Product Description

The machine that reads your mind, providing hours and hours of fun for all the family! New version out now!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1106 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Radica
• Model: I4012
• Dimensions: 8.75" h x 6.00" w x 2.37" l, .32 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

This is the toy that can really read your mind!

Based on the traditional guessing game, played on most long journeys, school trips and holidays with the parents, this game has been bought into the 21st century! The idea of the game, think of anything, and that literally means anything, from your next door neighbour to a tub of lard, then answer the questions the 20Q throws at you as honestly and accurately as you can. The twenty questions will be answerable with either "yes", "no", "sometimes" or "don't know".

How does the 20Q guess what you are thinking? The artificial intelligence behind the game is a neural-network, similar to a human brain. A brain, or neural-network, is built from neurons connected by synaptic connections. A human brain has about one hundred trillion (100,000,000,000,000) synaptic connections. The 20Q.net online version has about ten million (10,000,000), and the pocket version has about two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000). The game uses the neural-network to choose the next question as well as deciding what to guess

What are the strangest items it will guess? "Try it and see. So far we've got it to guess Samurai Sword, Love, Duck Billed Platypus and many other oddments. Will it guess rude things? Try it for yourself, but don't tell your mother what you're thinking! Please Note: Colours May Very

Customer Reviews

Great, but a little bit spooky!!
This toy is just brilliant! It might be small but it's powers are amazing! Like other reviewers I was initally very sceptical about it, but after challenging it numerous times I am convinced that this toy really does live up to its "mind-reading" claims! I have tried thinking of very simple things, such as a lion to more obscure items and 99% of the time this amazing little toy (or should it be referred to as a gadget?!) has got it right - which frankly, began to freak me out a little bit! Just how does it know exactly what you are thinking of?! You have to be careful not to answer "sometimes" too often as this can affect the answer - after all, you have got to give the little gizmo a fair chance! Some of the questions however are a little obscure and you have to 'guesstimate' the answer. Questions such as "does the object weigh more than a duck?" - I have never personally weighed a duck and I suppose it depends if its a particularly fat/skinny duck! :o)
This toy would be great as a gift for a kid, the awkward man in your life or anyone who is a bit of a gadget lover. I am sure that these toys will be making numerous appearances in playgrounds and pubs alike, with everyone thinking of wierder objects in an attempt to try and outdo and beat this game. With the festive season fast approaching, I would highly recommend this as a fab stocking filler gift! But be warned - you can play it through the 'open' packaging so it's probably best to wrap it up straight away, otherwise this fantastic toy/gadget (I'm still not really sure what to call it!) may not make it to it's intended recipient! An incredible toy and most definately worth the money!! :o)

Spooky
This toy is fanastic. Bought it for my younger brother and ended up keeping it for myself and ordering 4 more. Its so good its spooky. So far we have got it to guess photoframe, candle, ironing board, cutains, mobile phone. Some instances its sooo close ie a bottle of wine rather than a bottle of champagne.
Its a great gadget for all ages - even as a toilet game for men!!
You can outsmart the 20q on some things, but you could say it guesses at least 7/8 out of 10 games. Go on buy it...you know you want to!!!!

Wow!
I was sceptical about this but after trying it a number of times on things as random as a smoke detector, carpet and a train, and it getting them right I had to agree, it's smarter than me!

I bought this as a present for someone and we spent the whole of his birthday night passing it between us all trying to catch it out, with little success. You need to be honest with it, and if you answer too many "sometimes" it may not guess correctly.

Loads of fun and a real challenge. Buy it now!