Are you a Geek Dad/Uncle/Mum/Aunt? Ten Techy Gifts for kids this Xmas

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What's the perfect gift for the budding explorer? How about a galaxy that covers one wall of their bedroom? This view of Andromeda, for example, starts at £92 for 1.2metres wide and 2.4 high - so you'll have to pay a fair bit more to cover a decent sized wall. There are plenty of other stock images to choose from, including cityscapes, nature and comic book images.

You can also upload one of your own instead – so how about creating a wall-sized periodic table of the elements, a map of the night sky for the amateur astronomist, or even a giant screen print of their favourite game?

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If you're a sucker for space images but don't fancy giving your whole wall over to one, how about a book instead? This compilation of images from astronaut Chris Hadfield represents one notional orbit of the planet, as seen from the ISS.

Some of the images have been seen before, when they were tweeted from space, but many appear here for the first time.

They're accompanied by informative commentary that adds context to the pictures, beyond their innate beauty. Frankly, you can pretend this is for the kids, but we reckon it's probably one you'd keep for yourself.

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