The Star Trek Phaser Universal Remote Control. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Now at last we can Trekkie our family into submission with the press of a button. Zap, there goes Desperate Housewives. Zap, bye-bye American Idol. And with sound effects too? Oh the power and the glory, Jim. What a shame it’s sold out – bring it back, bring it back. $69.95.  The Star Trek Original Series Phaser Universal Remote Control features: Total remote control for all of your electronic entertainment…

The 3 in 1 Stroller converts from a conventional 3 wheel stroller to a push cycle to a tricycle as your child grows and needs change. We just like the pretty yellow colour really, never mind all this investment for the future nonsense. $199.95.  Unlike traditional children’s vehicles, this versatile model grows with your child by easily converting from a secure, comfortable baby stroller to a parent-assisted three-wheeler to a fully independent tricycle. This durable vehicle is crafted from tough…

The Cell Sensor electromagnetic field detector will let you know if you’re in danger of frying your body in an over-abundance of electrical radiation. The type of stuff that comes from phones, computers, televisions and just about everything fun that we own. It’s a tough life… $39.95.  The compact meter is ideal for detecting both Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) and Radio Frequency (RF) radiation. Easy-to-read analog meter (registering mW/cm2 for RF and milliGauss for EMF), flashing LED and audio alarm make it…

The Tune-In Bed incorporates two built in 4” speakers, a control panel with volume and input controls and a little pocket into which you can slide your jigsaw puzzle. What? Oh OK – sigh – your iPod. Yes it’s the biggest iPod dock in the world. If you don’t count the airplane, car, space shuttle and asteroid that are probably also being marketed as such at this very moment. Sheesh! Priced from $699.00.  Two 4” built-in stereo speakers and a control panel…

The Teac RX-1DAB Radio features a flat panel NXT speaker which is supposed to make it a wafer thin radio which you can hang on your wall. We’re not so sure. Anyway from the front it certainly looks the part, so good on the designers we say.   Honeycomb one-panel stereo NXT speaker • DAB (Band-III)/FM tuner • Output power: 7.5W x2 • 25mm NXT Exciter x 4 • LCD display • Digital clock, Timer-on, sleep timer • Audio Input…

The R/C Fork-Lift Truck actually looks as though it could be a bit of fun when you’re bored out of your skull on a grey Monday afternoon. Scooting around picking up improbably shaped items just appeals to the magpie in me, especially since I used to drive one of these puppies for real in my college vacations back in the day. Yah-hoo! $23.90 inc batteries.  You may never have chance to drive the forklift in your real life, but you…

The R2D2 Trashcan is undoubtedly the coolest repository for your rubbish you’ll find. OK, so George Lucas is spinning in his grave [he’s not dead – Ed] and C3PO is now a carpet cleaner, but go with the flow. We need your help Obi Wan….$149.99.  This stylish trash receptacle is imported from Japan and is an incredibly detailed replica of R2-D2. Step on R2’s center “foot” and his dome swings wide to collect your expired TPS reports and leftover wookie…

The Time Table is a digital clock that dreams of holding your dinner, magazines, toys and other chattels. Look at me, I may seem like a clock but really I’m not. I’m a table. Honestly. No don’t walk away…  The entire top surface of the Time Table is a digital clock. The glowing digit segments are made of electro-luminescent film, which accounts for the thinness of the structure (6cm). The electronics include an alarm, and a timer to switch the light off…

The HTM1010 iViewer offers four channel multi-media streaming over the airwaves to your television set from iPod, digicam, PSP or whatever. The fact that it comes from Homer Technology should not worry you one bit. No sirree! Duh! Priced at $69.95. Tags: wireless+streamer, television

Light aircraft maker LoPresti has announced that it will be using the Apple iPod as the flight data recorder – otherwise known as the ‘black box’ – on its Fury aircraft. The white box – doesn’t sound right does it? – will apparently store 500 hours of flight data. iTunes at 10,000 feet sounds groovy,  but surely there’s going to be a slight problem with robustness if you need to recover one for a crash analysis? Aren’t real black boxes suppose to survive fire,…

This $11,000 Swarovski encrusted hairdryer is apparently only available in Hong Kong. ‘Nuff said? Tags: hair+dryer