CES 2025: Day 1’s Super Cool Tech

Now that CES 2025 is officially open for business and the juicy, early reveals of Media Day are out, we move to the first official day of the highly coveted annual trade show

As expected, the first day was filled with a wide range of technological innovations, some extremely practical but stylish, some extremely luxurious but super-cute.

The opening day also came with announcements that didn’t explicitly relate to innovation but could paint the industry in a new light.

For example, a day after delivering one of the most impactful keynote speeches to a packed house, NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang said that the company’s chips are advancing faster than the historical rates set by Moore’s Law, which states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles roughly every two years with minimal rise in cost. If NVIDIA’s reveals could speak for themselves, they’d probably say the same.

Other such announcements included X Corp saying that it’s hired former editor and Detroit bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal, John Stoll, to help the company make its platform X a credible and recognized base for news and journalism.

Of course, CES is a Consumer Electronics Show (as it was formerly initialized as) and this year too there were numerous gadgets, gizmos, and machines from diverse industries that wowed and dazzled the attendees—and we’re about the check out some of the most interesting ones!

RadioShack: A Blast From The Past

RadioShack, a name that has been missing from the tech industry for a long while now, is making a comeback! How?

Once at the center of all things consumer electronics technology, the company ran into problems in 2015, a year in which it shut nearly 2,000 stores (dropping from a peak performance of 8,000 stores in 1999), delisting from the New York Stock Exchange, and declaring bankruptcy.

In 2023, the global rights to the company were acquired by El Salvador-based Unicomer Group, which unveiled the return of RadioShack—in the form of headphones ($28), a Bluetooth speaker ($58), a projector ($112), a gaming chair ($250), and other gadgets for everyday use.

Displays

From laptops to TVs and more, CES 2025’s Day 1 brought consumers a close look at numerous visual devices that will capture the attention of people for a while.

Acer came in with two handheld gaming devices that were reminiscent of the word “Godzilla”. Okay, they’re smaller than TVs but still huge for gaming handhelds.

Acer’s Nitro Blaze 11 sports a huge 10.95-inch display screen, packed with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS processor (which is a CPU designed for laptops), AMD Radeon 780M GPU, up to 39 AI TOPs, a 2560 x 1600 resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and up to 2TB of internal storage. The 2.3-pound (1 kg) device comes with detachable controllers on the side that transform the device into a tablet with an external controller.


Acer’s second device is named the Nitro Blaze 8, which comes with an 8.8-inch screen, is quite similar to the Nitro Blaze 11 other than its size and detachable controllers. The Nitro Blaze 11 will cost $1,099 and the Nitro Blaze 8 will cost $899. Both devices are expected to come in Q2 2025.

When it came to TVs, there were some seriously massive displays on display.

Samsung brought in its QN90F, a 115-inch TV that came with its glare-free display technology, along with a range of other TVs of different sizes, adding to its Media Day Vision AI reveal.

However, Samsung’s ginormous TV wasn’t the biggest one there! That title belongs to Hisense, which first unveiled its TriChroma LED TV, a 116-inch model, one that itself fell in the shadow of Hisense’s 136-inch TV. This TV became a viral sensation online upon first look.

In an inverted Russian nesting doll-style move, Hisense then went on to reveal an even bigger 163-inch micro-LED TV that is powered by Hisense's Hi-View AI Engine X processor and can reach 10,000 nits of brightness, which will see a release.

There’s no limit to increasing display sizes it would seem. However, the most charming move in this regard came from Lenovo, which unveiled a laptop screen that can grow its size.


Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable comes with a rollable screen that can grow from a 14-inch landscape display to a 16.7-inch vertical display with a single button. This tech was introduced as a concept a while back but is now ready to enter production. Lenovo also introduced a range of other laptops and handheld gaming devices.

Speaking about gaming once again, media streaming platform Peacock revealed it was bringing mini-games and short videos with portrait orientation to the feed of its users as an experiment. The company clarified that some users would see both the new features, some could see one, and some may see none. These new features will first appear on its iOS and Android apps before a larger rollout.

Wellness

Day 1 came with numerous technological advancements in the health and wellness spectrum.

Withings, a French consumer electronics company, revealed some impressive health monitoring devices.

Originally unveiled on Media Day, Withings came out with a concept smart mirror that can measure a person’s health metrics and then have a discussion about it with them. Called Omnia, the mirror can measure weight, heart health, and metabolic health, while also blending data from other smart devices. Its built-in AI voice assistant enables real-time guidance and even forwards data to doctors. However, as per reports, this technology may take a while to reach consumers or even go into production.


Withings followed this up with the launch of its $130 home blood pressure monitor, BPM Vision. The travel-size home blood pressure monitor comes with interchangeable arm cuffs, to help users detect and control conditions like hypertension. It even supports up to 8 profiles, allowing different users to track their results on the same device. This is expected to attain an April launch in the US.

Withings’ Cardio Check, which will be out in a few days (14 January most likely), offers 24/7 heart monitoring and connections with board-certified cardiologists. It will be available for $10/month through Withings+ service.

Panasonic unveiled Umi, a personalized, AI-powered digital assistant that works as a wellness coach. The application is developed in partnership with Anthropic and uses the Claude AI model. The digital assistant will help families “care, coordinate, and connect” with each other, allowing them to set goals, manage tasks, create routines, and spend more time being active.

Robotic pool cleaning device manufacturer Beatbot revealed its RoboTurtle (among other new machines), which is a solar-powered robot that can monitor the quality of water bodies using onboard sensors, that looks like a Turtle (hence the name). The design aims to blend in with the surrounding ecosystems in which it can be deployed.

As per Beatbot’s York Guo, “It is a partner to help safeguard communities and preserve the safest water levels for all creatures. This unique robot serves the planet for good alongside conservationists, scientists, and emergency responders.”

Moving on from wellness tech that looks like animals to wellness tech for animals, CES witnessed a wide variety of devices designed to help humans help their animals stay healthy.

Petcube introduced a pet water fountain to help tackle dehydration among pets, especially cats who prefer to consume water from running water rather than still water. The dispenser aims to achieve “nearly 100% water purification” through UV-C antibacterial light and a four-layer filtration system, to help reduce the risk of urinary and kidney diseases.

Pawport, revealed its upgraded Smart Pet Door, which now comes with an additional exterior door for added security and to help keep annoying pests such as bugs, stray animals and other critters from entering a house, as was the case with traditional pet doors.

Birdfy unveiled its Bath Pro, which can capture photos and videos and identify visiting bird species using AI.

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