system is predicted to ship in June for iPhone fashions, with help for Android telephones later in 2025.
The Swippitt Hub. Picture: Swippitt / Equipped
A photo voltaic panel umbrella
Charging firm Anker used CES 2025 to unveil what it known as “the primary solar-powered umbrella”, which might cost units on the go.
The Anker SOLIX options photo voltaic cells made with perovskite, a complicated and versatile materials which has additionally been utilized by Australia’s CSIRO.
The Anker SOLIX Picture: Anker / Equipped
The tech permits the umbrella to be foldable and have some water and dirt resistance.
Anker claims it additionally improves energy era in each brilliant and low-light situations.
The umbrella is predicted to be launched in mid-2025 — and if it involves Australia, simply take into consideration all the daylight you might flip into screentime.
