The Plasma Light Bulb. Now you can have some plasma beam goodness anywhere in the house you’ve got a light socket. Go on, spoil yourself and wave your hands over a desk lamp today. $9.95.  The power of plasma is now equipped for any lamp or light. This plasma lightbulb features a base that can be screwed into any standard lamp socket, so you can bring mesmerizing purple plasma beams into any room. The bulb’s rays are drawn to your…

Evesham Sound Stage X1. Tell you what Jack, let’s forget about convention and go for something completely different. We’ll embed a full blown audio system with a 50W sub-woofer and 7 ancillary speakers inside a television stand. There, that’ll show ‘em. £299.98.  The Evesham Sound Stage X1 accommodates a flat-panel or big-screen TV and comes with a built-in audio system that’s pre-wired and ready to use right out the box. Its special sound processor and amplifier team together with nine…

The ChronoArt II is a wall clock. That is, it’s a piece of LED powered, pattern shifting art that masquerades as a timepiece. The problem is that it’s almost impossible to read, at least to this reporter’s eyes. That above is supposed to be 12.59 for example. Really? $199.00 plus shipping.  The time is the quantity of lights lit in each group. The left grouping of 12 dots is the hour. The upper right is the 10’s of minutes. In…

Locca Access is a wireless door key which unlatches your door from up to 50 metres away when you’re staggering in with an armful of shopping. And real lazy bones can even let their friends and family in without getting up from the couch and American Idol. Bliss eh? Priced from around £149.00 for the full kit, including two ‘keys’.  What happens if there is a power cut? The Locca systems have a rechargeable battery in the Locca receiver, which ensures the…

SkyKap GPS Golfing Advisor. A GPS enabled, voice activated golfing aid in your cap or visor. Say ‘advisor distance’ and receive information on the distance to the pin and stuff like that. The more high tech golf becomes, the more you realise that this stuff will never make you a better golfer, just a poorer one.   ADVISOR, a hands free, voice activated microcomputer GPS system is completely contained in the brim of a normal golf hat! With fantastic technology the ground breaking ADVISOR, with personal…

The Lifetimer is a clever little interactive clock that you program with information about your life. Just put in the date of your next holiday, when you first started going out with your partner, things like that. The timers will then count down or up to give you a fun reading of where you are at any one time. Just press one of the buttons on the facia and get a readout. Hey, it’s better than yet another desktop weather…

The USB Micro Drive Reader is being marketed as the world’s smallest MicroSD reader, and from the images it sure looks like it qualifies. It’s obviously USB 2.0 and all that, but the big question is, can it fit unobtrusively up your nose and not look out of place? Why? Why not? $14.00.  USB Micro Drive for MicroSD (T-Flash) is a tiny card reader which direct read and write MicroSD/T-Flash memory card. It turns your flash card into a Pen…

Compass Digital 1000 GPS Sneakers. The first sneakers in the world to contain a ‘Covert Alarm Locator Apparatus’ in the form of a tiny GPS chip. This chip not only acts as a location beacon to help people find you (or your sneakers) but can also monitor heart rate, speed and body temperature. The sneakers also have a wireless Bluetooth mic and speaker embedded, so you can call for help or otherwise look rather strange talking to your shoes. Goodness…

Homedics Sqush Neck Massager. Designed to give a two speed pulsing neck and shoulder massage. So it’s really kind of a partner replacer. Not so good looking maybe, but a lot more reliable as long as the batteries aren’t flat. $19.99.  Our neck and shoulder massager conveniently shapes to your body for the most relaxing vibrational masssage ever experienced. The SQUSH micropedic neck cushion is padded with thousands of micropedic beads for your ultimate comfort. Tags: massage, electronic+massager

The USB Panda Web Cam. What a marvel of modern engineering that we can now embed a full blown VGA web cam inside a member of an endangered species like this. And without having a long term environmental impact too. What? Ah….right. So apparently it’s not a real bear, and doesn’t require acres of bamboo shoots as fodder in order to survive and thrive. Phew, who’d a guessed? $24.00.  Hello! Everybody! I am a cutie panda and there is a…

Install the Vehicle Safeguard Camera System in your car and rest easy that the next time you have an accident, the details will be recorded on an SD card for use with the insurance company and/or police department. Well, as long as you’re hit or you hit in the direction the lens is facing of course. And it doesn’t all happen at night. $79.95.  Record the conditions of the road, weather, and traffic directly from your dashboard. Supply objective and…

The Football Extension Lead is one of two novelty power strips (the other is shaped like a row of lemons) which are actually a bit of a mystery. What’s the point? Do they want to put the fun back into electricity? Have they suddenly worked out that footballers are power mad? What? £4.97.   • 1.5m novelty extension lead, ideal for angled plugs • 4 self closing socket covers protect against dust • Illuminated on/off switch Tags: novelty+electronics, power+strip

The VOCO Clock is a normal looking clock, except that the alarm is made up of 50 hilarious phrases as recorded by UK actor Stephen Fry, all spoken in the manner of a perfect English butler. You know the kind of thing – ‘the world has been very anxious to hear from you for the last 8 hours, sir…’ Cracking good idea, what, and the bally thing will set you back just £25.95 plus shipping. Listen to the demo alarms to get a…

The FUNKit Animated DJ iPod Dock. A dancing iPod dock? What next, belly dancing robots? £79.99.  The FUNKit Animated DJ speaker system is an officially licensed Apple iPod Docking Station, which reacts to your iPod’s music with dynamic dancing animation and record scratching. Working with all iPod’s models, it dances, flashes and speaks random DJ catchphrases. A high-quality dock, the FUNKit features stereo Altec Lansing speakers, the ability to plug it into other hi-fi units and a USB port. Powered…

Qpe Wireless VoIP Phone. Gotta say that there’s something kind of appealing about this VoIP handset. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s just a simple two piece, no fancy frills, clunky boxes or whatever. Or maybe it’s the fact that it works with Skype, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger et al. Whatever. Priced at £24.98.   Unique, stylish wireless phone for use with all of the popular VoIP service providers and applications that provide PC to PC, PC to phone & phone to PC communication Compatible with Skype™, MSN…