10 best home gifts from TIME's inventions list

TIME picks the best home gifts

TIME's editors and correspondents compile a Best Inventions list each year. For the holidays, they selected ten household items that combine practicality with innovation.

Dreame MF10 Bladeless Fan

Dreame's smart fan features two bladeless, independently oscillating wings. Each wing rotates up to one hundred eighty degrees horizontally and ninety degrees vertically for two hundred seventy degree circulation.

Vestaboard Note retro message board

Vestaboard's split-flap messaging display launched in February. Founder and CEO Dorrian Porter says it offers a respite from glowing screens, putting information into lives in simpler, more peaceful ways.

“There's an opportunity to put that information into our lives in simpler, more peaceful ways.”

Aura Ink wireless photo frame

Aura Ink is a wireless thirteen point three inch display that can hold a charge for up to three months. It uses color e-paper technology that gives photos a vintage-print quality.

Syncere Lume robotic bedside lamp

AI startup Syncere reimagined the bedside lamp as a robotic arm. When prompted via an app, it makes the bed or sorts and folds clean laundry into neat piles.

Philips Skylight ceiling light panel

Philips Skylight is a ceiling-mounted frame filled with a light panel that mimics soft, fluctuating daylight. The VitaUp version uses safe UV-B lights to stimulate vitamin D production.

Flipper Devices Busy Bar focus timer

Busy Bar is a glowing gadget resembling a retro alarm clock. It can set a Pomodoro timer, lock down distracting apps, silence notifications, and connect to smart home systems to dim lights and change music.

Marshall Stockwell III portable speaker

Marshall's Stockwell III fits features into a sleek package resembling a mini version of the brand's iconic amps. The battery lasts for an industry-best forty hours and is replaceable.

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni window robot

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni is a cordless robot window washer. Its TruEdge scrubber gets within one point one millimetres of edges and corners. A portable station powers one hundred thirty minutes of continuous cleaning.

Nuwave Smart Mug brews on demand

The fourteen ounce Nuwave Smart Mug brews tea and coffee on the spot.Users add grounds or leaves, tap a preset button, or choose a temperature from seventy degrees Fahrenheit to two hundred five degrees Fahrenheit.

Ninja Slushi Twist dual frozen drink maker

SharkNinja's Slushi Twist makes two icy drinks at once with different ingredients and freezing points. Dual SlushAssist technology uses sensors to analyze each mixture and control chambers independently.