Computex is Asia's tech show

Ruthless robots, insane VR and even tech for your hoo-ha... Silicon Valley looks pretty tame by comparison.

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Each year in June, just about every head in the tech world starts dutifully craning toward California to see what genius apple will come up with next at 

But this June, there's a whole other world of tech happening outside the US. Forget WWDC, forget E3, forget Silicon Valley -- if you want to see how the rest of the world does technology, you need to get off the US west coast and take a flight across the Pacific.

Specifically, you need to go to Taipei. And you need to get there for 

Computex

Asia's biggest tech show, in the busy capital of Taiwan, is a spring board for some of the year's biggest PC launches and technology announcements -- where powerhouses like Asus,HTC and Nvidia show off new LAPTOPS, GAMINGgear, chips and VR kit to best their global rivals. It's also the place to see what's happening on the fringes of tech. Where off-beat startups butt up against major brands and where tech companies try to catch attention in one of the world's biggest markets.

This is the time of year when a whole other tech game is played outside Silicon Valley. And it's one worth watching.

So what can you expect from Computex 2018? As we gear up for the event (and that delightful Taipei humidity) we've pulled together the weird and wonderful highlights from past years. They prove the only thing we can expect is the unexpected. 

Pro tip? You're going to see some straight-up insane stuff