Give the gift of gadgets to the creative tech lovers in your life. Shopping for artists and other creative professionals can often seem impossible, but plenty of gadgets now on the market can simplify your gift list while charming the most important people in your life.
1. 53 Pencil - Digital Stylus for iPad
Bluetooth technology connects this stylus to the iPad, giving the user the ability to intuitively create all kinds of lines without changing specific settings. The pencil also has an eraser and blending options that make the iPad a splendid digital canvass. Thanks to innovative programming, this pencil allows you to rest your hand on your screen without creating marks in your artwork.
2. IRIScan Book - Wireless Book Scanner
This handy gadget easily scans images and text from a book. In as little as three seconds, the IRIScan will convert a book page into digital format. A personal network built into this device makes and easy job of transferring scanned images to other devices without requiring an Internet connection.
3. Wacom Intuos Art Pen & Touch Tablet
This gadget combines a pressure-sensitive stylus and a tablet to create an intuitive, creative experience. Press hard with the pen to create thick lines and ease up to draw fine lines. Fingers control this creative environment with navigation, scrolling, zooming, and multi-touch gestures.
4. Adobe Ink and Slide
Adobe Ink lets artists focus on their creations using a pressure-sensitive fine-tip stylus on the Apple iPad. Special technology gives users precise controls over curves and texture. Adobe Slide, a digital ruler, lets artists create straight lines, perfect circles, French curves and shapes with precision, directly on the iPad. Both devices work instinctively with Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
5. Zuta Pocket Printer
If you’ve ever needed to print something while away from the office, you will appreciate this handy compact printer. This small robotic printer uses a mechanical drive system allows users to print on any size of paper from any device over a Wi-Fi connection.
6. Sensu Artist Brush & Stylus
This stylus also contains a brush that lets artists transfer creativity from their mind to a screen. When you use the pen, the brush closes. When you put the cap on the stylus, it becomes the brush handle. Compatible with capacitive devices such as iPad, iPhone, Surface, Galaxy, and Nexus products, this innovative accessory also works great for sketching, writing, and navigating. LulzBot
7. Mini 3D Printer
3D printing has taken center stage in consumer and business communities, allowing people to design and create their products. This high-performance 3D printer makes a great gift for creative professionals, engineers, architects, and other designers to turn their ideas into tangible objects. Although designed for beginners, this printer uses advanced technology to create models, prototypes, and customized products.
8. Panono Camera
Throw this ball into the air to take amazing panoramic photographs or mount it on a tripod indoors. Either way, this unique gadget engages the curious and satisfies creative people with practical results. Thirty-six cameras inside this ball simultaneously take pictures to provide a shot in every direction.
9. The ISKN Slate
All pencils and pens become iPad compatible when used with The Slate. This gadget uses a magnetic ring device to digitize your paper artwork, so you can create artwork on your iPad as you draw with your favorite pen or pencil on paper. While using The Slate, artists can watch their creations take shape on their iPad and paper at the same time. Just place a sheet of paper on top of The Slate, put the ring on your pen or pencil, and draw. The process of creating digital art can’t get much easier.
10. Buffalo DriveStation DDR
This single-drive, high-performance, USB 3.0 storage device transfers data at ultra-fast speeds, so it works well as an expansion drive or as a drive for data backup. Unlike many storage devices, the DriveStation DDR uses built-in DRAM to accelerate transfers. Capable of data transfer rates up to 408 Mbps, this device will perfectly store files created with the gadgets mentioned above.
Conclusion
Use the gadgets listed above to make this holiday season unique and fun. As you shop, you should exercise caution because you might find yourself wanting to keep the gadgets you intended to buy for others.
About the Author: Matthew Young is a freelance tech journalist and blogger hailing from Boston. He is passionate about new, emerging tech in the industry. When Matthew is not busy writing about awesome new technology, he usually spends time fiddling with his camera and learning a thing or two about photography. You can reach Matthew on Twitter @mattbeardyoung!