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1 SEAWEED SNEAKERS 2 NINTENDO NOSTALGIA 3 TINY TOUCH, BIG SCREEN
These eco-friendly, amphibious The SNES is back! Available from 29 Sony’s ultra-compact Xperia
trainers from Vivobarefoot and September, the SNES Classic Mini is Touch projector sends an 80cm
Bloom Foam are made entirely from smaller than the original and eschews ‘touchscreen’ onto virtually any flat
reconstituted algal biomass, which is the cartridges, coming instead with surface, and runs on Android so
harvested from waterways that have 21 preloaded games including Super you don’t even have to use a laptop
a high risk of harmful algal blooms. Mario Kart and The Legend Of Zelda. with it – though it has an HDMI
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Better than jelly shoes, any day! Nostalgic fun awaits. input if you need it.
Vivobarefoot Ultra III SNES Classic Mini Sony Xperia Touch
£TBC, vivobarefoot.com £69.99, nintendo.com £1,300, sony.com

4 SUPER SPIDER-MAN 5 KEEP IT PURE 6 MARQUIS DE SOUND
Sphero’s new IoT-enabled Spider- If privacy and security are concerns The contraption may look like
Man toy will let kids tag along on for you, then Purism’s Librem 13 or an exhibit from Scotland Yard’s
missions to battle villains – every Librem 15 could be just the laptop infamous Black Museum but it’s
choice they make influences you’re looking for. It has a bespoke, actually a headphone amp. It’s the
the adventure. And unless he’s security-focused Linux operating perfect gift for the death metal lover
installing updates, Spidey stays system, and kill switches for Wi-Fi, who has everything. But at £6,000, it
offline, so he’s safe from snoopers. Bluetooth, mic and camera. ain’t cheap!
Spider-Man Interactive Super Hero, Purism Librem laptops Metaxas & Sins Marquis
£150, sphero.com From $1,699 (£1,300 approx), puri.sm £6,000, metaxas.com

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