CES 2026 wrapped up in Vegas, and let me tell you, it was a whirlwind of AI announcements and some genuinely interesting gadgets. It felt like every company was shouting about AI, but thankfully, there were enough hardware innovations to keep things exciting.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang, as always, delivered a grand presentation, highlighting their AI successes and teasing what's coming this year. The Rubin computing architecture is set to replace Blackwell, promising serious speed and storage upgrades for handling the ever-growing demands of AI. Nvidia is also pushing to bring AI into the real world with its Alpamayo family of open-source AI models, aiming to be the Android of robots.

AMD also made a big splash, with CEO Lisa Su showcasing how they plan to expand AI's reach through personal computers using their Ryzen AI 400 Series processors.

The Weird and Wonderful

After all the big announcements, it's time to look at the more unusual stuff. Clicks Technology debuted a $499 phone called the Communicator, bringing back the BlackBerry-style physical keyboard.

Ford is launching its own AI assistant in its app, with a 2027 vehicle release planned, powered by Google Cloud and off-the-shelf LLMs. Caterpillar and Nvidia are teaming up for a "Cat AI Assistant" for excavators, and using Nvidia's Omniverse for construction planning.

Razer, known for their crazy hardware, showed off Project Motoko, aiming for smart glasses functionality without the glasses, and Project AVA, an AI companion avatar for your desk.

Even Lego joined the party, showcasing its Smart Play System, where bricks and minifigures interact and play sounds, with a Star Wars theme to kick things off.

Overall, CES 2026 showed us that AI is definitely the big trend, but there's still plenty of room for innovative and, let's face it, sometimes bizarre gadgets.