Monday doesn’t have to be the most depressing day of the week. Grab one of these great gadgets and put a smile on your face instead…
UTICO APP-CONTROLLED CAMPER VAN FOR IOS AND ANDROID
If you’ve got a project to keep you busy on the bluest Monday of them all, it will fly – or in this case – drive by. The base unit comes ready-made so you won’t have to involve yourself with the engine, but you will need to build the rest of the camper van brick by brick, whiling away the miserable day. The instructions are easy enough to follow and when you’re done, charge it up and download the accompanying app. £39.99 from www.mobilefun.co.uk
POWERUP 3.0: SMARTPHONE CONTROLLED PAPER AEROPLANE
If there was one thing guaranteed to trigger a smile when we were little, it was making a paper aeroplane that would actually fly and not just nosedive. Well, with this lovely little gizmo, you can rediscover that joy. With a techie makeover and four plane templates provided, make your plane and add a few cheats to make it soar. Stick the rudder and propeller at the back of the plane and the little computer chip at the front and via the magic of Bluetooth, you’ll be able to control your magnificent flying machine via a quick turn and flick of your phone. £39.99 from www.firebox.com
THE FARTING PEN HOLDER
Granted, this isn’t particularly sophisticated, but it sure is amusing. The pen itself is much like one you’d find in a bank, a simple contraption attached to a base with a chain. An ordinary pen with an ordinary chain. Yet look at the base and you’ll soon be chortling into your cheque book. Shaped like buttocks, the pen slides right into the middle and when it enters the rump a large raspberry noise emits. £9.95 from www.prezzybox.com
WORLD’S SMALLEST VOICE CHANGER
Annoy your loved ones by only speaking to them through this tiny voice changer on Blue Monday. It comes with four different tones and you just operate it by pushing the switch along to your chosen voice and speaking through it. It’s loud enough that everyone will be able to hear your commands (we vote for requesting a cup of tea in an alien voice), but also small enough to hide when they demand you hand it over. £6.45 from www.geniegadgets.com
SUMO SMACKDOWN
Why not shake things up with a sumo session? Better yet, why not manage a sumo fight so you can keep all your clothes on. With two controllers, you and a loved one can go to war with your own wrestlers, trying to hit each other’s models as hard as possible in the hope of sending your opponent’s sports star toppling over. Before you get playing you will need to get up and fetch some batteries (6 x AAA, 2 x 9V). £24.99 from www.firebox.com