Things that go ‘boo’ in the night!
The USB Rock Star. Dancing and gyrating in time to your music? Priceless! In this case literally. [Thanks Robin] If you truly want to get back at your coworkers, plug the USB Rock Star into your systems USB port and crank up the Britney Spears. The little Elvis like man will gyrate and dance in time to your music and generally annoy everyone in proximity to you. Compatible with Windows XP and uses Windows Media player. The device also has…
Tamagotchi 3 Connexions. More intelligent, plus networking via infrared? Oh good grief! £12.95/$24.10. More importantly, Tamagotchi Connexions can interact with fellow pets over a nifty infrared connection. This means your pets can exchange gifts, play games, ‘court’ each other, get married and even have babies! The level of interaction is truly impressive – if you hold two of the pets near each other, one will leap into the other screen and give flowers. Altogether now, aahh.
The Doggie Driver dog exerciser. Man, canine and golf club in perfect harmony. Thump that ball over 100 yards for your pooch to fetch. Just remember to putt the mutt whenever you can. $29.99. After making sure that your canine friend is out of the way, swing the Doggie Driver like a standard golf club, with a full and even follow through. The ball will fly out in the desired direction for your pet to retrieve. You won’t need to touch the dirty,…
The Zeon Tech Solsuno looks like one of those watches that are designed to keep you confused for hours…if only you could tell. Apparently you can monitor the sun every hour too. Which must be nice. If you’re a ripening vegetable. $159.95. A 21st century LED icon, the solSuno is a precision electronic design using colours and lights to indicate time. Rotations of lights are represented in this timepiece so you can monitor the SUN inside your watch every hour,…
The Ferret has a soft spot for Sports Car DVD Players. Probably because it is such a genuinely naff match up. �64.00. Rush now to secure your model! The DVD tray ejects from the front of the car and the display can be viewed in the windscreen. There is optical and svideo output in addition to the av output at the rear. It even has a pair of hi-bright LEDs for headlights which double up as a lamp and operated…
The Kerela Trance Ladies Binary Watch. Perfect for the geek lady in your life – yet another timepiece that you can’t easily read. She’ll love it. Honest. $199.00. Featuring 10 red leds on a square lavender screen with a light grid layout. Distinctive squared case and caseback crafted in stainless steel; complimented by a comfortable lavender leather strap with accent stitch. This futuristic watch is guaranteed to turn heads and destined to become a coveted collectible.
The Cordless Bugs Bunny Phone. So now it’s not enough that you have novelty phones, now they have to be cordless? Well good luck tripping over discarded teddies and handsets, eh? $69.95. Bugs Bunny talks and moves when the phone rings. Bugs stands on film cans and reel with colorful graphics. Use the demonstration button to see the show. Bugs says various custom phrases in his original voice:
The PrimeFoto digital camera to CD burner and memory card reader. Clearly not as flexible as a full-blown PC, but you can suspect that this type of simple digicam to CD tool will be a hit with Mr and Mrs Can’t Be Bothered with Tech Today. $249.00. The PrimeFoto can be attached to a television for use, or as a standalone CD burner for archiving photos and creating slideshows for playback in DVD players. While the unit is connected to the…
The Asus WL-330 Pocket Wireless Access Point. A remarkable product only insofar as it is a combination coffee maker as well as a 802.11b device. Nah, just kidding. Small and light; inexpensive; dual access point/adapter functionality; tiny AC adapter. The Asus WL-330 is inexpensive and can create a wireless network anywhere there’s a broadband connection
Dive Optx.Stick on reading glasses for scuba divers. Well since you asked, you never know what you’re going to find to read down below. Hopefully something that’ll even say doubloon in large friendly letters. €33.00 a pack. DIVEOPTX stick-on reading lenses for dive masks allow divers a quick and economical solution to adding magnification in dive masks. They are like contact lenses for your mask; small, flexible reading lenses that attach easily to the inside of the mask. They stay on…
The Contact Box Cable and Charger Tidy. Now here’s a reassuringly ugly product from the land of stripped pine and Volvos. A box with holes in it to hide away your gadget cables and chargers. Quick someone hand me a Kellogg packet and a pair of scissors. Around $94.00. Contactboxen – the box that collect and hide chargers and electric cords. You make sure you’ll always find the charger and keep things nice and tidy. The box will also protect children…
The U2o CMC-103 Mobile Power Pack. Ooh, power packs in nice pretty colours. That makes us smile. As does perhaps the 3600 mAh, the 3.7 or 5.0 volt output and the mains, 12V or USB charging. £34.99 not bad. The Mobile Power Pack replaces multiple charging adapters with a hi-capacity, rechargeable lithium-ion battery that allows you to power up your devices multiple times on a single charge. It’s easy to carry and has the flexibility to charge mobile phones, media…
The iBag. Carry around your iPod or music player in…ahem…style with this retro bags with speakers and real working buttons on the front. It’s kind of cool in a red-in-yer-face kind of way, methinks. $49.95. The bags have FM radio built itnot them which is controllable through the outside of the bag. The On/Off, Scan, Volume Up, Volume Down, and Scan buttons all work on the outside of the bag, that is, you press on the Faux buttons of the…
The Jukemaster FM Radio and CD Jukebox. We’ve featured tabletop jukeboxes before, of course. But as far as we can recollect not one that plays MP3 CDs as well as the conventional variety. And cutesy feature award goes to the authentic whirring and crackling ‘needle on record’ sounds that are inbuilt. $269.00. Neat idea. An extraordinary replication of a 1950’s tabletop jukebox, this modern version has captured the look and feel of another era, while concealing today’s technology inside. Multiple…
The USB Hotplate and 4 Port Hub. See, having a USB hub is simply not enough nowadays. It’s got to do stuff. Weird stuff, like heat drinks. Or massage armpits. Or kill roaches. This one’s a doozy though, ain’t it? £13.95 ($25.111). The USB Hotplate isn’t just a hotplate though. It doubles up as a 4-port USB hub, meaning you won’t have to disconnect anything vital to plug it in, and allowing you to use other USB-powered devices at the…
