CES is a tale of two types of companies: blue chip brands like LG, Samsung, and Huawei that lay out their lineups for the coming year in carefully orchestrated announcements, and startups you’ve never heard of that advertise gizmos of questionable practicality in chaotic ballrooms. But not every company is so binary — when it comes to accessories, there are always diamonds in the rough.
With that in mind, we wandered the many halls of CES to find the most interesting and promising accessories at the show. Some charge your phone; others enhance your tunes, control video game characters, and translate your spoken phrases; but they all share one thing in common: They’re pretty damn cool.
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