Six of CES 2026's strangest gadgets, from music lollipops to AI companions

Mashable reporters on the showroom floor at CES 2026 in Las Vegas highlighted six of the convention's oddest gadgets, from a lollipop that plays music to AI-powered companion devices. Highlights include the Lollipop Star, which sells $9 lollipops that use bone conduction to play music through your teeth while you get a sugar fix; Neurable's brain-sensing headphones that claim to measure "how fast you think" and aim to help users focus (Mashable's Chance Townsend tested them and called the experience "pretty cool"); and TDM's headphones that twist into a speaker for quick sharing.

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Tech, Lollipop Star, Neurable, Tdm, Seattle Ultrasonics, Lepro