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Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18, which means you still have time to find a thoughtful gift for Dad. If you’re shopping for a tech-savvy dad but aren’t someone who keeps up with the latest gadgets and gizmos yourself, we’ve rounded up a variety of gift suggestions, including some of the best tech we’ve tested this year. The options cover dads who are into everything from home-security systems to fitness tracking. Whether he’s interested in experimenting in the kitchen, snapping photos of the fam, or setting up a beautiful audio experience with wireless speakers or portable ones, you’re bound to find something here that he’ll love. (But we also have guides to gifts for new dads, golf dads, grilling-enthusiast dads, and, well, every other type of dad.) We scoured our archives to find the best Father’s Day gifts for techie dads, and though most of these products will arrive by Father’s Day (or well before), some shipment times will depend on your location. (But these gifts are good enough that we don’t think he’ll mind if they’re late.)

This version of Google’s smart thermostat “makes suggestions on scheduling tweaks to help you save energy, while also tracking and alerting you to odd patterns in your heating and cooling usage,” says Strategist contributor Kyle Schurman. It’s a great gift for any father in the smart-thermostat market.

Stephen Farrell, director of merchandising at Hammacher Schlemmer, likes Nest’s smart security camera, which sends alerts of suspicious activity directly to the app and includes speakers and a microphone. Farrell says it helps his family feel more secure.

These plugs let Dad make any device smart. He’ll be able to turn a regular old lamp on or off from his phone or set up a schedule. As Strategist contributor Kyle Schurman explains, “You can also have the Wyze turn on any time one of your other smart devices is activated. For example, if someone approaches your video doorbell, you could have a lamp in the window automatically turn on to make it look like someone is home.”

Anker PowerWave Fast Wireless Charger Stand (Set of 2)

A favorite of Strategist contributor (and former tech columnist) David Pogue, this wireless charger will keep Dad’s phone from running out of juice. Instead of having to keep your phone flat on a charging pad, the stand makes it easy to see your screen while you’re charging.

If your father is always doing that thing where he pats his pockets in a panic, looking for his wallet or keys every time he’s leaving the house, get him a Tile Sticker. The simple Bluetooth tracker is about the size of a nickel and can stick to anything he’s worried he’ll forget. Instead of spending 15 minutes searching the couch the next time he can’t find his keys, he can just pull up the Tile app.

Philips Hue White 2-Count LED Smart Bulb

If your dad is obsessed with being energy efficient and always yells when the lights are left on in an empty room (is there any dad who hasn’t

A study that gives insight into what technological gadgets kids adore, which aid them in learning and which solutions are having bought by the guardians for their young children. Pretty much every kid in the US extravagant a smartphone and 1/2 of the young ones possess them. The survey discloses that mobile phones are the fundamental device for young children under the age of 18. About 1/3 of the youngsters use tablets essentially and just about every 1 in 10 kids make use of a notebook.

The info provided below is collected by PCMag by using a survey carried out from 20th to 23rd March in the yr 2022. The members of the research ended up 1079 who were being all preceding the age of 18, all of people people today have been expected to be a nurturer for 1 or more than 1 baby under the age of 18. When the study questioned about which just one of the gadgets children use and authorized their moms and dads to find extra than one possibility at a time, the values elevated extremely, having said that, the sequence of the gizmos remained consistent. Which is followed by cell telephones, tablets, and then laptops. Improvements in the sequence occurred only in gaming regulate panels and PCs with world-wide-web browsers, as they reversed areas from chart to chart.

The survey took a tiny deeper dive by asking the guardians no matter if their kids personal a product or share it with anybody else at the home. It is 82% for cellular phones, it is 80% for tablets, 71% for laptops, 68% for PCs, and 67% for the gaming manage panel. PCs and laptops are habitually the most shared equipment with a ratio of 32% for desktops and 29% for laptops.

Speaking about STEM (Science, Engineering, Engineering, and Arithmetic). The survey needed to guarantee about how applying technologies improvises the kids in studying. A vast majority of 80% of the mother and father assert that the use of technology has been terribly impactful. Talking statistically the benefit for science was 75%, for mathematics 74%, and for engineering, it was 70%. A minority consisting of 2% for every each individual branch of STEM statements that the usage of engineering in their little ones has been not persuasive or popular at all.

Now it will come to the crucial question of the study which is what gadget guardians want to obtain for their kids. The vast majority of participants agreed that they would acquire their baby a laptop or pill. 37% selected smartphones, 30% chose engineering-based mostly toys and the desktop chose 28%. Desktops are the most pre-owned but slightest required merchandise for kids, smartphones are higher in need by youth, and laptops are thought of essential for homeschooling.