Innholdsfortegnelse for No. 17 i Gadget

This issue we have the gadgets to make you better than before. While we can’t promise to rebuild you with bionic parts Steve Austen-style, we can at least help you keep all those New Year resolutions you hastily made at the stroke of midnight (or hungover the morning after). From the best fitness trackers to help you get in shape to apps to help you master a new language, turn to page 17 to find out how we can make you faster, better, stronger. You may want to be quick about it, though, as the machines are advancing faster than you can say ‘Moore’s Law’.’The DJI Mavic Pro is leading the pack of a new generation of drones that can fly themselves, covering a greater distance at breakneck speeds, and…

Carloudy The first E-ink heads-up display for you car displays directions, current speed as well as speed limits. It works by connecting to your smartphone. £205 | $260 | carloudy.com FES Watch U This device from Sony has a variety of watch faces both, digital and analogue, that can be customised. It’s only exclusive to the shores of Japan, but we hope that this makes it’s way over soon. £305 | $390 | sony.com Kindle Paperwhite Manga Model Another Japan-exclusive, this e-reader has a 300ppi display and eight times the memory of a standard Kindle as well as a killer battery. £110 | $140 | amazon.co.jp…

GET BLITZED If you’re thinking of going on a smoothie kick, you can’t go wrong with this three horse power blender. It has a dedicated Green Smoothie function, so you can enjoy an extra thick blitz of raw fruit and vegetables. If you’d rather eat better, rather than healthier, The Boss can also whip up everything from hot soup to hummus. Sage By Heston Blumenthal The Boss Blender £400 | $495 | sageappliances.co.uk Practice kitchen mindfulness Taking the time to prepare your food, choose the ingredients and put thought into recipes can be calming. It makes you more likely to savour food and could even lead to healthier choices over time. TERRAILLON NUTRITAB The Nutritab is a smart and modern take on classic weighing scales. Use it when you’re preparing…

PLAYSTATION VR Finally, a virtual reality headset that won’t destroy your bank balance. Playstation’s highly-anticipated VR accessory lets you immerse yourself in games like never before with a range of controller options, multiplayer and social features built-in and a huge range of awesome built-for-VR games already. £350 | $400 | playstation.com Embrace play time As adults we often shun play in favour of being busy and serious. But research suggests switching off from responsibilities and having fun can help with problem solving skills, creativity and even help build better relationships. EMTEC GEM BOX The GEM Box is a simple way to turn your TV into a gaming hub. By hooking it up to your TV, it’ll provide you with access to a huge library of titles from Google Play, as…

IQI Fitness Weight Training Bench Set Multi Gym If you’re working out from home, having a weight training station is key. So this multi-function bit of kit enables you to work both your upper lower body. £65 | $80 | iqihub.com TRX Suspension Training Kit This brilliant set of suspension straps are ideal for using your body’s weight to create a dynamic resistance training setup at home. £120 | $130 | trxtraining.co.uk Lonsdale Fitness Strike Bag If you’re looking to increase your cardio and add a little boxing or MMA spice to your workouts, a punch or strike bag such as this will keep you fit and deadly all at once. £50 | $85 | lonsdale.com XM-PROIII Treadmill This lightweight, foldable treadmill combines up to 12kph of speed, three levels…

Apply some pressure It comes with a 19-bar high pressure pump for recreating coffee-shop quality in its many forms, be it espressos, cappuccinos and more Integrated milk frother Want to add that frothy milk touch to your professional cups of caffeine? Then the integrated Aeroccino milk frother will enable you to froth up some lactose and add a real barista touch Easy-use capsules Nespresso is one of the biggest and most popular brands in the UK, so you can buy the easy to insert/ remove capsules from practically any supermarket We all love a good coffee, be it a hot, frothy latte or a cool mocha frappuccino. Thing is, we’ve all been brainwashed into thinking that the only good coffee comes in a styrofoam cup with a Costa or Starbucks…

We all love to eat out. The allure of heading out to a restaurant or pub to grab some food is often too hard to resist. Whether it’s out of convenience or the weight of your social schedule, we eat out on average a good 1.5 times a week, according to researcher OpenTable and spend up to £53 a meal. The question is, then, why spend all that money getting someone else to cook for you when you can sink a fraction of that cost into a gadget that will make almost any meal a doddle? Gadgets such as the Artisan Cook Processor from KitchenAid are a revolution. What looks like a fancy food mixer is a multi-function tool that whisks, dices, emulsifies and even cooks – all in the…

There was a reason we covered the extremely-handy Hive app earlier, because it’s an integral part of one of the best smart home devices on the market – the Philips Hive. This intelligent thermometer is your one stop means for controlling one of the biggest cash black holes in your life – your home’s energy. Whether it’s unnecessary use of the boiler or carelessly leaving your heating on when you’re not at home, you’d be shocked to see just how different your bills look after a few months of actively tracking and cutting the unnecessary parts from your energy usage. The Hive 2, the latest version of this handy little box of tricks, can either be used as a means to regulate your heating alone, or keep a watchful eye…

Smaller battery The battery in the Touch Bar model is actually a bit smaller than the function key version, which considering it has more to power, might be behind poor battery life reports The brains A tiny Broadcom chip is the brains behind the Touch Bar, helping to power the Retina resolution display strip. It helps Touch Bar run brilliantly smoothly Expert upgrade Gaining access to the inner workings of the Touch Bar is virtually impossible unless you’re an iFixit whizz. Given the list of tools needed, it’s probably best not to do this at home It didn’t take long for our friends at iFixit to complete a teardown of the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Apple is making upgrading a fairly painful task, and the latest Pro models…

Google Pixel The Pixel is Google’s first smartphone since the Nexus range. It sports a killer camera, a five-inch display, 4GB of RAM, a Snapdragon 821 processor and it runs Android 7.1. £600 | $650 google.com SUPER LASERS VS SMART SOFTWARE On the outside, the hardware specifications for the Pixel’s camera aren’t overly impressive – in fact, they’re pretty average on paper. It’s not until you dig a little deeper into the mechanics of the camera where you can truly understand how impressive it is. The 12-megapixel sensor actually comes from Sony, and the IMX378 sensor is actually one Sony’s premier mobile offerings. What makes this particular sensor an impressive feat in engineering, is that the photosites – the areas that help manage data and light coming into the lens…

Philips 65PUS7601 £2,000 | $2,500 | Philps.com This impressive TV uses coloured LEDS to project light behind the device, creating an ambient effect that’s great for adding to game’s atmosphere. It has four HDMI ports, two of which use 4K. Samsung 40KU6100 £490 | $610 | samsung.com Thanks to the curved nature of this screen, it feels like you are surrounded by the picture and allows you to get more immersed in the game. Sony Bravia KD43XD8088BU £800 | $1,000 | sony.com With Sony manufacturing the PlayStation as well as TVs you would imagine that it would know how to get the best picture from its own console. LG 40UH630V £400 | $495 | lg.com Sound is just as important as picture, and LG has six audio modes and the…

FOR WHEN THERE’S NO MARGARINE FOR ERROR Who has got time to wait for butter to warm up when you’re making a sandwich? This titanium blade is the legendary hot knife that goes straight through butter and, amazingly, does it using nothing more than your own body heat thanks to its conductive design. SpreadThat Self-Heating Butter Knife £20 | $25 | firebox.com INFRARED CAMERAS ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW There is a growing trend for clip-on infrared cameras for phone as DIY lovers can use them to investigate blocked pipes and scan draughty windows for heat loss. But the XR also has a 550-metre range so you can use it outside to spot animals. Seek Thermal Compact XR £250 | $300 | thermal.com MINISTUDIO TAKES YOUR PODCAST TO THE NEXT…

THE VANILLA OPTION Nothing about this really grabs you aesthetically or in terms of its features – it has a kickstand on the back, a dial on the top-right side and streams via Bluetooth or aux-in, and that’s about it. But if all you’re after is a speaker that sounds good, then this speaker is a very inoffensive option. Philips Wireless Portable Speaker £80 | $80 | philips.com MUVO-VER, OTHER BUDGET SPEAKERS It is incredibly similar to the Kitsound Hive 2, both aesthetically and feature-wise but the Muvo mini has a couple of extras to make it more worth your money. It is weather-resistant so you can keep it by the shower and it can stand a couple of splashes, and it has NFC connectivity. Creative Muvo Mini £50 |…

Since the dawn of the 20th Century, humanity has dreamed of mechanical helpers. From the anxiety-prone Robot B-9 from Lost In Space and his warnings of, ‘Danger, Will Robinson!’ to the quintessential English butler-style mannerisms of C-3PO, the idea of having these contraptions there to do our bidding has been an enticing concept that was unfortunately out of reach – until now, at least. Advances in technology, such as voice and motion recognition, tactile sensors, Wi-Fi and cloud computing, and, in more advanced examples, AI and machine learning are giving rise to a new consumer-focussed breed of robots that might actually prove to be more than just trendy, but ultimately useless, pieces of tech. According to a report by market intelligence firm Tractica, annual shipments of consumer robots are set…

“Technology enhances the pleasure of our pets to no end” The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, is rightly proud of his creation. It has revolutionised modern life and made the world a smaller, more accessible place. But when he created it back in 1989, he didn’t imagine that it would be used to post so many pictures of kittens (although he did once share a photo of his dog). Millions upon millions of us own pets. There are approximately 73 million dogs in the US and 43 million in Western Europe alone. So our desire to match them with tech shouldn’t be so much of a surprise. Whether you’re swiping around on the Cute Or Not app, noting your canine’s exercise routes with Map My Dog Walk…

SONOS £170 | $210 | sonos.com Its Trueplay feature uses your iPhone to scan the room and adjust the settings to maximize performance. Trueplay enhances overall sound quality Ethernet ports ensure stable connections No hi-res audio streaming Only supports Sonos’ app Denon HEOS £200 | $250 | denon.co.uk Denon’s system went through an upgrade in 2016 making them compatible with Bluetooth streaming. Supports Bluetooth streaming Music can be streamed from USBs Can’t stream from PC or Mac Most expensive speaker in out list Yamaha MusicCast £150 | $185 | exceptional-av.co.uk Yamaha’s system currently has 36 compatible devices ranging from bedside speakers to AV receivers. Wide range of supported devices Supports hi-res audio Setup is slow compared to rivals Some streaming services are missing Bose SoundTouch £170 | $210 | bose.com…

Handpresso Auto Plug this into your car’s cigarette lighter, add cold water and a ESE coffee pod then you’ll have a hot cup of coffee in a couple of minutes. £115 | $185 handpresso.com Heated massaging car seat What’s better than a heated car seat? Well how about one that massages you as well. It makes the drive as comfortable as it can be. £30 | £40 | maplin.co.uk Ember travel mug This smart thermos keeps your hot drink at the exact temperature you want for up to two hours. You can also adjust it with the tap of an app. £120 | $150 embertech.com Car Wi-Fi from EE Never lose signal with this Wi-Fi generator. It works with up to 10 devices, so both the driver and passengers can…

Dave Harfield Editor In Chief The GeoOrbital wheel looks like it can be handy when you’re challenged with a steep hill climb on your bike. Drew Sleep Production Editor At the risk of sounding big-headed, I don’t need any. So just give me a PS4 Pro to kick back with. Aiden Dalby Staff Writer An alarm clock that runs away from me so I have to get up in the morning would be a big help. Stephen Williams Senior Art Editor A ‘Meet The Team’ comment generator so I don’t have to do it on deadline day every month.…

01 Bulat Knife The super-sharp blade is made from 67 layers of steel and should be the only knife that you’ll need. It looks and feels like a super-premium product but it’s vastly cheaper than other brands. £100 | $120 | bulatkitchen.com 02 Frankfurter Brett Basic Every cook needs an organised worktop, and this board has holders for multiple containers to sort ingredients. It also has a stand for your tablet, so you can easily follow online recipes. £100 | $125 | frankfurter-brett.de 03 Ironate Imagine if you could cook a pizza in three minutes, and don’t even have to use an oven. Well, the Ironate works on your stove, gas burner, grill or even a campfire if you want to take it outside. £125 | $160 | ironate.com 04…

UNDER ARMOUR SPEEDFORM GEMINI 2 RECORD EQUIPPED If you want to run free without a fitness band or smartphone tethered to you, but still like to know you’ve beaten your own personal record, try these unisex trainers. Each shoe contains a tracker to measure distance, speed and pace, which it will feed back to the MapMyRun app once you get home. Don’t worry about charging, Under Armour promises the built-in battery will last longer than the shoes. £130 | $100 | bit.ly/uashoe WITHINGS BODY CARDIO This company has been making waves in fitness tech and has revolutionised boring old scales to bring you the Body Cardio. It is designed to give you a breakdown of the most important metrics, like your fat mass percentage, muscle mass, water, bone mass and,…

KINDLE VOYAGE With its 300 ppi display, tucking into a novel with the Kindle Voyage makes it feel like you’re reading a printed book – but with the convenience of a Kindle. Its PagePress tech means you don’t even need to lift a finger to turn the page anymore, and an adaptive front light bids farewell to dreaded eyestrain. £170 | $200 | amazon.com TECHNOLOGY WILL SAVE US GAMER KIT Technology Will Save Us creates a huge range of kits for kids and adults who want to learn the basics of building, tech and coding in a way that’s fun, hands-on and allows you to build something. Our favourite is the Gamer Kit, which gives you a simple console that you can make and then code games for. £70 |…

GET YOUR GROCERIES CHEAP Ordering your shopping online can be convenient, but it’s not often cheap in the long run. Fill up your virtual basket with this app and it’ll find you the cheapest supermarket to check out with. mySupermarket Free | mysupermarket.com GET FLIGHTS ON A BUDGET Looking to track the cheapest flights to destinations around the world? Load up Skyscanner and book a seat on an airplane that won’t destroy your savings. Skyscanner Free | skyscanner.net GAME ON FOR LESS Gaming can be one expensive venture, especially if you want to play games when they’re new. This app will help you find the best online deals and offers for the latest videogame wonders. Bargain Bytes Free | rockspin.co.uk PAY LESS FOR PETROL This GPS-enabled app is perfect for…

Super-lightweight design Since you’ll likely be carrying this one into work or storing at home when the day is done, you’ll be pleased to hear it weighs a paltry 11.2kg Plenty of speed choice The bike comes with a Shimano Altus eight-speed rear derailleur, enabling you to smoothly shift between gears and gain enough speed to keep up with other commuters on the road Easy to set up The bike comes with a one-size-fits-all seat, telescopic handlebars and foldable pedals, meaning you can fold the bike out and into its compact form in seconds Lattice forged hinge One of the big selling points of the Dahon Vitesse D8 is its special folding design that uses a lattice forged hinge. This enables the bike to fold out securely without rusting from…

It’s all well and good having an amazing new touch input ship with the new MacBook Pro, but it’s pretty useless unless third-party apps are jumping on board. At the moment, and including Apple’s own apps, there are only around 40 apps in the Mac App Store that have been optimised for Touch Bar. They include some big hitters in Mac software, as the Essential Touch Bar apps boxout below proves, but that remains a pitifully small number. While Apple is notorious for only giving a handful of favoured developers easy access, third-party developers do have all the SDK access they need to update their apps. Expect a big boost to the original number very soon, especially when you consider the dedicated following that popular Mac apps enjoy. It isn’t…

Google Pixel £600 | $650 | google.com DXO says the Pixel is the best phone camera it has ever tested, we have to agree. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge £600 | $550 | samsung.com A superb all-rounder, but a slightly watered-down colour palette. HTC 10 £570 | $500 | htc.com A highly-tuned sensor that’s been tailor-made for low-light shooting. iPhone 7 £600 | $650 | apple.com A lack of clarity in busy images hinders Apple’s latest device considerably. Moto X StyleEdge £360 | $630 | motorola.com Autofocus is a unstable, causing unwanted blur. Huawei P9 £350 | $485 | huawei.com Poor flash support can leave certain images looking over-exposed.…

Video calling Buddy and Jibo offer Skype-like video calling, displaying your loved ones in place of their own faces, so you can get a sense of what Grandma might look like in some cyborg future. What’s more, the robots can move around while you talk, meaning you can have your hands free whilst you walk. Portability While Segway’s robot doubles as a rideable hoverboard, these aren’t road legal in many places, including the entirety of the UK. Buddy can communicate with you when you’re out via an app, but at that point how is it any better than your existing phone? Smart home While Apple is keen to make your iPhone a hub for your internet-connected devices, Buddy offers very similar functionality. But Buddy is like an Amazon Echo on…

FEED YOUR PETS AS YOU WATCH Yes, we know what you’re thinking. This gadget looks uncannily similar to a hospital hand sanitiser or a public loo soap dispenser but dissing this gadget based on its appearance won’t wash with your pets. They’ll be too busy munching on the tasty treats dispensed by this device and you’ll be able to peer at them via the wide-angled, night-vision camera. To operate the Pezti, you simply remove the front of the box to reveal a hole and fill the food dispenser with delicious titbits. As long as they are not more than a couple of centimetres or so in size, you can then use your smartphone to see your pets and call on the dispenser to chuck out some grub whenever you wish.…

SPIRE Spire is a wearable that clips onto your clothes and senses your breathing rate, inhalation and exhalation times, as well as steps taken and calories burned. Keeping tabs on your breathing means it can deliver guided meditations and tips about how to calm down your breathing throughout the day via a dedicated app. £80 | $100 | spire.io DOPPEL WRISTBAND This claims to calm you down, or give you a jolt of energy by delivering a rhythmic pulse to your wrist that mimics your heartbeat. Working with an app, the innovative system delivers a slow, calming rhythm if you want to chill out a bit, or it provides a fast and pulsating one if you want to be more energised. £125 | $180 | doppel.london ZENCUBE Himalayan salt lamps…

ACER SPIN 7 The Spin 7 is part of Acer’s convertible notebook range, which comes with a 360-degree hinge, so you can switch between four modes: tablet, display, tent and laptop. It’s 0.43 inches thick and weighs 2.6 pounds, making it ideal for your commute. It’s also covered in Gorilla Glass for extra durability and piece of mind. £1,000 | $1,230 | acer.com HP SPECTRE PRO 13 G1 The HP Spectre 13 laptop range is one of the thinnest on the market, but that doesn’t mean it compromises on performance. It has Bang & Olufsen audio built-in, up to nine hours of battery life and a full-HD IPS display, making it ideal for work and entertainment at home. £1,440 | $1,825 | store.hp.com PRYNT CASE The Prynt Case makes regular…

Multi-function LCD display This V-Fit model comes with a seven-function LCD screen, enabling you to track theoretical calorie burn, distance, hand pulse readings, scan, speed and time intervals Two-in-one design With a few easy moves, you can transform your new fitness purchase from an elliptical machine into a bike trainer. Two great bits of kit in one! Eight levels of resistance Worried you might not get a challenge? Both the elliptical machine and bike options have eight levels of magnetic resistance to ensure you break a sweat Compact design Since the product has been designed for the home and not a gym, it’s size has been slimmed down without skimping on any features or capabilities Clanging and banging iron at the gym can be an expensive hobby. The average gym…

While the shops are still filled with Blu-rays, DVDs, CDs and vinyl, our listening and watching tastes have transformed significantly over the last decade. Convenient streaming services have taken our cinematic and musical libraries online, so considering a subscription to the likes of Netflix or Spotify could be a great cost-effective way to enjoy your hobby without tearing your bank balance asunder. The alternative choice that these services offer is great if you spend a lot of your hard-earned cash on Blu-rays or digital music downloads a month – sure, you might not own these libraries, but how often do you really rewatch all those films up on that shelf? Spotify Spotify can be enjoyed for free, but it’s riddled with adverts making it near-impossible to use. Premium removes all…

Habits can be destructive on your bank balance, but ones such as cigarettes and tobacco can take a terrible toll on your health, too. Cigarettes are big business across the world, and lighting up those death sticks can cost you up to £250 a month. That’s a good (or, more accurately, bad) £3,000 a year you’re blowing on tobacco. Thing is, the market is full of gizmos and programs calling themselves the answer to your addiction, but these things are often hard to maintain or keep up. You need something to be with you 24/7, keeping you healthy and keeping you in pocket. That’s where the Pavlok comes in. This wearable can be programmed to identify certain tasks or lapses that damaging to your life, delivering a small electrical shock…

Blink Lite Electric Skateboard Why not take your favourite board on wheels and turn it into an electrical wonder? The in-built motor generates speeds of up to 10mph, and is super light, making it ideal for inner-city commuting. £325 | $400 actionglobal.com Lightfoot Sensor This quirky little gadget sits on the dashboard of your car and tracks your mileage. It then works with a free app to gamify your stats, using fun rewards to help you reduce your travel time and fuel costs. £80 | $60 lightfoot.co.uk GeoOrbital Love your bike? Want to give it a Pokémon-style, over-the-top evolution? Well, you will need the clever gizmo that is the GeoOrbital. This a special motor that fits onto the rear of your bike and electrifies your pedalling. £650 | $800 geoo.com…

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 £750 | $900 | microsoft.com The device that made the laptop-tablet hybrid desirable. Now into its fourth generation, the Pro 4 features a larger screen, great accessories but entry-level specs mirror tablets rather than desktops. Lenovo Yoga 900 £1,050 | $1,200 | lenovo.com The best Yoga hybrid to date is powered by an impressive Skylake processor and looks every bit the premium product. The 360-degree hinge display is the real talking point here. HP Spectre x360 £1,000 | $1,200 |hp.com A fully-featured Windows laptop with plenty of connectivity, the Spectre x360 once again marries premium looks with a comfortable keyboard and touchpad, great performance and excellent battery life. Dell Inspiron 7000 2-in-1 £650 | $750 | dell.com When it comes to having a reliable portable workhorse,…

Are you someone who thrives on a morning routine? Or perhaps you prefer being a busybody when the sun goes down? No matter how slow you are to start, Smeg’s new range will kickstart your day in the best way possible. The retro-styled CJF01 Citrus Juicer has been designed to squeeze both large and smaller fruits, with a reinforced motor on hand to help remove any traces of solids. For those of you who prefer a strong caffeine fix, the ECFO1 espresso machine boasts Thermoblock technology, allowing for users to switch between coffee and steam functions effortlessly. With Smeg’s new breakfast offerings, you know your day is going to off with style. GET YOUR ZEST FOR LIFE BACK What it lacks in size, the CFJ01 makes up in power. This…

PlayStation 4 Pro This more-powerful PS4 is capable of displaying games and video in 4K. Its GPU is twice as powerful, it has 1TB of storage and an extra 1GB of RAM than the previous PS4 models. £350 | $400 playstation.com Upgradable hard drive The console comes with a 1 terabyte (TB) hard drive, but if you need some more space it can be removed and replaced with a 2TB hard drive, as long as it’s no thicker than 9.5mm PS4 Pro-enhanced Even if you do not have a 4K TV the Pro offers enhancements to make games outputting at 1080p look better, such as improved frame-rates and textures Making the switch If you already own a PS4 and want to upgrade, you can transfer all your data from your…

New games that have been enhanced for the PS4 Pro will say so on their boxes. Games currently on the console can be updated with enhancements, using software updates, so potentially every game available for the PS4 could utilise the tech. Sony has showcased a few upcoming PlayStation-exclusive titles, such as Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone, that will utilise the PS4 Pro to its full potential, delivering on fantastical 4K vistas and awe-inspiring HDR lighting effects. Older games with PS4 Pro effects patched in will not be as impressive, but the difference is significant between its ‘vanilla’ and supercharged versions. On the topic on developers charging for patching older PS4 games with Pro features, Sony has said that, “While nothing specifically prevents publishers and developers from this, we don’t…

Attachable extras The rubber cover that goes around the side can be removed so the provided handle fasteners and hook can be attached Touch controls The circle with bird on it doesn’t just look cool, it’s actually a touch panel that you use to change the volume or pair with smartphones The Libratone app The speaker can be controlled via an app, here you can change the EQ settings but if you’re not interested in that, there’s really no need for it IS IT THE ONE? The shape of the rubber outer ring does make it a bit awkward to stand due to its bumps, but it is easily removed. The circle with the Libratone logo emblazoned on it looks like it is there for decoration, but it’s actually a…

Built to last The Hive’s cool design comes in eight different colours, its made form sturdy plastic that Kitsound claims can be knocked a couple of times without breaking Receive calls The Hive has a built-in microphone so you can take phone calls from it and when you’re done it will go right back to playing the tunes The cool honeycomb-like design is consistent throughout the whole speaker from the buttons to the rubber feet. The hive has a passive bass radiator to produce a well-rounded sound. Its battery lasts 12 hours and the case is sturdy enough to survive a few drops. Kitsound Hive 2 £60 | $75 | kitsound.co.uk…

The kitchen helper Need a hand cooking dinner? Then look no further. Okay, so it doesn’t walk, but this ten-in-one Gourmia GCR 1700 is, essentially, an artificial sous chef. Released this year, it can rustle up stir-frys, sautes, risottos, stews, soups, scrambled eggs, and more, all while you kick back and relax. Gourmia Robotic Cooker £120 | $150 | gourmia.com Bot about town The Segway Robot isn’t just a robot companion, it can also ferry you about. Its Intel RealSense camera is capable of facial recognition and it can navigate by itself or follow you around. The robot’s base is a Segway Mini Pro, providing you with a personal transportation device, too. Segway Robot TBC | robot.segway.com The family friend Buddy is billed as a companion robot for the whole…

“Make sure the photo has a clear object in the foreground and a clear background” In a world where Hollywood blockbusters are increasingly shot on green screen so that CGI backdrops and characters can be added in later, 3D effects mean something quite different to they used to. While this kind of techno-wizardry is beyond our skills, it’s never been easier to make your photos pop with the kind of retro 3D that made The Creature From The Black Lagoon jump out of the screen to scare Fifties audiences. Technically known as ‘anaglyphic images,’ these are easy to create in Photoshop. But there are a couple of things to be aware. For your first time make sure the photo has a clear object in the foreground and a clear background.…