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nPower Peg Charges While You Walk

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A lot of energy we use while going about our daily lives is wasted. When we charge up our phones and iPods we have to pay for the energy we use.

nPower has come up with their nPower PEG (Power Energy Generator) which offers a bridge between the two activities. All you do is pop the PEG in your backpack as you’re walking around, and the kinetic energy you generate charges up the battery inside it. You can then plug the PEG into your phone or iPod and let the juice flow.

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World’s First Fully Glow in the Dark Memory Stick?

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We’re pretty sure memory sticks exist that have parts of them that glow in the dark, but MyZipZip, a company specialising in brick-shaped memory sticks, has come up what we think is the first fully glow in the dark one. Styled like a LEGO brick (although the designers claim it isn’t…), every last inch of the stick glows in the dark when the case is on.

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Crossley Radio Memory Master Converts Vinyl and Cassette to DVD Without Wires or Computer

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We’ve had 35mm slide to digital, VHS to DVD, and now it’s time for another vinyl to CD converter – yes, we love our analog to digital converters! This is another turntable to CD converter, similar to the ION iProfile turntable we reviewed last year, – the Crosley Radio Memory Master II (product code CR2413A-BK).

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Atari Greatest Hits – Ultimate Collector’s Games

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Most people would agree that games today, no matter how good the graphics or how realistic the plot, just can’t compete with playing some of the original classics. Luckily the people at Atari have heard our cries, and released their “Greatest Hits” for Nintendo DS

We hardly need to explain what the games are, all you need to know is that the game comes packed with 41 of their best games from the Atari 2600 and their 9 top arcade games. No expense has been spared – even Pong is included in the set!

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Suitcase Gets Confused – Pretends to be Chair/Speaker System/Mobile Office

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Fed up waiting for your baggage to come round after a flight? Fed up of having to pay extra for baggage on budget airlines? The TRIP by TravelTeq might be the solution. The TRIP is designed to fit perfectly into the overhead compartments on a flight, and at the same time maximize the amount of your stuff you can pack in. But that’s not the only trick up its sleeve…

The TRIP becomes everything you want it to be. It starts life folded flat, for storage purposes in your house. When you want to use it, simply play around with a few zips and you have a solid suitcase. Pack it up with stuff and head off to the airport.

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World First – Snow Goggles with GPS and Feature-Packed HUD from Recon

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Recon Instruments have announced their fancy new GPS goggles with head-mounted display – a world first. The real time-tracking inside the goggles allows you to see loads of different stats no matter where you are or what you’re doing.

Built primarily for use on the ski slopes, Recon Instrument’s goggles allow you to see your speed (both velocity of movement and downhill speed), temperature, and all the stats you could want to know about your current location in the world; everything from altitude to co-ordinates to elevation is covered. Hitting the ‘TrueStats’ button will let you bring all this up, and won’t distract you when you’re on the slopes.

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You Rock Guitar Takes Guitar Hero to the Next Level

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The You Rock Guitar is the perfect gizmo for bridging the gap between real music and rhythm gaming such as Guitar Hero. Here we have the most realistic guitar on the market that is compatible with the likes of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, with lots of other features including MIDI output.

The You Rock Guitar is compatible with a huge range of devices – Mac, PC, PS3 and Wii, and has outputs for USB and MIDI; an amp can easily be connected. It has 25 different types of guitars built-in, which will never need tuning, and can be used to create the perfect gaming experience.

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Wild Science Ant-O-Sphere – Perfect Gift for Your Child, or You?

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Most kids go through an insect phase at some point in their lives. If your child is going through this at the moment, it might be time to get them their own ‘Ant-O-Sphere’.

This contraption allows the easy viewing of ants in their natural form (but far from their natural habitat!) through magnification windows built into it. The ants can run around their playground and you child can look on fascinated.

It’s age 6+, but we promise we won’t tell if you’re really buying it for yourself…

Buy now!
Price: $34.95
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Microsoft’s ‘Bendy’ Arc Touch Mouse is Comfortable and Portable

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Microsoft’s Arc Touch Mouse looks more like something Apple should be producing (except in white, of course). The key selling point is the flexibility – the mouse comes flat, and to switch it on you squeeze the mouse into an arc shape. Scrolling is by touch, so you can flick and whizz around webpages and documents in seconds.

Each movement you make on the touch-enabled scroll surface can do different things according to applications making it more versatile that an ordinary mouse. BlueTrack technology means you can use this mouse almost anywhere too.

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The Herman Miller SAYL – the Perfect Computer Chair?

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If you’ve got some spare cash knocking around that you feel would be well spent on making your study/office a bit more comfortable we suggest you try out the SAYL chair by Herman Miller.

This chair might look normal enough at first glance, but in fact the chair’s design was inspired by the suspension engineering on the Golden Gate Bridge. It claims to give you the ‘freest’ experience of sitting that you could hope for.

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