INCOMING! This next-gen USB Tank doesn’t just take power from your PC like toys we’ve seen in the past, instead it’s actually computer controlled and completely wireless. Office warfare will never be the same again.
CES is the place to be for the latest in consumer electronics technology, but it’s also great for seeing what nonsense toy makers have lined up for the next year, and CES 2009 was no different – mind control, Nintendo intellectual property infringement, it had it all, and we played with everything!
Christmas might have been and gone, but you can see all the toys you’ll be buying in a year’s time, and the finest CES had to offer, after the jump.
These awesome kids’ gadgets just keep coming. First we saw the Lego digital camera and walkie talkie, and now Crayola has launched its MP3 player, alarm clock and walkie talkie.
We’ve already seen the mind controlled Star Wars Force Trainer toy, but now Mattel has its own brainwave operated time-killer. Dubbed the Mindflex, it’s an obstacle course which you steer a ping pong ball around, using the power of your brain.
Star Wars fans and hackers rejoice: A new Force Trainer toy is set to use your brainwaves to control physical objects!
The new toy uses a wireless headset, and lets you raise and lower a ping pong ball in a 10 inch high tower, by interpreting brainwaves as signals to speed up or slow down a fan at the bottom.
Everyone’s favourite bipedal android toy is evolving. WowWee just revealed the newest Robosapien, dubbed Joebot – its slickest robot ever, with smoother movement and more advanced skills.
Despite struggling to hold a decent chart position with the massively hyped LittleBigPlanet, Sony still has high hopes for PS3’s new mascot, Sackboy. The coming weeks are set to be a barrage of LittleBigPlanet merchandise: a couple of free Santa Sackboy outfits will be appearing in the PlayStation Store, while offline you’ll be soon be able buy official LittleBigPlanet toys. If you don’t want to fork out, then UK knitting mag, Simply Knitting will be providing a pattern for you to craft your own.