New Year is not far off. And, despite the intrigues of world capitalism, we all want a holiday. Classic to Christmas tree, tangerines, "Back to the Future" and a bowl of Olivier. And be sure to give gifts. Otherwise, it will not be the New Year, but a late dinner with champagne and the president on TV. We decided to maintain the tradition established a year ago, and found a lot of things that each geek would be pleased to receive as a gift for the chiming clock.

Drone that follows host

A drone can follow a predetermined route, land on its own and return to the base. But this today will surprise no one. The main "trick" IRIS + in another. This is a kind of flying dog that always follows its owner. Enough to carry with you any Android-device with GPS function.
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The drone can be equipped with a GoPro camera mount, and then it turns into a great videographer. An indispensable feature for anyone who prefers outdoor activities and would like to remove himself from the side. By the way, making up the flight route, you can specify at what points the drone should wait for you and where to send the camera at this moment. Also on it you can hang a stabilizing gyroscope.





Cost: $ 750 as standard.

MiP Robot

Very interesting fun - a small two-wheeled robot MiP , which can be controlled gestures and sounds. It is enough in the literal sense of the word to show him with your hand where to turn or move. A robot can follow you, dance, compete in different disciplines with the same robot, carry different little things and much more. You can combine up to eight such robots into one “network”, and all of them will move synchronously. Of course, the robot can also be controlled from a smartphone. On the official website there are more than ten short videos demonstrating the capabilities of MiP.



Cost: $ 99.

Infrared camera for smartphone

External infrared module for smartphones running Android and iOS (although it is not suitable for all models, check the list on the site), which allows you to shoot in the dark and in the light . The developers claim that the registration of the heat source is possible at a distance of 300 meters, and the identification of a specific person - at a distance of 50 meters.



There are a lot of applications for this gadget: it will help to detect uninvited guests in the dark, find heat leaks or its sources, determine the temperature of various objects, etc. However, the delivery of this gadget by mail is a risky undertaking. At customs, it can be attributed to special technical means intended for secretly obtaining information (Article 138.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Cost: $ 200.

V.360 camera

Well, when there is a friend with hard hands, ready to remove you from suitable angles. But, alas, this is not always the case: sometimes there is no organizational or technical possibility, and not all friends are equally useful as operators. For such cases, and invented a very convenient camera V.360 . It is a cylinder, inside which is installed a lens rotating around a vertical axis.



The camera can shoot both sectors, and a fully 360-degree panorama. A very strange sight, by the way, the brain is constantly confused. There is an automatic rotation function, a kind of "wiring" of the subject. By dust and moisture protection, the camera meets the IP67 standard, so you can safely drop it into the water, most importantly, do not leave it there for a long time. The camera is also compatible with GoPro mounts.





Cost: $ 399.

Anki Racing Cars

Raise your hand to those who in childhood did not like to play electric race cars, driving on closed tracks. This did not please only those who have never tried it. The guys from Anki carried this tender feeling to the cars through the years and implemented them on a completely different technological level.

The tracks are printed on a large sheet of thick film, inside of which there are conductive tracks. They are needed so that cars can navigate and not move out of the track. The fact is that a person controls a machine only to a certain extent, mostly “taxis”. And for keeping on the track and working with the "gearbox" is responsible for an application running on an iOS or Android device. And the more you play, the “smarter” your machine becomes over time, the more famously it drives.





And on their smartphones / tablets, players can activate virtual weapons, and the game turns into a race for survival. A computer game transferred to the real world, except without real shooting and explosions.



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Cost: $ 99 in the minimum configuration. You can separately purchase tracks and cars.

Animation books

In childhood, some were fond of making homemade animations in notebooks. You draw a picture on one page in a corner, on the next page you draw a slightly modified picture on the same page. On the third page you draw a new frame, and so on. Then you bend the whole corner of the notebook, and gradually release the corners of the pages. They quickly turn over, and it turns out homemade cartoon.

Modern children now look at it with bewilderment. But if in your childhood there was such entertainment, then you will surely be amazed by these Japanese animated little books .



Cost: an average of $ 14.

Electric motor for Rubbee bicycle

And the electromotor for the Rubbee bicycle became the last in our selection of geek gifts. The gift is not too New Year's, but not everyone lives in such latitudes, where in December the snow lies. Give us a new year's ride!







This module is attached to the seatpost (before it is necessary to remove the rear wing) so that the wheel of the motor pressed against the rear wheel of the bike. In addition to the motor itself, the module has a battery. Its energy reserve is enough for about 40 km of travel at a speed of up to 25 km / h. The weight of the entire motor module 6.85 kg, full charge takes about 3 hours.

Of course, the device is unsportsmanlike, in the sense that after installing it, the cyclist doesn't need to do anything. Sit yourself, not straining, while you are being taken, yes brake at the right time. The dream of cycling



Cost: $ 995.

And what unusual gifts do you know? Write in the comments.