Slipper Genie Microfiber Slippers
If you know people who seem to be lead-footed and love dragging their feet around instead of walking properly, the Slipper Genie Microfiber Cleaning Slippers would make for the perfect present. This surely takes a whole lot of workload off for the tired housewife as you can help dust your floors by simply walking across them. The fluffy microfiber “fingers” contained under each sole are more than capable of picking up after dust bunnies, dog hair, and dirt. Since there are no hard edges involved, you don’t have to worry about causing damage to your expensive floor. Needless to say, regular cleaning is recommended to maintain its effectiveness - all you need to do is toss them into the washing machine (sans other clothes of course) and you’re good to go. The Slipper Genie Microfiber Cleaning Slippers retails for $9.95 each.
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Fancy freaking mom out with this 5-Foot Animated Frankenstein Monster? This 5′ tall animated figure is inspired by the cinematic version of the Frankenstein monster and is capable of moving its arms, twist its hips, and even offer audio playback via the integrated speaker in its base whenever the internal motion detector is activated. All the neccessary details are there, ranging from his neck bolts, sutured-scars, flat-topped head, prominent brow, hobnail boots, and oversized jacket. Guess plastic surgery back in those days were pretty non-existent eh? Powered by AC power, the 5-Foot Animated Frankenstein Monster will set you back by $199.95.
In the world of handheld consoles that offer far more interactive games than those classic Nintendo Game-n-Watch devices a couple of decades ago, are there any gaming devices out there that can still surpass a video game in terms of keeping the player engrossed? The Time Ball certainly tries and succeeds if but for a while, before the large library of the Nintendo DS Lite crushes it. This electronic game requires you to hit the highest score in half a minute or a full minute as you attempt to make the ball roll over the pluses & minuses that will inadvertently affect your final score. It sounds pretty simple in theory, but the manufacturer has thrown in sound and lights that go faster in order to increase tension in the air. I wonder if a random shaking of the £24.99 Time Ball will be able to net me a high score.
The Kameraflage is an interesting invention that helps add another layer to what the naked eye can see - and this layer of visuals can only be picked up by camera phones. This means a T-shirt could come without any apparent pattern, but snapping a photo of the garmet will reveal a hidden message. Other practical applications include incorporating this in movies, where people who want to view subtitles can always watch it through their phone cameras - although holding up a phone camera and viewing eveything on such a small display will definitely defeat the purpose of going to the movies in the first place. This means Kameraflage-endowed shirts will probably do a whole lot better.
An in-car pollution indicator could soon be available in all vehicles if work by researchers from the University of Manchester is anything to go by. The team has developed a near-infrared diode laser sensor that is sensitive enough to record levels of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane directly from your vehicle’s exhaust. This enables you to know when pollution levels from your vehicle is too high, as well as include dashboard warnings that let you modify your driving style. Sounds like a pretty good invention that helps prevent those with a heavy right foot to go easy on the accelerator more often instead of just burning up more fuel unneccessarily.
It is a well known fact that we humans learn through play, and the Smart Cycle from Fisher Price follows that school of thought. This stationary bike is actually a learning center and an arcade game system all rolled into a singe device. Hook it up to your TV to let your little ones get started straight away. When they start to pedal, different characters will pop up to help them pick up new discoveries, games, and even engage them in races. A quartet of D batteries are required so you might have to use rechargeables for the more economic route. Some of the categories taught include upper and lowercase letters, numbers and counting, spelling, problem-solving, shapes, matching, creativity, motor skills and more. The Smart Cycle can be picked up for a single Benjamin.
I don’t know about you, but I keep on getting my sorry behind whooped in under a minute by those Jap players (man, they’re good!) whenever I fire up Tetris DS on my DS Lite. Instead of playing with someone else across the globe, why not settle sibling rivalry back home with the TV Tetris controller? All you need to do is hook it up to your TV directly and you’re good to go. While the controllers look cute (they resemble the ‘T’ block), it doesn’t look too ergonomic for extended hours of play. The TV Tetris controller set will retail for approximately $38 a pop.