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THE GEAR WE’RE LUSTING AFTER

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Samsung The Wall Luxury samsung.com $TBC

Samsung has been teasing this weird and wonderful TV product for a few years, but it’s now ready to buy… for a big and currently unspecifie­d price. This is the first TV to use Micro LED tech — it’s similar to OLED, in that each pixel generates its own light, but it can go much brighter and more dramatic than OLED. The smartest part is that it’s modular, so you can order your TV any size or shape you want (you could have it in cinema widescreen, for example) just by bolting on more panels. You can add frames to match your decor, too.

Panasonic Lumix S1H panasonic.com Around $4,000 (body only)

For video pros, the hot thing right now is 6K. Most films are recorded in it before being converted to 4K, for flexibilit­y, and Apple is supporting this with its 6K Pro Display XDR. Now Panasonic is bringing 6K recording to even more people, with this video–focused camera. Not only can it record in 4K, it’s also the first full–frame camera to record 4K 60fps in 10–bit color, giving filmmakers a lot of extra flexibilit­y. And that huge sensor will take gorgeous still photos too, when it arrives this fall.

iRobot Roomba S9+ & Braava jet m6 irobot.com

From $1,299 (S9+); from $499 (jet m6)

This dynamic duo of robotic cleaners are made to eliminate the rogues’ gallery of crap you find on your floors. The Roomba S9+ robo vac (near left) uses its advanced navigation and serious suction to clean up, and empties its own dirt bin into a bigger dirt bin built into its charging base, so you only need to empty it once a month or so. Then, using iRobot’s “Imprint Link Technology”, it talks to the jet m6 robo mop to tell it the floor’s clean of bits, and the mop heads out to give it the next level of clean. You’ll have spotless floors without moving a muscle.

Roli Lumi roli.com $249

This mini keyboard connects to your iPad to help you learn to play piano in an easy, game–like fashion. In fact, anyone who played Guitar Hero especially will get a sense of déjà vu here. The keys light up in a rainbow of colors, which match colors (and positions) of icons on–screen, so you learn to play songs just by hitting the color you’re seeing at the right time. There are also options to view more traditiona­l music notation, still with handy color coding to help you remember which note is which before you’re a pro. And when you are, you can combine more Rolis into one giant piano!

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