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Based on a Segway MiniPRO, Ninebot's cute companion will take you to work in the morning, carry messages around the office, lug your shopping home in the evening, then carry on following your commands around the house with voice recognition, depth sensing and face recognition. £poa
The largest LEGO Technic set to date, this detailed mining excavator model includes a control cab and moving conveyor belts. The set includes a Power Function motor, so you can sit back as the bucket excavator and conveyor belt get to work. Once your excavation is complete, rebuild the set into an aggregate processing plant to separate your material by size. £179.99
Denmark-based Plus-Plus has been making these tactile building blocks since 2012. WIRED first spotted them at BIG's HQ in Copenhagen - and if it's good enough for Bjarke Ingels, it's good enough for us. Available in Midi (50mm) and Mini (20mm) sizes in basic, neon and pastel colour themes, Plus-Plus brings Minecraft-style world-building into the real world. £5 for 100 pieces.
Despite its sleek modern looks, the Avion de Pénaud's design dates back to 1871 - and it's still lots of fun today. It draws inspiration from the word's first rubber-band-powered model aeroplane that was created by Parisian aviation pioneer Alphonse Pénaud. The kit uses balsa wood and styrofoam - rubber bands included. £19.10
This mini robot uses advanced computer vision alongside smartphone-powered machine learning to demand you join in with its games. Cozmo also emotes, using expressions designed by former Pixar animator Carlos Baena. $179.99
The Nt mini console uses original NES components for a highly authentic 8-bit experience. The system is compatible with more than 2,000 NES or Famicom cartridges. $449
With 4.2 teraflops of raw processing power, HDR output and support for 4K upscaled games, the PlayStation Pro is ready for Ultra HD screens and immersive experiences with PlayStation VR. Read the WIRED review of the new console.$349.99
The One S is 40 per cent smaller than its predecessor, but there's no decrease in power - all the better to take advantage of its 4K 60Hz output. It also doubles as an Ultra HD Blu-ray player. See what WIRED thought about the next-generation console. £249.99
A stylish update on the LOGO Turtle, this is code construction reduced to its simplest essentials, with no language knowledge - whether English or C++ - required. Kids simply arrange the tactile, brightly coloured blocks into the control panel and watch Cubetto execute their commands. $225
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