So how did such a simple looking robot find such fame amongst the more technologically advanced robots available on the market, the story behind it is somewhat special indeed.

The designer of Keepon is Hideki Kozima, who developed the robot as a social interaction tool for autistic children. He found that the simplistic looking robot could encourage more interaction and eye contact than human beings could with the children and over the last few years Keepon has been used as a learning tool amongst schools.

Hideki put videos of his social experiments on YouTube and not one to miss a trick, a huge toy company came along and said they’d like to create a consumer version of the little robot thanks to it’s growing online popularity, low and behold My Keepon was born and it’s set to be a huge smash indeed with the manufacturers donating a proportion of profits to autistic charities.

My Keepon has two modes, dance mode and interactive mode. In dance mode he will listen to the beat of any song and dance along to the beat, completely in time. No dance is ever the same though thanks to some clever computing so even if you play the same song twice, whilst dancing in time to the beat he will pull out some new moves to everyone’s delight!

In interactive mode he will respond to touch and sound, turning to face you when you speak, nodding along and bobbing his head when patted. My Keepon becomes more than just a robot, he’s like an interactive pet that will undoubtedly become part of the family.

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They are however a bit of a fashion accessory and finding a good looking watch it critical, often we wish we could just deign our own! Well, now you can with the very swish and extremely stylish Vibe Watch.

We all love choice, we all love to be individuals (just like everyone else eh?) so being able to design our own watch looks to be a dead cert for the fashion accessory of the year award, if such an award exists.

You are truly able to choose the colours for every single aspect of your Vibe Watch, fancy a green strap with an orange watch face with a candyfloss pink case? Whilst we think you might need to take a little fashion advice, it’s entirely your choice and you can have any nearly any colour combo that you can imagine.

Our quick calculator combinations tell us that there are actually over 80,000 different colour combinations for the Vibe Watches that you could end up with and that for us, makes this a truly awesome gift that you can tailor to the recipients personality.

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We do of course apologise unreservedly for the poor poetry you have had to witness above, it seemed good to us at the time, though we now realise, it’s not.

So lets get back to the uber cool Twilight Umbrella which is about to rock your your social life, people will want to talk about this…

On the grand scale of things, there’s just not really much to enjoy about rain. Firstly it’s wet, which is slightly annoying when you’re caught out in it without an umbrella. But then umbrellas are rather dull themselves as they normally come in navy blue or black or some or some other dreary colour.

Step up and take your bow Twilight Umbrella, we applaud you for making walking in the rain more entertaining than a spider on ice skates.

The original Twilight Umbrella comes studded with zillions of tiny blue fibre optic lights, the colour phasing umbrella, well phases through 5 different colours as you might expect. With the pièce de résistance being the double sided Twilight Umbrella which not only entertains passers by, but allows you to look up into the glowing heavens yourself (ahem).

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Fellow cupcake lovers threat no more. We are pleased to announce our woes are over thanks to the clever people who have bought us the Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin. Oh, and when we say giant, well we mean GIANT!

No your eyes aren’t deceiving you, this is one Cupcake you are going to have to share. The Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin creates cupcakes that are over 20cm high and 21cm in diameter, making them the biggest cupcakes you are ever likely to see.

Whether its a birthday, anniversary, Christmas or dinner party with your friends and loved ones, the Giant Cupcake will serve around 12 people and will always be an original focal point at your party that will get your guests talking.

The Giant Cupcake Tin is non-stick making it extremely easy to clean and is made by American home-bake firm Wilton, who are so convinced of it’s quality they offer a lifetime guarantee on the tin. Talk about having your cake and not being able to eat it… in one go that is.

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As teenagers we went through life offering every girl we met Rolo’s with very little success with finding love, we just came across as some kind of weirdo who kept pushing somewhat melted Rolos which we’d kept in our pockets at girls, not cool at all.

We’ve since learn’t that age should have bought with it a little sophistication and we think we may have nailed it with this solid sterling silver My Last Rolo, the ultimate in nostalgic romantic gifts.

Delivered in a beautiful presentation box if the little lady in your life will remember the fantastic Last Rolo adverts (remember the elephant one?) then you are certainly onto a winner with this one. Do you love anybody enough to give them your Last Rolo? Well now you can give away your Last Rolo in a more romantic manner than ever before, safe in the knowledge that nobody will be nicking your chocolate Rolo’s which you can enjoy to yourself.

We believe they call that a win / win situation!

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P.S: We couldn’t resist but to post the brilliant Last Rolo elephant advert:

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If your at that certain age you’ll remember these fantastic little sweets and you’ll certainly remember choosing which message to give to which friend or prospective boyfriend or girlfriend!

Sadly we can’t stay that age forever and as we grow up, giving away a sweet, no matter how delicious that sweet may be isn’t necessarily going to win over the love your life.

Giving away this silver-plated love heart sweet however is a little more romantic, admittedly not as tasty, but will certainly take the recipient on that good ole trip down memory lane, which isn’t a bad place to be at all.

The silver love heart sweet comes in a very swish presentation box and is the perfect gift for letting the love in your life know just how you really feel about them, in a very innocent and somewhat cute way. Not many gifts can boast those credentials.

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Your Song, is a personalised song composing service where you simply send in your words to the guys over at Giftsy and they will put it to music and send it back to you in song form, and pretty impressive it is too.

When we first heard of the concept of Your Song we were sceptical to say the least. The idea sounded fantastic, but we were left wondering whether the end result would deliver the quality and professionalism that such a gift would need to be truly special.

Disappointed we were not! Once you have sent in your song lyrics (they can help with these too if you require), The guys at Giftsy will write a custom melody for your track and play it over one of their professionally recorded backing tracks which are completely unique to them.

The end result is something special indeed. The quality of the recording is utterly astonishing for the price you pay for this service (just £95 at the time of writing) , the singers all sound very professional which all put together delivers a song that wouldn’t sound out of place if you heard it on the radio.

The producers of Your Song have worked with the likes of Akon and Amy Mcdonald, chart toppers in their own right and their bringing these years of experience to create a song just for your loved one.

A million words we write couldn’t speak as loudly as an example for a gift like this, so either click here to hear a sample from one of our favourites, or click here to see all the example song’s available.

These personalised songs would make a great gift for Valentines Day, weddings, anniversaries or just because you want to tell somebody just how much you care.

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Men across the world can fret no more, these Chocolate Roses offer the best of both worlds, no more tricky decisions for you!

These delicious milk chocolates come as a pack of four and are cunningly disguised as roses, wrapped in red foil and attached to an artificial rose stem. Finished off with ribbons and wrapped in a clear film they look absolutely delightful and taste even better.

The perfect Valentines Day Gifts or a great gift for Mothers Day the Chocolate Roses will place you firmly in the good books of the recipient earning you a fair few brownie points along the way, which is never a bad thing in our eyes.

If your feeling rather flush or are really in the dog house and are looking to get back into somebodies good books Firebox also sell one dozen of these Chocolate Roses delivered toy our loved one, check them out here.

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With a good majority of the Gifts Guide UK office being male (must be a techy thing?) we must admit that it took us a little while to get our heads around this one.

The Name a Rose gift pack contains some seeds and a certificate, which you give to your loved one as a present and tell them to name it… name the seeds?

Fortunately we do work with a good group of girls who explained to us that this is the ultimate romantic gesture, and whilst we may not get it, that’s certainly good enough for us. So you can head off to the local garden centre and pick up some cactus seeds whilst firing up the old inkjet printer, or you can go for the professional touch and truly add some romance into your loved one’s life.

The kit comes with everything you need to name the rose, which definitely helps. You simply fill in the enclosed registration form and your rose name will be registered on the Name A Rose database, published in the Name A Rose magazine, and submitted to the British Library.

We really don’t get it, but if it keeps “er indoors” happy, it’s good enough to make the website.

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A glass of champagne, a naked flame and some burning passion is all you need…light the wax fuel cell inside the Flying Love Heart Sky Lantern and release it as a symbol of your devotion into the night sky for all to see.

You can even write messages of love and hope onto them before they go off on their journey. Don’t forget to make a wish or a promise before you send them on their way!

The beautiful sky lanterns will float gently through the air taking your love literally into the heavens. How romantic is that? The lanterns are also flame retardant, travel miles at a time and can reach heights of up to 1500 metres!

If you’re planning your wedding and looking for a special moment to share with guests in the evening, then these would be perfect. Who needs balloons when you can have biodegradable flaming hearts flying through the air?

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Thankfully some clever people out there heard our plea, have you ever in your life seen anything as mouth wateringly, lipsmackingly, delicious looking as the Giant Gummi Bears they created? Welcome to Gummi Bear heaven, please don’t drool over the furniture and we hope you enjoy your stay!

Available in 4 different flavours (cola, orange, cherry and blue raspberry), these Giant Gummi Bears are well, giant! Finish the whole lot in one sitting then your dentist is undoubtedly going to have a heart attack. Standing at 24cm tall and weighing in at a tooth decaying 2.3kg, if you’ve ever wondered what 12,600 calories look like in Giant Gummi Bear form, well wonder no more. Surely nobody could finish one of these in one go, could they?

We’ll skip all he bear jokes we could have thrown in here and keep this on track. Must have gifts for anybody with a sweet tooth, we’re loving the Giant Gummi Bears almost as much as we’re loving our children, and their far tastier too.

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Meerkat Magic is the world’s only conservation project dedicated to supporting wild Meerkats and once you adopt a Meerkat, you will receive a brilliant gift box packed with fascinating facts on Meerkats and also on the Meerkat Magic conservation project which is situated in South Africa.

Should you decide that these critters are simply too cute to ignore and that you must commit to adopting one then you will receive a photograph, a welcome letter and a certificate upon registering your adoption. Also included in your adoption is a newsletter from Meerkat Magic which will keep you bang up to date with all the latest Meerkat happenings!

The adopt a Meerkat gift lasts for a complete twelve months and recipients are also entitled to 10% off Meerkat Magic Tours at the wonderful project base in Oudshtoorn, West Cape South Africa. Even the cutest and wiliest of little furry creatures sometimes need some extra support and if you or a loved one happens to be a fan of Meerkats, then this Adopt a Meerkat gift is the perfect choice for you!

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What we do remember from our chocolatey drinking session important product review testing, was that the Choc Shots work well with literally any liqueur, our personal favourites were Tia Maria and Baileys which both tasted great!

We also remember the headaches the following morning, but I think we’re missing the point. The Choc Shots for the first time in maybe a couple of months (as we’re very busy people) bought together everybody in our office. Everybody stayed behind after work to try them out and it created a great social experience. Any product that achieves this gets our vote and that’s why we think the Choc Shots will make a fantastic gift.

You get 12 dark chocolate shot glasses in a beauftiful black presentation box comeplete with ribbon. They are well priced and as I think we’ve demonstrated in our product testing, they create a real buzz. Whilst we recommend them and think that they are fab, use them sensibly, we don’t want you bringing your hangover fueled rants to us when your heads pounding a little!

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The Slanket is a pretty nifty idea which will help combat those rising heating bills, keeping you toasty warm and looking somewhat like a chilled out Jedi Knight (if your mind can conjour up that image), which is a win, win situation in our eyes.

The problem with blankets is that in order to do anything like read a book, change the TV channel or drink a beer, you have to take your arms out from under the blanket, making them cold and defeating the point of having a blanket. The Slanket combats this by incorporating sleeves into the design of the blanket, meaning no more cold arms for you my friend.

It’s a lightweight fleece blanket that your practically wear and it’s surprisingly comfortable. Such a simple idea, but then the simple ideas are usually the best and the Slanket certainly gets our vote.

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This lip smacking, tongue numbing, dentist defying Giant Chupa Chups Lollipop has to be the perfect gift idea for friends, family, loved ones or just anybody who has a little bit of a sweet tooth. It is of course also perfect for anybody that you think talks far too much, this monster of a lollipop will keep them quiet for a good few days at the very least.

Thankfully we don’t all think like the Japanese and try to make everything smaller otherwise we’d never have been given this delight of a lollipop. Whilst good things may come in small packages, we can happily confirm that great things come in MEGA sized packages!

75 times larger than a standard Chupa Chups Lollipop the Giant Chupa Chups Lollipop is certainly a bit of a mouthful (go on – we dare you to try it – you know you want to!). This ridiculously sized strawberry flavoured lollipop weighs in at a scale breaking 750g, with a 13″ circumference your dentist is going to have issues with you, lots of issues.

The Giant Chupa Chup is the daddy of all lollipops and is be the best piece of over-sized candy we’ve seen since we reported on the Giant Gummy Bear a few months back. A piece of heaven sent to us from the Chupa Chup gods, Willy Wonka eat your heart out, you didn’t have these in your magical Umpa-Lumpa filled factory now did you?

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Topped with fine chocolate shavings, honeycomb balls, Smarties and a big white chocolate star; basically this creamy-wonder has got everything that an ordinary cheesy pizza wishes it had!

Whether you are a fan of real pizza or not, there’s no escaping the fact that this chocolate pizza is more than a little snack to fill a gap, it’s a whole new take on pudding!

These indulgent “fast food” treats come in a realistic pizza box and will satisfy any lover of chocolate far more than a simple box of choccies will. They’re perfect for sharing and make a great centrepiece for a fun party, kids and adults alike will find these hard to resist.

Whether you are looking for a special present for a loved one who has everything, or a mouth-watering treat for a girly night in, this chocolate pizza will tick all the boxes. How about popping one of these on the table for an amusing dessert after a dinner party? Your guests won’t believe their luck!

So whether you need a gift for a special friend, an extra dessert or just a giant chocolaty treat to enjoy, you can be sure that a chocolate pizza will fit the bill!

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So we ask you you definitive question, do you believe in fairies? We know of course that you will answer yes as you don’t want to kill off little Tinkerbell now do you, but even the most sceptical of you will be believing after you lay your eyes on the mystical and somewhat magical Flitter Fairies.

As if by magic your Flitter Fairies will take to the air in a very magical fashion giving a very sweet illusion of them flying around you under their own control. You’ll soon have people asking how your doing it, but you can’t ever give away the secret!

Their are three fairies to choose from (Alexa, Eva and Daria) who each come with their own colourful dress and sparkly wings. Using the powers entwined in the magical pixie hair (that’s fishing line to me and you), you use the supplied wand to control your fairies and make them flitter around you in a truly beautiful fashion.

A gift that any little girl is gong to love and they really are almost enough to make you believe in magic, no matter how old you are!

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The closest thing you girls are going to get to our masculine dreams when you’ve painted your nails is the Monkey Nail Dryer, ready and waiting to blow your nails dry whenever you need the little guy.

There is probably no cuter way to dry your nails than a little plastic monkey who is always ready and waiting to blast a stream of cool air onto your nails whenever you need him too. We do imagine a real baby monkey sitting on your dressing table and blowing your nails dry might possibly be cuter, but we do think your going to get into a lot of trouble for stealing monkeys.

The Blow Monkey Nail Dryer measures 11cm tall and is small enough to be taken with you on your travels, Requiring two AAA batteries which are provided this is definitely the next best thing to having that real monkey dry your nails for you. It’s extremely cute looking, it’s practical and the girls are just going to love it. that’s why we think it’s a perfect gift idea for any occasion.

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Thankfully some clever soul decided that earbuds didn’t have to be boring and came up with the Extraordinary Earbuds, which we think are pretty cool indeed. Some people may even go as far as to call them Extraordinary… Well get our coat.

So you spend hours making yourself look good only to step out of the house with your boring old earbuds? We don’t think so buster! The Extraordinary Earbuds have got you covered with a design to fit any ‘look’ your going for.

The Skull Earbuds complement the rock / punk look like Starsky complements Hutch. The Diamond Earbuds look completely bling with the Duck and Ladybird Earbuds adding a little colour and cuteness to any outfit. The Fly Earbuds complement the … erm .. well they make you look like you have a fly in your ear, but that’s pretty cool too.

Functioning like you’d expect a pair of earbuds to function the Extraordinary Earbuds come with 2 sets of silicone ear tips to fit both children and adults and are compatible with any portable music device with a headphone jack.

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Step forward and take a well deserved bow you clever little invention, all these issues are now well and truely resolved, we give you the iDream Speaker Pillows.

Simplicity is the name of the game here, simply plug in your ipod or mp3 players and listen to music through the pillow whilst you drift away. No headphones or ear buds to worry about, these clever peeps have implemented a speaker inside the pillow along with volume control meaning you’ll no longer need to count them sheep to get you to sleep. lula-byes are us (and all that).

Perfect for at home or on the move, the volume control means you won’t annoy others around you, though admittedly they may annoy you…

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There aren’t many gifts you can give that you’ll enjoy just as much as the recipient, however you may just enjoy the Peekaboo Pole Dancing Kit slightly more than the loved one your giving it to.

To give this to your girlfriend is like giving her a women’s beach volleyball DVD you can both settle down and enjoy, only she’ll actually enjoy receiving this. To give this to the man in your life is like giving him a lifetime membership to your local “exotic” dance club, and lets face it, what man isn’t going to love you for that?

The pole comes in three sections that simply slot together and is spring loaded ensuring it remains in place with no screws or bolts required.

The kit comes complete with a Peekaboo dance moves book, 100 Peekaboo pounds and garter to put them in during “the show”. It’s fantastic fun, it’s great exercise and it’s perfect for a night in with the loved one.

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