Get rid of unwanted callers with the gotta-go excuses machine

You've got to love mobile phones with their silencing powers and information displaying screens, relaying caller ID information to us. Alas, this luxury doesn't extend to the bog standard house phone. Don't you just hate it when you pick up the phone and it's an over talkative family member or even worse, someone who hasn't taken the hint to lose your phone number over the months/years. Forget making scratchy static noises into the phone to get rid of unwanted callers, what you need is the Gotta-Go Excuses Machine.

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Posted by Lucy Hedges on August 5, 2008 8:00 PM in Accessories| Gadgets
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The tranquil sounds oxygen bar for stress removal

If you've never been to an oxygen bar, this is your chance to experience the tranquil, relaxing (this is questionable) and costly effects of inhaling the stuff you breathe in every day of your lives (except this O2 has *a lot* less pollution). Designed to lower stress levels, the Tranquil Sounds Oxygen Bar feeds your brain with oxygen and music, leaving you to lie back, relax your mind and think about all the things that have made you succumb to an oxygen bar in the first place.

You're provided with a very generous four songs that will no doubt grow tiresome and grate after the first few plays. What if you're so stressed you need your oxygen fix daily? That's the same four songs played at least 20 times in one week!

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Posted by Lucy Hedges on July 30, 2008 5:00 PM in Gadgets| Health & Sport
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Spy in style

With the amount of spy gadgets available right now, the streets must be full of 007 wannabes, or extremely distrustful beings. The SpySpecs are great, but if glasses aren't part of your daily/regular routine, you're raison d'être for sporting thick rimmed glasses had better be believable. The Spy Sunglasses are a much more believable and effortless spying appliance (albeit not as gadgety). The sun's out (and hopefully there it stays) so you won't look out of place and therefore won't face a 'why are you wearing glasses?' interrogation. Wear them in the peak of winter though, and you'll be fooling absolutely no one.

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Posted by Lucy Hedges on July 29, 2008 4:00 PM in Gadgets
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Mijam Air Drummer designed for jammin'

Fancy yourself as a master of rhythm? The Mijam Air Drummer will be the perfect audio accessory if you do. Who needs a full drum kit to bang on when you've got this drum kit simulator to recreate the snare, tom or cymbal with motion sensitive drumsticks. It'll be like holding your very own concert. Even the base is covered, with a wireless bass drum pedal that'll apply the finishing touches to the rhythm and sound.

It would appear the air guitar might have met its match. They both include some element of simulation, and if you can't afford the £49.99 price tag, who's to say you can't imitate banging on drums anyway.

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Posted by Lucy Hedges on July 25, 2008 10:00 PM in Accessories| Gadgets
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Copy your VHS videos and tapes before it's too late

Some of us find it really hard to let go of our VHS and audio tapes, filled with all those old skool memories and movie greats such as Bird on a Wire, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead and the many, many Channel 4 recordings from the early 90s. It's been brought to our attention a VHS eating mould is attacking videos and tapes up and down the country, destroying all your precious music and video favourites, rendering them unplayable. Although, it's more than likely this is a PR ploy designed to make their VHS and audio tape copying product - the Pinnacle Dazzle Video Recorder - sound more useful and appealing.

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Posted by Lucy Hedges on July 24, 2008 7:00 PM in Gadgets
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Put a stop to sun burnt arms/legs/face with your own exposure timer

Not applying enough sun cream and getting burned, or applying layers of the stuff and still getting burned, are common occurrences amongst tan-hungry holiday goers. At the rate we're going, it seems we're *never* going to learn and say 'stop' when we know we've been exposed to too much sun. All of this could change however, if you're willing to fork out a mere $14.95 USD for your very own Personal UV Monitor with Exposure Timer.

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Posted by Lucy Hedges on July 22, 2008 10:00 PM in Accessories| Gadgets
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Add some pizzazz to your travel adaptor

Is there any gadget out there that hasn't been given a pink makeover? Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be anything else that hasn't already been festooned in this pretty colour, along comes the Pink World Travel Adaptor, in all its pinky greatness. You have to rearrange the parts of the adaptor in order for it to work in sockets in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. You're also provided with a USB port for all your USB gadgets. Sounds like a handy holiday companion for any keen traveller.

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Posted by Lucy Hedges on July 22, 2008 3:00 PM in Accessories| Gadgets
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