Toronto Life – December 2018

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Retro camera

$ 249 / Polaroid has re-released its ’90s-era 600 cam

with all the old features—fixed focus lens, lightening

slider—and a new look straight out of Saved by the Bell.

Polaroidoriginals.com.

STEM

subscription

$33 and up per month /

Bitsbox sends would-be

tech gods a monthly toolkit

to code and design their

own apps. Bitsbox.com.

Millennium Falcon

drone

$ 170 / The airborne Millen-

nium Falcon is as fast and fleet

as its namesake, with a light-

up cockpit manned by Han

Solo and Chewie. Amazon.ca.

Smart bike helmet

$ 250 / Toronto’s mean

streets are no match for

Lumos’s helmet, equipped

with lights for turning,

brakes and nighttime

visibility. Bateman’s Bicycle

Company, 913 Bathurst St.,

416-538-2453.

Super-umbrella

$ 77 / Weatherman’s contrap-

tion is an essential defence

against Toronto’s biblical

floods. It withstands winds

of 55 miles per hour, con-

nects to Bluetooth for track-

ing, and features industrial

fibreglass and Teflon

coating. Weatherman -

umbrella.com.

VR headset

$ 520 / The Mirage Solo

is the first self-contained VR

apparatus—no smartphone

or PC setup required. It pairs

with Google’s Tron-calibre

Worldsense technology,

allowing users to duck,

dodge, stroll and lean inside

their simulated dimensions.

Lenovo.com.

Kids’ Tesla

$ 784 / A bright spot in Elon Musk’s inevita-

ble world takeover: this diminutive, custom-

izable ride-on Tesla Model S, powered

by eco-friendly lithium ion batteries.

Canada.radioflyer.com.

Alarm clock

$ 50 / The Hedge is a sleek digital time-

piece for smartphone resisters. EQ3,

222 King St. E., 416-815-2002.

Sleep buds

$ 330 / Bose’s wireless plugs

block out stentorian snorers

and are pre-loaded with white-

noise settings, from the inside

of an airplane to the rush of

the ocean. Bay Bloor Radio,

55 Bloor St. W., 416-967-1122.

for theTe c h i e

gift guide / 2018

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