Finger-nibbling cat plush toy, Amagami Ham Ham, was the weirdest product at CES 2022

(Pocket-lint) - A "finger-biting" brushed artifact feline was decidedly the weirdest happening we saw astatine CES 2022. Yes, you work that right: it's a brushed artifact that tin suckle connected your finger.

Named Amagami Ham Ham - astir translated from Japanese arsenic "gentle bite", but successful a kawaii oregon cute mode - the plush brushed artifact volition automatically prosecute its centrifugal and algorithm upon receipt of an extended digit.

But it's thing similar a cat's tongue, nary sandy-feeling barbs here. It conscionable feels similar a brushed artifact rotating a integrative hook, adding a small digit pressure.

The institution down the creation, Yukai Engineering, which successful the past has made the Qoobo motorised cat-tail pillow, says the sensation is expected to beryllium "give you innocent, comforting pleasance to brighten your day".

We'd telephone it downright weird anyhow - but that supra statement (and photo) conscionable makes it adjacent much so.

The cat's quality - which is based connected the Nemu Nemu stuffed carnal bid produced by Liv Heart Corporation - is besides truthful perplexingly sad-looking, further adding to our torment.

In summation to Yuzu, pictured present successful 2 sizes, there's besides Kotaro, a Shiba Inu brushed artifact canine - the second which wasn't disposable to spot astatine the Showstoppers lawsuit during CES 2022, wherever we saw and sampled the product.

We're surely gladsome to spot CES backmost successful (almost) afloat plaything for 2022, with its wide ranging array of companies and products, but Amagami Ham Ham was undoubtedly successful a full different class that's champion classed arsenic "odd". Fun, though, truthful let's spot if CES 2023 tin apical this one...

Writing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 7 January 2022.