The Logisys FP 800 Remote Multifunction Control Panel. We can honestly think of few things so exciting as the ability to boot our computer from the other side of the room with this wireless remote control dashboard panel. Think about it, no more scuttling out of bed in freezing apartments to fire up the box for the pre-breakfast World of Warcraft session. Just boot from under the covers! And groovy cool blue dials too? Awesome. $34.99.  Logisys has innovated this…

The HAL 9000 Memory Unit. Oh boy at last, a chance to live out our wildest Space Odyssey fantasies in the privacy of our own sofa room. Inserting and removing 1 GB of HAL’s USB memory over and over again, while listening to an MP3 of his final moments. Bliss doesn’t come any better than this, does it? $69.99. “Daisy, Daisy….”  HAL was created in 1992 at the HAL plant in Illinois… then had some minor “issues” during a 2001 space mission. Subsequently…

The Sports Utility Watch. So waddya think, is this the ugliest multi-function watch of all time? Or just the clunkiest? But hey, it’s got an analogue compass and temperature gauge on board, as well as a chronograph and calendar and it’s made of ‘space age’ Titanium, so who’s to say that it won’t make someone a lovely wife? $149.95.  That’s why we call it the SUW -sport utility Watch. It’s as durable as a real SUV, and its design is unlike…

The Weber Portable Fire Pit. Why fiddle about with rubbing twigs together, or using coke cans and chocolate, when you can pitch up with your handy pack-a-back propane powered campfire and start singin’ those ole cowboy songs straight away? There’s a time and place for nostalgia, son, and a freezin’ night on the prairie probably ain’t it. Or does a $549.95 price and a vague sense of ecological unease say otherwise?  The fire pit starts easily with a simple push-button…

Man, a custom made Plasma Waterfall Fountain has got to be the coolest way ever to get wet indoors. Or electrocuted. Whatever…hook up the media player of choice and watch Waterworld as it was meant to be enjoyed.  Note our capability to build waterfalls with plasma screen back drops. This is an excellent way to call attention to your display and present an energized verbal and visual message by simply connecting a DVD player or other video source. It is…

The Head Spa Massager. Looking like some small town theatre company stage prop from Star Wars The Musical, this puppy promises to relieve your tension by making you laugh hysterically…what? Ah. Sorry. By stimulating your blood circulation and stuff. $49.95.  This patented Italian design incorporates Japanese engineering and utilizes acupressure to relax and soothe your problems away. It’s like thousands of tiny fingers simultaneously massaging your scalp. Simply place our Brain Spa Head Massager on your head and feel the tension miraculously leave your…

La Valetta Brass Sundial. Now this is what I call a real timepiece. A man’s timepiece. No metrosexual ambiguity here with it’s integrated compass, wooden case and solid shiny heft. Oh no! £26.99.  Measure time like the seafarers and discoverers of yesteryear.Using this sundial made from solid brass – with the integrated compass, you can determine the latitude and the shadow of the hand falls on the dial. Delivered in a real wood case with brass fittings.

The Radio Duck. OK, is someone taking the mick here? Eh? USB ducks, designer ducks, disco ducks, LED ducks, ambient ducks…and now this. AM/FM with a tuning knob tail. Somewhere, someone is laughing very loudly indeed. £9.99.  Now you can jazz up your bath time with this cool radio duck. Lie back and soak up the tunes in AM or FM. Twiddle his tail to tune into your favourite stations and push his wing to select AM or FM. You will…

Water Quality Checker. Happy face = nice water. Sad face = nasty water. Doesn’t get much easier than that, does it? Your stomach may thank you for being uber paranoid one day. Not to mention your bowels. $29.95.  Keep your family safe and healthy by checking the purity of their drinking water. With our Water Checker, you’ll be able to actually monitor the quality of the water in one easy step. Simply place a drop of the water to be…

The Floating Radio. Can’t say we’re much into pool parties here in sunny London, but this floating radio sounds like just the thing if you’re LA. Or you’ve got a. Very. Large. Bathtub. $19.95

The Power Plate is apparently the hottest thing to hit the ‘get fit, get skinny’ brigade since the invention of  low fat celery. You stand or squat on the thing and it jiggles your important little bits to strengthen, tone and build up muscles. Cost yer £2,599.00 for the privilege, but it must be tax deductible somehow, shirley?  The special vibrating platform stretches the muscles, which activate Tonic Vibration Reflexes. Because the Power-Plate vibrates at 30 to 50 times per second,…

The Elecom LAN Finder. Yes it’s a Wi-Fi finder, and yes it’s a USB plug. But no it’s not a flash drive, the USB is used to charge the unit up. Wasted opportunity or failure of miniature design? Your call. Around $106.00/12600 Yen.

My Photo Booth Camera. What’s really weird about Polaroid is that you write them off, cast them aside as a bankrupt technology and generally treat them like dirt, and back they come, ready for more. Time and time again. So here we are with a delightful little plaything dear reader, an instant buddy sharing camera. Kind of Peer to Peer really. £44.95.   The My Photo Booth camera has a mirror below the camera lens, just like a real photo…

The Sanyo Music Oven. Nah, they’re kidding right? They don’t mean a combi audio-sizzler unit do they? Nah. That remote control is for something else entirely. Tell me it’s for something else. Please. Around $2500.00.

The Carbon Chassis Velocipede. Apparently this is the world’s first carbon fibre velomobile. Me, I just like the colour. That splash of yellow, mind you, will cost ya an eye watering $13,999.95, so don’t wait up dear.  The interior has a recumbent seat with variable longitudinal pedal geometry for a customized fit that maximizes comfort and pedal power efficiency. A Shimano derailleur and SRAM Gripshift Rocket shifter on the hand control allows smooth, shudder-free shifting. The velomobile has a headlight,…