Here’s the surreal Waynes World product of the year. The Flowbee Precision Haircutting System – ‘Home haircutting device that attaches to almost any vacuum for a quick, safe and stylish haircut.’

Ooh look. The La Scala jacuzzi bathtub comes complete with whirlpool, 10 adjustable jets, floating remote control, 43″ flat screen, surround sound DVD movie system, CD/FM radio, underwater lighting so you can keep tabs on your important little places and side by side ergonomic loungers to share those romantic Titanic moments. Hmm, scrummy. Er…can anyone lend me a big enough bathroom and $29,870.00?

‘The Implantable Miniature Telescope is a micro-sized precision telescopic device, which has been developed to provide improved vision and quality of life for individuals with moderate to severe vision loss caused by dysfunction of the macula, a specialized area of the retina that is responsible for detailed central vision.’ And in other news, scientists have apparently grown artificial corneas using partially blind pigs. ‘CORNEAS have successfully been grown around protein and plastic scaffolds planted into the eyes of partially blind…

The super cool looking Samsung Crubo (aka VC-RP30W) robot vacuum cleaner comes with a couple of very interesting extras. One, you can control it remotely from a Web browser and secondly it has an integrated web camera so you can use it as a sort of steerable security monitoring device when you’re out of the house. Got a touch of the flattened Dalek about it, I have to say.

Acme Vapourware – ‘Yesterday’s technology tomorrow.’ Featured above, the ‘TIV-34 Slauson Vacuum De-Assist BACKNozzle forTorpomotor and PAXvac Recidivistic System’. Equipped with unique and deadly Flo-Stop device.

Forget about robot vacuum cleaners – trendy trash. I’d rather just have a Westinghouse Unplugged cordless bag-less upright. Now who’s sad?

Apparently these things have been around for a while, but I only just stumbled across one the other day at a local computer fair. The Netac USB UCF card, a Compact Flash card with in-built USB socket. Needs larger capacities to make it really shine. More here. Around �60.00 at the fair.

Wow, the University of Washington runs a course called the ‘Ethnography of on-line role-playing games’ which requires you to buy and sign up for the Everquest online game. Now that’s what I call education!

No but seriously, why exactly would you want to build a Boeing 737 flight simulation pod in your garage? Unless you have some spectacularly empty weekends to hand? Sour grapes alert!

Got a spoiled brat of a kid? Then why not go all out this year and put something spectacular under the 90 foot Xmas tree (like an outdoor ice skating rink)? This CNN Money article looks at Gifts for Kids who Have it All. [via madville]

The Netac USB-CF multifunction CompactFlash card is cool because it contains an integral mini USB socket. This means that you can access it directly with your PC without having to plug it into an adapter or special slot. Capacities range from 32MB to 256MB but no word on pricing as yet. [via gizmodo]

This CNET report reveals how a small start up company in the US is trying to develop technology to prevent people taping movies in cinemas using their camcorders. Erm…and just how many people do that? And how pitifully naff is the result? Hint: Very! What a complete waste of time and money. Oh and the company was set up by one of the people that launched the Divx DVD player technology that failed so spectacularly. Says it all really.

So you have a Series One TiVo but you really need more storage space? Like perhaps 1200 hours of space for those essential televisual spectaculars? Well hurry along, plonk down $99.25 and become the proud owner of a TiVo QuadDrive Board which will let you connect up to 4 hard drives in your box.

Time magazine is suggesting that that the new Roomba, a vacuum cleaner robot that does your housework for you, is revolutionary. More here. I suggest that Electrolux might be a bit miffed since its Trilobite has been on the market for some time. But then again what do I know?

Sony has upgraded it’s rather clever little memory stick mouse – the MSAC-US5 – to a newer version (on the right above), the MSAC-US7. To be honest I can’t tell what the difference is in specification terms, but then again what do I know?