With summer’s arrival comes the migration to all things outdoor, and music is an essential accompaniment to any pool party, barbecue, get together or adventure.

The number of Bluetooth speakers on the market is staggering, but one company delivers far better sound and features than most users would expect for the price: G-Project.

Their latest upgrade, G-BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Boombox , delivers huge sound at an appealing price, and to get your sunshine season started right TNW Deals is cutting 20 percent off for a limited time .

Named “Speaker of the Year” by iLounge, your new G-Boom is powered through a 2.2 speaker configuration (two full-range drivers and two tweeters), dual rear-firing bass ports, and MAXX AUDIO digital sound processing for optimum bass.

A rugged housing structure and protective rubber base makes G-Boom a powerhouse of mobility.

A six hour playtime on a single battery charge will have you rocking all day without interruption, while the G-BOOM can receive audio from its 3.5mm (AUX) and micro-USB ports, in addition to its wireless capabilities.

Wirelessly control the G-Boom from your mobile device, or connect via standard audio cable or headphone jack.

Mashable has praised the G-BOOM’s “sweet, clean highs and pleasant-sounding midrange, mixed together with that substantial bottom to create the best sound I’ve ever heard out of a unit costing a mere c-note.”

To sweeten the appeal, TNW Deals is cutting that retail cost down to just $79.99 for a limited time . Summer is already here. What are you waiting for?

Titan Cables: indestructible charging cables for your iPhone/Android

You want tough? We’ve got all the tough a set of charging cables can possibly contain. Skip the frays, unreliable plastic connectors and flimsy designs for second-to-none quality and durability from Titan Cables. Check out two great deals below, featuring cables for both iPhone and Android devices.

Titan Charging Cables (iPhone): 24% off

Titan Charging Cables truly are the most rugged and durable cables on Earth. Chainsaws, sledgehammers, even vehicles can’t do a thing to ruin these virtually indestructible cables. That means no more pet chewing, twist-fraying frustrations, for the rest of your life.

Two layers of industrial-strength steel cables easily extend to your USB port for access anytime. MFi certification ensures your device remains secure as you loop your cables to a keychain, belt loop, backpack, climbing apparatus – wherever you need to connect.

For a limited time, TNW readers can take 24 percent off the retail cost for a final total of just $22.49.

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Titan Travel Micro USB Cable (Android): 25% off

Another great option is available for Android users, with fantastic savings to boot. For a limited time, TNW readers can take 25 percent off the price of the Titan Travel Micro USB Cable, built with industrial-grade cabling and designed to never tangle.

Take your Titan Travel Micro USB Cable anywhere, and keep your Android connected wherever you desire. Fully extending to 19 inches, you can twist, bend and contort your Titan cable any way you see fit, with guaranteed full functionality.

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This cute little robot can teach your kid (and you) how to code

Teaching kids to code is probably something that will be part of school curriculum in the not-so-distant future or at least it should be. Being able to code is an invaluable skill and learning at a young age leaves time for ample discovery and exploration.

However, as anyone who has ever tried to teach a kid something that requires a decent amount of concentration knows, it’s no easy feat. Luckily, there are a number of toys and games to help make the process more engaging. The newest of these is Root – a small robot created by a team of researchers at Harvard that can teach anyone from a five-year-old to an adult how to code.

So how does it work? Root can be programmed for coders of all levels, including adults. You can use simple graphical icons or a basic coding language and move on to Javascript when the time’s right, so it’s not the kind of device that’s useless once you’ve mastered the task.

Controlled via an accompanying app, you can utilize Root’s array of sensors and magnetic panels to drive up walls or along whiteboards to make colourful images with a little pen that pops out on the underside. It also has a touch-sensitive bumper, which is handy in the early days. As well as drawing, Root can be programmed to make sounds and music.

The device has the flexibility and adaptability to be as complex or as simple as the coding and it’s that combination that should make it easier for kids or anyone keen to learn coding to get hooked.

The aim of the team who created Root is really to bring the device to schools. They want to see a Root in every classroom around the world and reckon its possible given that schools already have whiteboards and tablets at their disposals and the device can be used from Kindergarten to final year students so it’s cost effective in that sense.

They see coding as something that’s often viewed as abstract to the world with no real meaning when you’re a kid. However, by putting little robots with flashing lights and sounds in front of kids at a young age, it can help bring coding to life.

The approach to how the device runs is based on the idea that children are taught to understand consequences from a very young age by their parents and when they start school. Once they understand the concept, they know if they do one thing – another thing is likely to happen as a result. The same principles are applied to how the app lets them program the robot to begin with so it’s about robot behaviour.

Root isn’t available to buy commercially yet but you can reserve one for $199 now and the creators say it will be ready to ship “early next year” and interested schools can contact the team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University.