CES 2025: Top picks from the future tech show

The global technology show is back with more gadgets than you can shake a stick at!

One of the biggest tech events in the world, the Consumer Electrics Show (CES), has kicked off in Las Vegas this week.

The show, from 7-10 January, is a chance for tech companies to show off their latest gadgets and inventions before release.

This can be anything from self-driving cars, robotic pets to super-powerful computer chips.

The first CES happened in 1967, since then thousands of products have been unveiled at the show - including satellite radio, the Microsoft Xbox and 3D printers.

Let's take a look at some of the top gadgets being shown off this year...

AI robotic pets

The fluffy Ropet was on display at the show

AI (artificial intelligence) is a big part of the show this year, with many gadgets using the new tech - including robotic pets or companions.

One such gadget is the Ropet - a fluffy smart pet that seems like a cross between a Furby, a Tamagotchi and a smart speaker.

It has been trained to recognise and react to different human emotions using a camera built into its face, and can also listen to and have conversations with its owner using the technology behind ChatGPT.

This has raised questions about privacy, and whether or not the information it gathers would be shared. The company says that "most of your data is kept locally".

Inventors have now created a vacuum cleaner that can also pick up your shoes and socks

If you're not a fan of tidying, then this next robotic companion could be up your street.

The Roborock Saros Z70 is a robot vacuum cleaner with a robotic arm called the OmniGrip 1.0.

This arm has little pincers on it, which allow it to pick up things like socks or shoes -that it has been programmed to clear off the floor - and move them to a different location.

This technology is a world-first for a robot vacuum cleaner available to the public.

Transforming tech

The screen on this laptop can extend to make it portrait

Gadgets that transform or change, like foldable smartphones or consoles like the Nintendo Switch, have become popular at CES.

This year tech company Lenovo have unveiled the world's first laptop to have a roll-able display.

By pressing a button on the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, the screen can extend -from a 14-inch landscape display to a 16.7-inch vertical display.

And if you've ever got bored of the same poster on your wall, then the this next gadget might be of interest.

The PocketBook InkPoster is a digital poster which uses an E-Ink screen, similar to an e-book, which means people can change the art on display in their poster, whenever they feel like it.

Its makers say it is powered by batteries and only uses energy when changing from one picture to another, so it can last a long time.

Wearable tech

These smartglasses have a tiny screen built into the frame

Technology and gadgets you can wear like watches, glasses or jewellery, have continued to be popular at CES, and this year is no exception.

This year smartglasses, including the Halliday and Chamelo Aura, were shown off.

The Halliday might look like normal pair of glasses, but they are packing a lot of technology.

The glasses have a tiny, pea-sized screen on the upper right side of the frame, which you can look at, as well as speakers so people can listen to music, make calls, and ask it questions using AI.

The Chamelo Aura are glasses that allow the wearer to change the colour of the glass by tapping the side of the frame.

So far it can rotate between clear, sunglasses, pink and blue.

Is 2025 the year of the handheld gaming device?

The The Acer Nitro Blaze 11 is one of a new wave of handheld PC game consoles to be shown off at CES

Hand held gaming devices aren't anything new, but recently tech companies have been investing in more travel-sized gaming options.

At CES there are lots of handheld gaming options on display, including the Lenovo Legion Go S, the Acer Nitro Blaze 11, MSI Claw 8 AI+ and MCON mobile gaming controller have been on display.

The Legion Go S, Nitro Blaze 11, and Claw 8 are all handheld PC gaming devices, that allow people to play PC games on the go, instead of at home on a computer.

Whereas gadgets like the MCON mobile gaming controller attach to mobile phones, - becoming portable controllers for games on a phone.