Stun-Gun Phone Cases and More Weirdness From CES

Weird, sure, but still sweet. These $4,518 Paro seals mimic animal therapy and are meant to ease symptoms like anxiety and depression in hospital patients. The sensors respond to cuddles and voices. Aww! Or shall we say "arf arf"?

Whoa! TREWGrip's mobile QWERTY board is certainly something else. This handheld "rear-type" version splits the normal layout of a keyboard so that the fingers that grip the bottom of the keyboard can type, too. Attach it (and the air mouse) to your desktop, cell phone, or TV, and experience a new way to type. Practice makes perfect?

There are certain things that were meant to go together (peanut butter and jelly, anyone?), and now this speaker-lightbulb hybrid called The Playbulb from Mipow wants to be one of them. You know, since you always knew your lightbulb would be so much better if it had the ability to blast your favorite jams.

Oh this? It's just a stun gun iPhone case by Yellow Jacket, and it works just like you'd expect. Left- and right-handers can easily trigger the stun, which delivers 650,000 volts of pain. Yikes! To fend off attackers, you gotta pay up $99 for a case fit for iPhone 4 models or $149 for all 5 models.

Meet Pleo, the robot dinosaur. He (or she?) is supposed to mimic the behavior of a baby dino. The thing about Pleo, though, is that it isn't exactly new to the game; it was first unveiled in 2006 but went though several acquisitions before its recent rebirth. Pleo's perks include a camera-based vision system, built-in microphones, voice recognition, and the ability to interact with humans and show emotions. Get it on Amazon now; it'll only cost you $430.

You know E Ink as low-power electronic paper, and now you can own it in the form of a ginormous wall clock. The device goes for about $500, measures one meter wide, and only needs a watch battery to run for a whole year. Telling time with some E Ink — why not?