Wish List 2018: 48 Gift Ideas That Everyone Will Connect With

How do real campers tame fire? With Bluetooth! Ignite your fuel (charcoal or dead trees) in the FirePit’s mesh body, then dial the flames up or down in the app, which controls 51 teeny air jets in the burn chamber. In addition to stoking the fire, the jets keep the smoke in check. The rechargeable power pack is good for up to 24 hours of computer-controlled burn.

Cameras and watches share mechanical DNA, which Leica is celebrating with its new line of timepieces. Assembled at the company’s Leitz-Park campus, this 41-mm manual watch ticks for 60 hours between windings and features a jet-setter-friendly GMT complication. The brushed steel L2 even sports Leica’s iconic red dot on its crown.

Blipblox might be designed for DJs ages 3 and up, but this is no rinky-dink xylophone. The easy-to-use synthesizer has pro-ready features like MIDI support, multiple modulation filters, and an integrated drum machine. So your tot can mix beats before bedtime, then you can “borrow” it for your own midnight set.

Skip the trip to Ollivanders and pick up this coding wand instead. The Kano app for tablets and computers gives Hogwarts hopefuls step-by-step instructions to build JavaScript routines. A wave of the wand casts an enchanting onscreen spell to levitate a feather, play a ghostly harp, or float a butterbeer.

The latest Apple Watch is an upgrade over the last version in almost every way, with a display that’s 30 percent larger and a new sensor array that can perform an electrocardiogram to spot an irregular ticker. Just remember, you’ll need an iPhone to use the thing.

With shapes optimized by computational fluid-dynamics software, Firewire’s surfboards would be a blast to ride even if they didn’t meet the eco-friendly standards set by Sustainable Surf’s Ecoboard program. This versatile keel-fin fish is meant to tackle midsize waves and keep the ocean a little bit cleaner along the way.

Tireless, indestructible—every kid wants to be part robot. Now your offspring can live the cyber dream. This programmable arm has grippers with treads to help grasp objects. Your budding engineer can teach it up to 100 movements as they learn coding, automation, and the basics of its Arduino brain.

This flat-pack sculpture kit is a crafty take on the bloodthirsty terror of Amity Island. Bend the 16 vinyl flaps, secure them with the included screw-pegs, and a 14-inch great white slowly emerges. Gently wiggle the assembled elasmobranch to admire the serene swing of its tail.

Attach one of these wireless trackers to anything you might lose—wallet, phone, remote, dog—and see its last known location in the app or make it chirp audibly so the precious is easier to find. The newly updated Tile Pro has an extended range of 300 feet and runs on replaceable coin cell batteries that last at least a year.

You wouldn’t play Fallout without carefully crafting your character. Xbox Design Lab lets you give the same bespoke attention to your controller. Choose from a variety of colors and finishes for the body of the controller. If you’re feeling extra proud, you can get your gamertag stamped on the front.

Learn a new wind or reed instrument, minus all the skronking. Finger the keys of Roland’s digital horn to draw out the simulated tones of 11 instruments, including flute, clarinet, and four types of sax. Unlock 50 more sounds— from bagpipes to strings—in the app. Practicing late at night? Plug in headphones to jam in private.

Amazon’s Echo speakers are fun to chat with, but they don’t really get down. The Echo Sub is here to help and will pump a lot more bass into Alexa’s DJ sets. The 6-inch downward-firing speaker, powered by a 100-watt onboard amp, wirelessly pairs with an Echo or Echo Plus speaker—or two of the same Echo devices for stereo sound.