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 ...

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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 ...

I've seen plenty of weird and wonderful devices at the annual CES expo, alongside more serious and heavyweight hardware launches, but the Nékojita FuFu might be my favorite quirky gadget of the ...

Have you got “cat’s tongue“? 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 ...

Yukai Engineering debuted its Nékojita Cat FuFu at CES 2025. The portable robot cat sits on the rim of your mug or bowl and blows cold air to cool your drink or food down. Ever wanted a cat to ...

The Nekojita FuFu, a small robotic cat, cleverly attaches to your cup or bowl to blow air, cooling down your hot beverages and food just right. This tool is a godsend for anyone who's ever huffed ...

Nékojita FuFu is another unusual robot creation from Yukai Engineering. It’s designed to hang off a mug or sit next to a plate and cool hot drinks and food by blowing on it with varying ...

It happened; I got sick before CES 2025 even officially started. Hopping on a 12-hour flight straight after recovering from a cold will do that to you, and I've lost my voice entirely after just ...

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 ...