Yukai Engineering’s parade of weird animal robots at CES 2025 continues with Nékojita FuFu. The little cat mounts to the side of a mug or bowl, blowing air to help cool it off. The Tokyo-based ...

Think of the noise that emerges from your lips when you blow on food that's too hot to eat. It probably sounds something a little like "fufu." It's from this onomatopoeic sound that the Nékojita ...

The Nékojita FuFu from Yukai Engineering sits on the side of any food or drink and cools everything down. It's my favorite quirky gadget from CES 2025.

First announced at CES 2025, Yukai Engineering’s Nékojita FuFu is a tiny robot that’s designed to hang off cups and bowls to cool food and drinks by blowing on them. Calling it a robot is ...

Lots of people do, particularly in Japan, where the term, known as nekojita in Japanese, is used to describe people who are sensitive to hot food or drinks. While those with cat’s tongue usually have ...

1/2 Yukai Engineering’s Nékojita FuFu mini-robot’s sole purpose is to cool down hot food and drinks. Image: Yukai Engineering ...

The device, Nekojita FuFu, takes its name from a playful mix of ideas. "FuFu" echoes the sound of blowing on a meal to cool it, and "Neko-jita," translating to "cat tongue," refers to individuals ...

Nekojita Fufu – Expected to cost around $25. Check out this little robot that totally blows — to cool off your hot drinks, of course. Because who can be bothered to do that themselves these days?

Being unwell is a lonely business, and as I've rested my voice today ahead of CES' official opening tomorrow, I've had Nekojita FuFu on my mind.

Unlike my real cat, who only ever sneezes in my hot drinks, this little feline robot hangs over the side of your bowl of soup or coffee mug and blows gentle gusts of cool air onto anything you ...

Nekojita Fufu is available in three colors — milk, chocolate and sakura — and can be purchased for a discounted price of 4,500 yen for Japanese customers on Kibidango, or 3,550 yen for overseas ...