Mens_HealthUSA_December_2016

26 TECH GUIDE 2017 MEN’S^ HEALTH

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Smart-Kart

BEST FOR

Raising the next Junior

Now your kid has a whip worthy

of Frank Bullitt. This battery-

powered go-kart for 5- to 9-year-

olds tops out at 12 mph, zooms

around for 30 to 60 minutes on

a charge, and has drifting capa-

bility. Anxious parents worried

about their kid’s need for too

much speed can control the max

and define driving boundaries

via an app, or stop the fun cold

with the push of a killjoy button.

$1,000, actevmotors.com

Marbotic

Smart Numbers

BEST FOR

Very early adopters

Toymaker Melissa and

Doug has an interactive

player in the wooden-

toy market: Marbotic.

This company makes

wooden numbers

and letters that look

old-fashioned but work

with its reading, writ-

ing, and math apps to

make learning fun for

toddlers. Numbers,

$35; letters, $50; $80

for the set, marbotic.fr

Bosebuild

Speaker Cube

BEST FOR

The boombox builder

Tune up your relation-

ship with your kid (8

years or older) in 60

minutes by constructing

this Bluetooth speaker.

Let him or her custom-

ize the cover panels

and LED colors, but

keep your phone pass-

word secret so you’re

not listening to Kidz

Bop. The bright sound

is what you expect from

Bose. $149, bose.com

This go-kart is

a know-cart:

Sensors can

detect nearby

obstacles and

avoid collisions

automatically.

If it strays

outside a preset

cyberfence, the

onboard GPS cuts

speed to a crawl

until the car is

back on course.