Our techno gift ideas for a trendy Christmas -
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It's not easy to be original to spoil high-tech fans when you don't necessarily want to offer the eternal smartphone or a smart speaker.
"20 Minutes" tracked down six last-minute techno gifts for the latecomers to shine at the foot of the tree.
Choice of: connected wine aerator or probe for table lovers;
educational robot or musical pad for creative people;
or instant camera and vinyl turntable for the nostalgic.
Last minute
!
Christmas is just around the corner and you may be running out of ideas for original techno gifts?
Out of the scope of smartphones, connected speakers, headphones, headphones, health watches and game consoles, no hello?
Yes !
"20 Minutes" fills its basket with gifts that go off the beaten track for you.
Winky: the robot to open up to the world after
Offered and manufactured in France by the start-up Mainbot, this educational robot is dedicated to 5 to 12 year olds.
With it, its designers want to prepare children for the world of tomorrow.
Winky, the educational robot Made in France.
- MAINBOT
After assembling Winky and understanding what its components are, the toddler has an appointment on Winky Lab, the dedicated application to be found on a digital tablet.
With Winky Lab, let's discover robotics, artificial intelligence, and programming!
The Winky robot is programmed with a tablet before becoming autonomous.
- MAINBOT
Simple visual bricks to assemble make it possible to imagine mini-programs or to build, step by step, those proposed (alarm clock, 1,2,3, sun, hot potato game…).
Which can operate independently, without a tablet.
Good point: the robot will be able to evolve over time with the age of the child, thanks to different accessories that will be possible to graft him.
199 euros.
Vinyl Factory: LP records gain height
Vintage accessories brand Vinyl Factory designed this amazing vertical turntable.
The vertical vinyl factory record player.
- VINYL FACTORY
Overcoming the device's self-amplified base which incorporates two 5-watt speakers (which is still quite low), the disc (33 rpm, 45 rpm and 78 rpm, as desired) is driven by a belt and spins almost at the vertical.
An RCA audio output allows connection of the turntable to an amplifier.
The device also acts as a Bluetooth speaker.
109 euros.
Lomography: instant photos take on color
Remember this name (to sleep outside):
Lomo'Instant Automat Glass Assemble Configure
.
It is that of the new instant camera from the firm Lomography, which, together with Polaroid and Fujifilm, puts instant development photography back on the scene.
The Lomo'Instat Automat Glass Assemble Configure instant camera.
- LOMOGRAPHY
Offered with a removable wide-angle lens that benefits from a glass lens, this body benefits from an f / 4.5 aperture and automated settings.
Provided, an additional lens allows you to get closer to your subject: 0.1 meter, against 0.3 meter.
The Lomo'Instat Automat Glass Assemble Configure camera and its accessories.
- LOMOGRAPHY
The British textile designer Laura Slater has declined the patterns of her
Assemble / Configure
collection
to dress the device which sports a look full of pep and freshness.
189 euros.
Played Play: wake up the David Guetta that lies dormant in you!
An electronic toy, a musical instrument?
Both of them !
Developed in Bordeaux, Joué Play combines a Pad and a Board to be connected to a tablet.
Played Play with its Synth Pad and Board connected to a tablet.
- PLAY MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
The Pad consists of a kind of small removable silicone mat that will serve as a musical instrument.
Choice of: piano, guitar, drums and synth.
The Board is its beech reception base (Made in France) to be connected to its tablet where the JPlay application has been downloaded.
From then on, not very complicated to release good sounds and to put to the music.
Tested with its different Pads, this funny device does not require any musical knowledge, only to let creativity and imagination express itself to awaken the artist in each of you.
From 300 euros (Board + 2 Pads).
Meat ° It +: the connected probe for a successful Christmas turkey
Cooking 2.0!
To successfully cook your Christmas dishes, the Meat ° It + probe acts as a kitchen assistant.
Bluetooth, planted in meat, connected to the chef's smartphone and to a dedicated application, Meat ° It + makes it possible to have a perfect meal.
The connected Meat it + probe for successful cooking of meats.
- MASTRAD
Depending on the level of cooking desired (blue, rare ...), the type of meat, this probe helps to monitor the cooking from a distance (up to 60 meters) and not to overcook the turkey while you are 'lingers at the aperitif.
89 euros.
Aveine Essentiel: divine moments
This beautiful object is a connected wine aerator!
Developed in France by three nectar enthusiasts, Aveine Essentiel has two virtues: allowing wine to exhale its flavors, but also helping us to develop our knowledge of wine.
The Aveine Essentiel connected wine aerator.
- BROWN
Its principle: just scan the label of the bottle you want to uncork with the dedicated application for the nectar to be recognized.
Consequently, the necessary information is transmitted to the aerator which is placed on the neck of the bottle so that it determines the ideal aeration time.
It takes between 1 hour and 12 hours for the wine to exhale its flavors.
- BROWN
Thanks to a micro-oxygenation process, the wine (young or old) benefits from a supposedly perfect oxygenation time (between 1 hour and 12 hours).
249 euros.
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