The Hornet Deer Repeller. I so need one of these to help with the animals on our West London roads. $59.95. ‘The Hornet Deer Avoidance Device is a precision tuned sonic generator which produces a high pitched, directional sonic wave. When this wave is reflected from the road surface of a moving vehicle, a virtual sonic echo effect is produced. This sonic wave alerts deer and most other animals to the approaching vehicle giving the animal has sufficient warning that…

The Airchair. A sort of hydrofoil solo ski. And you can surf on them as well. Zowee!

The Airchair. A sort of hydrofoil solo ski. And you can surf on them as well. Zowee!

I don’t care how low tech it is, anything that makes shelling hard boiled eggs easier gets my vote. The Eggstractor – ‘Peel a hard boiled egg in seconds.’ $9.95.

The EuroCard Executive. A green camouflage credit card holder makes sense, doesn’t it? Yeah, of course it does. After all, it’s a jungle out there, people! Perfect for use with palm fringed ATM machines beside waterfalls.

POWERbreathe – …’is a revolutionary and versatile inspiratory muscle trainer, researched and developed by leading scientists from Birmingham and Loughborough Universities. POWERbreathe� is scientifically proven to improve one of the most important components in our daily life – breathing…By breathing in through POWERbreathe� for just 30 breaths twice daily, your inspiratory muscles (the muscles we use to breathe in) will work harder – thereby increasing their strength and endurance.’

Clean Up! Freeware (or rather, donationware) ‘CleanUp! is a powerful and easy-to-use application that removes temporary files created while surfing the web, empties the Recycle Bin, deletes files from your temporary folders and more…You can even instruct CleanUp! to securely delete files making it impossible to retrieve their contents using lower-level disk tools – just another way of protecting your privacy.’

The AutoPilot Talking Road Navigator. What a fab name. Does it work? Who knows? $39.95. ‘Auto Pilot Talking Road Navigator gives you directions by voice so you�ll never get lost again! AutoPilot provides vital travel information that maps just don’t have. It not only tells you distance, time and direction � but also locates more than 80,000 vital driver services near the interstates including food, gas, roadside assistance, the closest hospital, rest areas, malls, motels, campgrounds, attractions and much, much…

Psst! Wanna take a look at the new MSN search engine preview? Well here it is.

The Polar WM41 Weight Management watch. �119.14. The Ferret needs no stinky dieting aids, the Ferret has abs, lots of them. A 20-pack at the last count. ‘- Program function: You can input and monitor your current weight as compared to your target weight – A Program Diary where you can view your exercise calories for the last 26 consecutive weeks and compare them to your weekly target – View your automatically saved calorie intake for the last 14 consecutive…

The Gembird EMIC-USB is a one button voice email microphone. �29.95. ‘The easiest way to record and send the music or sound by E-mail -Just one button does all the job � records the message and attaches it to the E-mail ready to be sent -Short-time and long-time recording buttons -Powerful MP3 sound compression -Computer interface via USB port � does not require soundcard’

The perfect present for that over achiever in your life – the Rat Race Clock. $21.99. ‘This clock is unlike any other — It features a gray rat on an industrial treadmill. Once every minute, the mechanical rat begins run. [sic] The wheel is connected to an intricate series of 12 gears — So when the rat wheel goes around, it makes the clock’s minute hand move 1-minute forward…And here’s the most remarkable thing — the clock itself has no…

I suspect that what would be even more useful than a Touchless Trashcan, would be Touchless Trash. However I could be wrong. $99.95. ‘The Touchless Trashcan uses patented invisible harmless infrared technology. Place hand or debris about 6 inches away from the infrared sensor near the lid. It will open instantly when you approach and will close automatically in 3-second after debris has been released and hand moves away.’

When is an iPod not an iPod? When it’s a translator, or course. The Talking Panda software program – iPod, therefore I translate. ‘Designed for the iPod, it�s stocked with over three hundred essential words and phrases of the language you want to speak, organized for instant access. Download and install the program right now and begin your adventure abroad. Instant fluency available in French, Spanish, and Japanese for $10 per language.’

The Quantum Warp 10. ‘The WARP 10 is a high intensity, portable LED unit intended for the treatment of chronic pain by emitting energy in the near-IR spectrum for the temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain. This includes arthritis and muscle spasms, relieving stiffness, promoting relaxation of muscle tissue, and to temporarily increase local blood circulation where applied.’