CES 2024 is officially in full swing, and there have been plenty of exciting announcements. As cool as those products are, we wanted to go deeper into the trenches of the tech show’s announcements to find the weirdest gadgets shown off at the tech conference. We searched high and low, sifting through the TVs, refrigerators, phones, and other conventional gadgets to find the products that go their own way.

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We won’t judge you if you want every one of these products. After all, weird is wonderful, and these devices most definitely fit that description. Whether you’re looking to open your door with your palm or track your every move with your phone, then there’s a device for you on this list.

Phillips 5000 Wi-Fi palm recognition smart deadbolt

Our science fiction future is now

Keys and door codes are so 2023. It’s 2024, and now we all unlock our doors by simply pointing the palm of our hands at our deadbolt lock. Of course, if you prefer to use a PIN or a key, you still can with the Philips 5000 Series Smart deadbolt, but that would be incredibly boring when you could use your hand. If someone tries to break into your house with this lock; they’ll have to literally take your arm to do it.

77-inch LG Signature OLED T

A wireless TV that’s also transparent

LG certainly impressed us with its Signature OLED T, a transparent TV that works without HDMI cables. Is it necessary for anyone to have a transparent TV in their home? Probably not, but it sure is an interesting conversation starter. Unfortunately, we don’t know how much this TV will cost, but we’re confident that it will be exceedingly expensive. It’s certainly unconventional as far as OLED TVs go, but that’s what makes us like it so much.

Samsung Ballie

AI that follows you around

This isn’t the first CES where Samsung showed off its round AI companion. Ballie will follow you around with its handy little projector, handle household tasks, display the day’s events, and share weather updates. It’s kind of like having a Google Nest display that moves around the home with you, which seems cool while also being unconventional. Using AI, Ballie learns from your patterns and habits to provide smarter, more personalized services. Will this thing ever come to market? Hopefully. Will I buy one? It depends on how much it costs, but I could be convinced if it’s not prohibitively expensive.

Invoxia Minitailz smart pet collar

Track your pet’s vitals

We love smartwatches for tracking our health. They tell us how many steps we’ve taken, what our heart rate is, and all kinds of other health information. Now, the Invoxia Minitailz brings the same type of tracking to our beloved furry friends. This product is winning all kinds of awards at CES 2024, but it’s still a little odd, as we’ve owned pets without health-tracking devices for generations, and they’ve done pretty well. Still, knowing your pet’s vitals could help save their life, and that makes this a worthwhile device.

RCA smart bird feeder with HD camera

AI has made its way into bird-watching

RCA announced a lot of products at CES 2024, but perhaps the most exciting is this smart bird feeder with an HD camera. It uses AI to recognize different types of birds, so you can always know what sort of bird is feasting at your feeder. Of all the products we expect to find AI in, bird feeders certainly weren’t one of them, but here we are. Sure, it’s a little niche, but for avid bird watchers, this is actually a pretty cool device that might be worth getting once it becomes available.

Rabbit R1

It’s an assistant that isn’t on your phone

Rabbit

Are we coming full circle? The Rabbit R1 is a pocket assistant that isn’t in your phone. It’s a separate device that uses AI to do tasks for you. You use your voice and the touchscreen to interact with the device. It uses its own Rabbit OS instead of Android or iOS, which is an interesting choice. I can’t image who’s going to want this when they already have a phone that does many of these tasks, but you never know what’ll find an audience.

Belkin Auto-Tracking Stand Pro

Follows you around in a non-creepy way

Belkin

Belkin wants to track your every move. Not in the scary way you’re imagining, though. Instead, it’s a device you put your phone on to record yourself. It rotates 360 degrees, so it’ll keep you in the shot no matter how you move. For content creators who work solo, this could be an incredible device. For everyone else, it’s probably a gimmick they don’t need. With that said, I really want one if for nothing else besides getting cute videos of my dogs running around.