Top 25 gift ideas for engineers in India
We all love to feel special and want our close ones to know about what we love and what we don’t. If you happen to be the one who wants to make someone feel special with a gift and he/she is totally geeky then you have just come across the best online discussion. My best friends’ birthday is just 2 weeks away, and I was searching for a comprehensive list of nerdy gifts that can make her happy. While seeking a solution, I thought why not list them myself and post it in the CrazyEngineers forum just to see if my fellow engineering students and professionals have ever gifted someone or got something fascinating in terms of its technical quirkiness.
One more thing to consider, I am not talking about the conventional gadgets like smartphones, tablets, earphones, Bluetooth devices or anything that you can come across daily but something unique, never-heard of or a little off beat stuffs. However, if you have made any of those by yourself and you care to share with us, we are all ears and as well, be considered in-kind. For now, let us just concentrate over the most sought after top 25 gadgets which make you and your pals go crazy.
Top 25 Gadgets to gift the one who is in love with technology:
1. Mathematical Clock: This one is simply my favorite because, at least the first time you bring it home, you can never sleep without solving each of those 12 mathematical representations written in the place of 12 simple numbers. Interestingly, all of them will lead you to the most elegant two or one digit solution, but with difficulty. This is the beast for all mathematics haters but just too much fun, for all geeks out there. Plus, with chalk and black board texture, you might feel the urge to solve them all quickly as a class assignment. Never mind, you would be compelled by its charm to stick with it, than to just see the time and run for whatever was on your mind.
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2. Picasso Tiles: A little different from the famous LEGO kit toolbox, it is a perfect “shape building†environment with embedded magnets. Although, the product seems very childish, it offers a stained glass artistic flavor in addition to the 2D or 3D model you intend to make with it. Also, the multipurpose Picasso Tiles is the best suited for an outreach kit. If you go to schools and teach kids about geometry, light phenomenon etc. it can be much more engaging with one set of this.
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3. Pico LED Projector: Basically it is a mobile projector that turns your images to visible reality. Simple and portable design, this is adorable for movie buffs to all big screen lovers. This particular product here comes with in-the-box elements such as HDMI and MHL connector cables, USB charger, remote control, flexible mini tripod. With 120 inches screen extension, the 2 inch projector seems to fit your expedition bag.
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4. Ctrl Alt Delete Cup Set: Nothing technical except that the cup set salutes the all-time-saver trio that calls the security set up. Black exterior with white interior, it is the best for having a technophilic tea break. The set also comes with a circuit etched tray to hold the set of 3.
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5. Graphing Calculator by Texas Instruments: As the name suggests, you can sketch your graph without manual effort or full simulation jargon. Plus, you can transfer your data from calculator to your computer via USB on-the-go technology. Cool stuff, as it also comes packed with a series of applications such as Catalog Help, Conic Graphing, Inequality Graphing, LearningCheck, Polynomial Root Finder and Simultaneous Equation Solver etc.
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6. Robotic Arm: Very popular gift that gets exchanged between techies. For example, this is one of those things that Tony Stark gave his little fan for helping him in Iron Man 2. The old legendary manipulator with 120 Degree radial wrist motion, 300 Degree elbow range motion, base rotation of 270 Degree and 180 Degree base motion degree. This falls under the robotics educational kit, easily possible to assemble and command it to pick up objects and place it on your directed place.
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7. Cubebot Puzzle: You get a cube of wood blocks and you have to make a “transformer†robot out of it. Similar to puzzle blocks, you will get all the pieces placed in such a way that it mimics a cube. However, once you solve it properly, it gives you the perfect robot doll you would want. Available in multicolor variants, it is developed by an American designer named David Weeks.
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8. Mini Expresso Maker: The most compact of all the coffee machines, this bears the size of your regular sipper. Another quality is that, it doesn’t need electric power or battery to run and completely works as a hand operated manual machine with a semi-automatic piston. If your friend is addicted to caffeine, plus has a passion to travel the world, this will be the best to gift to make you remember with every sip she takes.
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9. Levitating Plant: A Japanese product designed by a start-up named Hoshinchu.com came up with a magnetic levitation plant known as <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/japanese-startup-creates-air-bonsai-a-mag-lev-powered-tech-to-float-plants-mid-air.86625">Japanese Startup Creates 'Air Bonsai' - A Mag-Lev Powered Tech To Float Plants Mid-Air</a>. Consisting of a base and a plant, both are clubbed with magnets acting with equal repulsion that leaves the top part floating on air. This is a perfect technologically embraced home décor product that you can put in your study table. A similar product, Moxo, is linked below, following the same principle.
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10. Color Digitiser: A fancy tool for all the designers and engineers out there, this can make your life colorful in a way you have never believed. This device is a color capturing device, that can take color inputs from any real world object ever possible. So if you go outside, and see a unique colorful appearance, then you can just tap one button of the instrument, capture the color, come home and put that color into your design kit in thousands of ways possible. Cube also comes with mobile applications with an option to integrate adobe photoshop.
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One more thing to consider, I am not talking about the conventional gadgets like smartphones, tablets, earphones, Bluetooth devices or anything that you can come across daily but something unique, never-heard of or a little off beat stuffs. However, if you have made any of those by yourself and you care to share with us, we are all ears and as well, be considered in-kind. For now, let us just concentrate over the most sought after top 25 gadgets which make you and your pals go crazy.
Top 25 Gadgets to gift the one who is in love with technology:
1. Mathematical Clock: This one is simply my favorite because, at least the first time you bring it home, you can never sleep without solving each of those 12 mathematical representations written in the place of 12 simple numbers. Interestingly, all of them will lead you to the most elegant two or one digit solution, but with difficulty. This is the beast for all mathematics haters but just too much fun, for all geeks out there. Plus, with chalk and black board texture, you might feel the urge to solve them all quickly as a class assignment. Never mind, you would be compelled by its charm to stick with it, than to just see the time and run for whatever was on your mind.
Link: #-Link-Snipped-##-Link-Snipped-#
2. Picasso Tiles: A little different from the famous LEGO kit toolbox, it is a perfect “shape building†environment with embedded magnets. Although, the product seems very childish, it offers a stained glass artistic flavor in addition to the 2D or 3D model you intend to make with it. Also, the multipurpose Picasso Tiles is the best suited for an outreach kit. If you go to schools and teach kids about geometry, light phenomenon etc. it can be much more engaging with one set of this.
Link: #-Link-Snipped-#
3. Pico LED Projector: Basically it is a mobile projector that turns your images to visible reality. Simple and portable design, this is adorable for movie buffs to all big screen lovers. This particular product here comes with in-the-box elements such as HDMI and MHL connector cables, USB charger, remote control, flexible mini tripod. With 120 inches screen extension, the 2 inch projector seems to fit your expedition bag.
Link:#-Link-Snipped-#
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4. Ctrl Alt Delete Cup Set: Nothing technical except that the cup set salutes the all-time-saver trio that calls the security set up. Black exterior with white interior, it is the best for having a technophilic tea break. The set also comes with a circuit etched tray to hold the set of 3.
Link: #-Link-Snipped-#
5. Graphing Calculator by Texas Instruments: As the name suggests, you can sketch your graph without manual effort or full simulation jargon. Plus, you can transfer your data from calculator to your computer via USB on-the-go technology. Cool stuff, as it also comes packed with a series of applications such as Catalog Help, Conic Graphing, Inequality Graphing, LearningCheck, Polynomial Root Finder and Simultaneous Equation Solver etc.
Link: #-Link-Snipped-#
6. Robotic Arm: Very popular gift that gets exchanged between techies. For example, this is one of those things that Tony Stark gave his little fan for helping him in Iron Man 2. The old legendary manipulator with 120 Degree radial wrist motion, 300 Degree elbow range motion, base rotation of 270 Degree and 180 Degree base motion degree. This falls under the robotics educational kit, easily possible to assemble and command it to pick up objects and place it on your directed place.
7. Cubebot Puzzle: You get a cube of wood blocks and you have to make a “transformer†robot out of it. Similar to puzzle blocks, you will get all the pieces placed in such a way that it mimics a cube. However, once you solve it properly, it gives you the perfect robot doll you would want. Available in multicolor variants, it is developed by an American designer named David Weeks.
Link: #-Link-Snipped-#
8. Mini Expresso Maker: The most compact of all the coffee machines, this bears the size of your regular sipper. Another quality is that, it doesn’t need electric power or battery to run and completely works as a hand operated manual machine with a semi-automatic piston. If your friend is addicted to caffeine, plus has a passion to travel the world, this will be the best to gift to make you remember with every sip she takes.
Link: #-Link-Snipped-#
9. Levitating Plant: A Japanese product designed by a start-up named Hoshinchu.com came up with a magnetic levitation plant known as <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/japanese-startup-creates-air-bonsai-a-mag-lev-powered-tech-to-float-plants-mid-air.86625">Japanese Startup Creates 'Air Bonsai' - A Mag-Lev Powered Tech To Float Plants Mid-Air</a>. Consisting of a base and a plant, both are clubbed with magnets acting with equal repulsion that leaves the top part floating on air. This is a perfect technologically embraced home décor product that you can put in your study table. A similar product, Moxo, is linked below, following the same principle.
Link: #-Link-Snipped-#
10. Color Digitiser: A fancy tool for all the designers and engineers out there, this can make your life colorful in a way you have never believed. This device is a color capturing device, that can take color inputs from any real world object ever possible. So if you go outside, and see a unique colorful appearance, then you can just tap one button of the instrument, capture the color, come home and put that color into your design kit in thousands of ways possible. Cube also comes with mobile applications with an option to integrate adobe photoshop.
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