New year is here and the hunt for the best toys for your kids has begun. With iPhone-controlled toys, customizable robots and smart toys that aim to teach kids life skills while entertaining them, the latest breed of high-tech toys have a lot to offer. Even books and pens, augmented with a little technology can read to kids or coach them to write. Here’s our top 5 tech for kids.
TV beds are becoming more and more popular. They are the perfect blend of comfort and technology. The TV is neatly mounted and concealed in the foot of the bed and at the push of a button the TV extends out ready for entertainment. The come in a variety of designs and bed sizes as small as a double bed with space for consoles and more. They also offer plenty of storage which is also a bonus to have in a kid’s bedroom. Word of advice though, get an aerial installation company to install this at first or you could be in with a shock!
Remember sitting in front of a Lego pieces scattered on the floor? Now imagine putting them together to create functional robots you can program with ease to do crazy things, after you finish building them of course. Lego Mindstorms EV3 gives you the ability to piece together robotic creations like the fierce cobra R3PTAR and the scorpion like SPIK3R. You can control your robots with a remote or from your Android or iOS device, and do things like have the cobra bot strike out by moving your device the same way.
Leapfrog’s LeapReader Pen helps children learn to write stroke-by-stroke. The pen instructs kids via a built-in speaker as they trace out letters in the provided workbook and keeps them motivated with encouraging words, flashing lights and sounds. The paper in the workbook includes embedded ink, which means a child just needs to press down with the pen to make a stroke. The pen doesn’t write on any other paper or surface apart from the special paper provided in the workbook. To access the pen’s reading features, kids simply need to touch the words in specially printed picture books to hear them spoken out aloud.
1. Sphero 2.0
The sphero 2.0 is as cool as it is sleek and if your kids enjoy a little adventure then this is perfect for you. We all remember playing catch as kids, but this takes it one step further, this is catch with a 2015 edge to it! This ball is 100% smartphone controlled that can run accross carpets, flip from great heights and even swim....yep you can take this ball swimming! All you will need is a smart phone and equally the apps that can be used to control this ball so that it transform into a variety of characters...it can even be used as a games controller.
2. TV Beds
TV beds are becoming more and more popular. They are the perfect blend of comfort and technology. The TV is neatly mounted and concealed in the foot of the bed and at the push of a button the TV extends out ready for entertainment. The come in a variety of designs and bed sizes as small as a double bed with space for consoles and more. They also offer plenty of storage which is also a bonus to have in a kid’s bedroom. Word of advice though, get an aerial installation company to install this at first or you could be in with a shock!
3. Lego Mindstorms EV3.
Remember sitting in front of a Lego pieces scattered on the floor? Now imagine putting them together to create functional robots you can program with ease to do crazy things, after you finish building them of course. Lego Mindstorms EV3 gives you the ability to piece together robotic creations like the fierce cobra R3PTAR and the scorpion like SPIK3R. You can control your robots with a remote or from your Android or iOS device, and do things like have the cobra bot strike out by moving your device the same way.
4. Anki Drive
The Anki Drive is the latest in car tech for kids. We all remember Skalecktrix well this is just that for the modern age! These cars can literally drive themselves! The more you play with each car the more unusual they become, developing their own personalities that you teach them. If you want your car to be a powerforce amoungst other cars then this is the game for you, or simply you want your's to be a little cheeky - you control the outcome. Controlled by your smartphones, these cars are the perfect blend of fast driving and skill!
5. LeapReader Pen.
Leapfrog’s LeapReader Pen helps children learn to write stroke-by-stroke. The pen instructs kids via a built-in speaker as they trace out letters in the provided workbook and keeps them motivated with encouraging words, flashing lights and sounds. The paper in the workbook includes embedded ink, which means a child just needs to press down with the pen to make a stroke. The pen doesn’t write on any other paper or surface apart from the special paper provided in the workbook. To access the pen’s reading features, kids simply need to touch the words in specially printed picture books to hear them spoken out aloud.
