The Pool Protector Alarm alerts you if someone or something falls into your pool when you’re not looking. Kids, animals, the occasional drunk burglar. That sort of thing. It triggers a pulsating alarm and a signal on a remote receiver which operates up to 200 feet away. The 9V battery lasts a year in normal use and you can set a sleep mode for when you want to go swimming without ear ache. $139.95.  The POOLPROTECTOR pool alarm is the…

Swami Conversational Robot. First the bad news. You’ll need $75,000.00. Now the good news. Um…there isn’t any. OK, there is a bit. It’s a pretty advanced animatronic robot head which can recognize family members, carry on conversations and even answer questions (as long as they’re pretty basic we assume). Runs off a laptop and uses 30 robotic motors to do all the clever stuff. But did we mention the price? Ahh, OK then.  The OMG factor on this dude is off…

Furutech DFV-1 LP Flattener. Slot in your vinyl LP, clamp together, switch on heater function and presto, no more warped album. No it won’t get rid of those nasty scratches, waddya want, blood? Anyway, we applaud the tech but feel compelled to ask, ‘Where were you when we had that massive Bee Gees collection back in the day, people?’ Followed up by – ‘$1,480.00? You’re kidding, right?’ [via Crunchgear]  Every vinyl enthusiast has records in their collection, or come across LPs they’d love to own, but were just…

Thummer. Now here’s an interesting little music synthesizer which is based around a button and joystick motif. Press buttons and wiggle the joysticks to give the sounds more emotional impact (i.e. bendy). The videos show off some of the potential nicely, although it’s clear that the sound samples will need to be top class to make this instrument happen properly. They’re looking for investment apparently, so nothing available for sale just yet.  A musician playing a piano-style keyboard controller can…