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With the holiday season quickly approaching, now is the time to start brainstorming for fun and creative gift ideas. One category of products doesn’t seem to get very much spotlight: toys that you can remotely control from your iOS device. So many people around the world already own an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. A real toy to control with the graphical and immersive experience an iOS device offers is an incredible idea. We’ve rounded up some of the best toys that work just like that. They pair with apps on iOS over either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and bring extra gameplay that no regular controller would ever be able to. Plus, as fun as these toys would be for kids, there is no doubt tech-savvy adults can appreciate them too. Anki Overdrive is one of the most impressive toys I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a racing game with the starter kit including two cars, four straight track pieces, six curved pieces, two risers, a car charging platform and a tire cleaner. It’s everything you need to get racing and even battle the cars on road.
Play with either friends or set up cars to race automatically with AI and get more intelligent the more you play. My favorite part is that Anki Overdrive is expandable so you can buy additional cars, trucks, and track pieces to create a masterpiece. The remote control from the iPhone app brings the cars to life with weapons and robots ready for battle. ➤ Buy Anki Overdrive Starter Kit on Amazon ($149.99) You knew this was coming, but yes there is a drone on this list. Parrot is a very interesting company — they make both headphones and drones, a peculiar combination. Still, the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is stellar. It has four propellers and two 720p HD cameras. The Power Edition model features two batteries for up to 36 minutes of flight. It even has built-in GPS and automatic piloting so you don’t need to be a drone expert to fly it. Of course, controls take place on your iPhone or iPad and you get to watch the videos your drone films there too. It’s a bit pricey, but that footage has got to be priceless.
➤ Buy Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Power Edition ($299.99) If your kid is really into dinosaurs, he or she should really get a kick out of the WowWee Roboraptor X. It’s an impressive 32 inches long and walks around plus includes body movements. The Roboraptor has several methods of control: an included remote control, the iOS or Android app or you can turn on autonomous mode to let the dinosaur roam freely around your home. The price is pretty decent at under $100, which means siblings might be able to have one each to play and battle each other. Plus, if I might add, The half robot, half dinosaur design reminds me of those robotic dogs from the 1990s for some reason — ah, the nostalgia. ➤ Buy WowWee Roboraptor X on Amazon ($79.99) Something about this toy excites the kid in me. I always loved the idea of being a spy when I was young. Night vision goggles, spy cameras, volume-boosting microphones… I was all for it. The Rover 2.0 is a black and green spy tank with a video camera that includes infrared night-vision.
➤ Buy Rover 2.0 Wireless Spy Tank on Amazon ($84.99) Deskpets are small robotic creatures and vehicles that you can control to move around and fire weapons from your iPhone.
parrot ar drone te koopThe great thing about Deskpets is that they’re small enough to collect so kids can get several and pit them against each other for battles. Five toys are available: BattleTank, CarBot, SkitterBot (robotic spider), TankBot and TrekBot. You can also get MazeBot, which is just a maze to place all your Deskpets in for races or battles. Small and perhaps limited in their capabilities compared to the more extravagant and expensive bots, but these Deskpets are the most affordable toys on our list. ➤ Buy Deskpets ($24.95 to $29.95) The BB-8 robot from Sphero is a must-have gem for Star Wars fans. You control the bot from your iPhone or iPad to move it around, but BB-8 also adapts to the environment.
It listens and responds to your voice, moves around and explores the “galaxy” and gets smarter the more time you spend with it. In addition to acting as a remote control, your iOS device lets you record videos with the BB-8 and build a holographic world for the robot to interact with. ➤ Buy Sphero Star Wars BB-8 Robot on Amazon ($129.99) Related Topics: Featured, Fun, Gadgets, iPad Accessories, iPhone Accessories, Top Stories The hottest deals voted on by our community. Selected and verified by our team of deal editors.Parrot has become a popular name in the drone industry, with different drone models to cater to different needs. Four of the company's drone models are the Bebop, the Jumping Sumo, the Rolling Spider and the AR.These four models share certain similarities but also have several differences among them, and, for customers looking to purchase drones, these four models are good choices depending on what the user wants. The high-flying Bebop is very light, but that does not mean that it is fragile.
Its light frame allows it to be controlled with precision, and the drone's polystyrene and moving joints are durable enough to function as shock absorbers. The battery is the Bebop's biggest and heaviest part, but it can be disconnected from the drone and placed into its charger with ease. The Jumping Sumo, on the other hand, does not fly like the Bebop but rather rolls on the ground as a remote-controlled vehicle. Its design is how it got its name, as the user can make it jump at either one of two angles by compressing the springs in its rear wheels then releasing them. The Sumo can jump forward or straight up by around 2.6 feet. Parrot returns to flying with the Rolling Spider, a mini-quadcopter that is called as such due to the two wheels that can be attached to either end of the drone. The optional wheels will allow the drone to roll across surfaces while protecting the Rolling Spider and its plastic rotors when it is in flight.Drone 2.0 is another quadcopter that features two styrofoam bodies, one being an indoor body that has foam rings surrounding the rotors and the other being an outdoor body that allows the rotors to remain exposed.
The bodies can easily be slipped over the frame of the drone and will securely remain there. The 14MP camera of the Bebop features an f2.2 fish-eye lens that has an angle view of 180 degrees. It is able to take 1080p full HD videos that are recorded in MP4 format, while pictures taken can either be in JPEG format or DNG raw format. The files are stored on the drone's 8GB built-in memory. The quality of the camera of the Jumping Sumo is much lower, as the video taken is at 640 x 480 pixels at 15 frames per second, but it is enough to allow users to see through the "eyes" of the drone. The camera of the Rolling Spider, on the other hand, is only able to take 640 x 480 pixel still images with quality that is not so great.Drone 2.0 is packed with a pair of cameras, one facing forward and the other facing downward, which can record in 720p quality. The videos and pictures that the cameras take are stored directly in the user's tablet or smartphone or in a USB plugged into the drone.
Parrot drones can be controlled using its FreeFlight app, which allows users to operate the movements of the drones and controls their cameras. The app is compatible with iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. The Bebop has the bonus of featuring a GNSS chipset, which allows users to set certain waypoints and flight plans to make the Bebop fly autonomously. Parrot also offers the Skycontroller for the Bebop, which features a pair of sticks for piloting, camera controls, take-off/landing, emergency motor cut-off and return-to-home buttons, and battery status lights. The Skycontroller can also be paired wirelessly with a smartphone or tablet to provide the user with a first person view of the drone. Both the Bebop and the AR.Drone feature GPS to allow users to track the drone's flight. The MSRP of the Bebop is $499, the Jumping Sumo is $159.95, the Rolling Spider is $99.95 and the AR.Drone 2.0 is $299.99. Users may find better deals for the drones on their favorite online or physical retail stores.