FAD GADGETS
Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.
LOOG PIANO
Loog made their name creating tiny guitars for little hands, from cute threestring Telecasters to six-string acoustics, all of them smashing their Kickstarter targets. They’ve now turned their attention to the keyboard, with this cute but surprisingly prosounding mini piano for kids. A world away from those cheap plastic toy keyboards with buttons devoted to playing tinny versions of Old MacDonald, this has proper dynamics, stereo sound and a classy finish, with all the cartoony tutoring gubbins confined to an app. Kids will love it, but adults will find themselves drawn to it, too. Beautifully done.