Christmas toys for the boys

December 23, 2008 by Insider Staff 

i-SOBOT
Still struggling with what to get your man for Christmas? Here’s a quick last-minute Christmas guide on what to get your man for the festive season.From robots to alarm clocks…

i_SOBOT
The i-SOBOT brings all sophistication of bigger robots like ASIMO and manages to cram it into the smallest humanzied robot skeleton in the world. Mark our words. It’s just a matter of time before they’re wearing Arnie face masks…

Veho USB Microscope
Your man got a scientific side to him? Likes to look at things in their cellular form? Or just likes examining woodlice close up? Then this USB microscope is for him. It magnifies up to 200x normal size, has a built-in light and can record findings direct to your computer. Nifty.

Korg Mini-KP Kaoss Pad
Budding bedroom djs take note. This is a dynamic effects processor. What? Well it has 100 effects that you can add to your tracks, and it’s totally intuitive, so you’ll be sounding more like Judge Jules rather than Jules from the offie.

Shape Up Alarm Clock
Need to get your pyhtons back to where they were ten years ago. Why not start with the Shape Up Alarm Clock. It only turns off after you have done 30 arm curls with it. Sounds like hell. But build up your arm enough and you could smash it o kingdom come with one fail swoop.

Archos 5
Ah, the Archos 5. Possibly the greatest PMP available. The French purveyors of fine portable media players have kitted this one out with a five-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi internet browsing and 250GB of storage – that’s enough to hold about 145,000 music tracks or the extended version of Purple Rain by Prince. It can also record TV with the DVR docking station.

Rovio Mobile Webcam
More robot shenanigans now. This sophisticated remote-controlled robot can be controlled from anywhere in the world via the internet. Rovio also finds his own way back to his docking station. If only all things were this obedient…

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