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Are you a huge fan of your sports team, or you have a famous TV or movie series that you simply cannot get enough of? That would most probably mean you have amassed quite a collection of memorabilia to date, ranging from T shirts to coffee mugs, toys and other forms of collectibles. Well, Doctor Who fans will definitely fall in love with the $99.99 Exclusive 10th Doctor Sonic Screwdriver Programmable TV Remote.

The name of this particular device itself says it all – you will be able to gain control of your TV just like the 10th doctor, with this being a gesture-based universal remote control. It is made out of CNC-machined aerospace aluminum metal parts, so you can be sure that the quality of this TV remote itself will rank pretty high up there. Based on David Tennant’s sonic screwdriver, this is a gesture-based, fully-functioning, programmable infrared remote control, letting you handle the plethora of devices which sit in your living room entertainment area without batting an eyelid. With three memory banks, it is capable of recognizing up to 39 gestures in total. Each purchase would come with a microUSB charging cable to juice up its rechargeable battery whenever it starts to run low in power.
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Have you ever wanted to race some RC cars, but just ended up crying because no one was there to play against you? Anki Drive, a new toy (and technological marvel) coming out on October 23rd, 2013, is going to change everything. Mini remote control cars that know how to drive themselves by using artificial intelligence? YES.

Think that this isn’t the greatest thing ever? What if I told you that Apple gave Anki the stage at one of their most high-profile tech keynotes of the year? Now that I have your attention, take a look at what is sure to be one of the most revolutionary toys ever brought to market.

Anki Drive allows you to, using your iOS device, race remote control cars against your friends. But, in addition to that, it lets you race remote control cars against cars driven entirely by artificial intelligence. The Anki Drive vehicles analyze their relative positions on the track 500 times per second, and make decisions accordingly.

What’s more, players can give AI cars different tasks: when commanded to, computer-controlled cars will attempt to block a certain car by getting in front of it. They can also be told to put the pedal to the metal, of course.

This product is honestly mind-blowing to me – you can upgrade and level-up your cars, just like in video games, and you can use the cars’ weapons: tractor beams, shields, and more! Send opponents’ cars reeling or pull them towards you so that you can get a better shot! If this does not end up being the top-selling toy of Christmas 2013, I’ll eat both of my shoes.

The Anki Drive app is available for download on the App Store as of right now, but the product will not be available until October 23rd – more information is on the Anki Drive website.

Want more remote control goodness? Check out the remote control cockroaches and the world’s fastest remote control car, if you dare.

[via Uncrate]

One of those games I always saw in the arcade quite, but never quite understood was foosball. I get that it’s sort of like playing soccer on a table, but I always thought it was boring after just a few minutes of play. I might be able to get behind playing some 21st century foosball using these soccer playing robots from BeeWi.

The robot is called the BBZ150 and it uses Bluetooth connectivity and a smartphone application for control. Each of the little robots comes with numbers for its shirt, a little soccer ball, and a little soccer goal. The control app is available for Android, iOS devices, and Windows Phone.

If you’re not into soccer, you can just cruise the robot around like any remote control toy and you can play sumo wrestling with it using a downloadable sumo ring you can print at home.

The BBZ150 robot will ship in October for £29.99 (~$48 USD) each.

Putting those cheap RC toys you can find at a department store—and even the model kits from a hobby shop—to shame, these incredibly detailed scale model fighter jets look almost as intense to fly as the real thing. In fact, racing through the skies they’re almost impossible to distinguish from the real thing too.

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