Tengu

If you think of some amusing attempts of lip-syncing in the past few years you’d automatically remember that day in 2005 when Liam Gallagher made no secret of the fact that he was miming his lyrics by walking away from the mike and chewing a chewing gum when he was supposed to be singing.

But if you thought that was bad, wait until you meet Tengu – The USB-powered desktop companion who sits by your computer making different faces according to his mood. Not only that, Tengu lip-syncs to the music you play so it looks like he’s singing.

Tengu’s rectangular face is laden with bright LED’s that respond to any type of sound, so as well as gurning to your favourite music, he’ll also be jabbering along while you type. If you’re really bored and you’ve completely lost the plot you could even have a chat with your new USB friend and he will talk back, although I don’t recommend it!

To turn Tengu on, just gently blow on his face and begin to make some noise. Ok, so it’s all a little bit strange but I guess that’s the idea. Tengu may not be able to warm up your coffee cup, backup files or give your beard a trim, but once you see his little rectangular head pulling dodgy faces and singing at you he’s sure to win you over.

Tengu has over 14 different facial expressions and is guaranteed to cheer you up every time you switch him on. There are obviously more useful ways to use your computers USB ports but If I was given the choice of a memory stick or a singing and gurning plastic rectangle on my desk I know what I’d have to choose. One Tengu please!!!

Soldier Egg Cup

Egg and soldiers? This breakfast offering couldn’t be more fitting when describing the Soldier Egg Cup. Now you can barrage your boiled egg with this brilliantly silly eggy receptacle! It has 3 sword-wielding plastic soldiers protecting your egg from any aerial attack from an unwanted teaspoon!

Okay so the Soldier Egg Cup won’t really fend of uninvited yolk dippers and it won’t even stop you from cracking your egg, but the one thing it will do is bring a smile to your face every morning when it’s holding your egg in position with military precision!

The best thing about the Soldier Egg Cup is that it comes with a Perfect Soldier Cutter. It’s always a pain getting your soldiers cut to precision, but now with the Perfect Soldier Cutter you can do it with ease.

Simply press this revolutionary hand held gadget against your slice of bread and watch in wonder as it creates a series of precisely placed perforations. Once the bread has been toasted you can pop out 5 of your precision perfect platoon and get dipping. These soldiers are extra strong and won’t be snapping on hard boiled eggs because they have sealed edges where the Perfect Soldier Cutter has compressed the edges of the bread.

The Soldier Egg Cup and Perfect Soldier Cutter are perfect for military fanatics or for people who are just fed up of the old Asda Jobby that’s gathering dust in the cupboard. My verdict on the Soldier Egg Cup and Perfect Soldier Cutter – Egg-zellent!

Pleo

Forget about Tamigotchi, wave goodbye to your Robosapien and enter the Jurassic, yet hi tech world of Pleo – the intelligent prehistoric plaything that is documented to be the most sophisticated robotic pet of the millennium!

This cute little Camarasaurus has got to be the most amazing robotic pet we’ve ever seen and is taking the prehistoric world of robotic dinosaurs by storm! The reason being is that every single Pleo is unique! Every time a Pleo is born (or switched on) it begins to develop its own personality and his moods and habits progress depending on how the owner interacts with him.

Unlike any other robotic pet, Pleo reacts organically without the help of any controllers. Pleo’s ultra advanced internal sensory system boasts hundreds of tiny receptors that allow him to move autonomously. Pleo will sniff his surroundings, stamp his feet and he even makes a hooting noise when he’s feeling happy or playful. He even limps if he’s hurt!

If Pleo is scared of something you will have to comfort and reassure him and be careful not to leave him alone too long or he will become lonely. The more experiences you give Pleo the more his confidence will grow. Just like a real pet, but without the droppings!

Pleo’s internal battery will give him an hour on his feet from a 4 hour charge, and when he needs food (charging) he will yawn and become lazy and maybe a little irritable if he’s really famished. Just remember, treat Pleo as you would a real pet because his personality and character will grow over time, just like technology has with this ultimate piece of prehistoric robotic reptilia!

3rd Space FPS Vest

In all my time reviewing the latest gadgets and gizmo's, I can honestly say this is the best one I’ve found yet! It’s time to ditch your rumbling controllers, bin your buzzing joy pads and give way to the ultimate gaming accessory. Enter the 3rd Space FPS Vest!

This revolutionary piece of sophisticated gaming equipment utilises patented pneumatic technology to simulate bullet hits, socka punches, roundhouse kicks, explosions and much more. The 3rd Space FPS Vest can even replicate the exact force and direction of a bullet! Perfect for those online Call of Duty nights with your chums from work!

The 3rd Space FPS Vest works by its 8 hi tech pneumatic cells that are embedded in various areas around the vest. They react to the software that is supplied and send bone crunching signals via USB when you’re under attack! It has a special compressor that fires air into the specific cell using the correct level of force to accurately replicate the on screen action.

If you take a bullet hit from a sniper, the 3rd Space FPS Vest will elicit a piercing thud, receive a bitch slap and the vest will summon a girly pumph! If your troop gets air striked under a Luftwaffe aerial attack your likely to receive an almighty whack to your entire upper body from all 8 pneumatic cells! Yikes! Even if you’re tapped on the back by a zombie the vest will respond accordingly! The 3rd Space FPS Vest won't bruise you but you'll certainly recognize that you’ve been hit!

Ok so you’re going to look like a bit of a lemon sitting in front of your PC wearing a flak jacket, but are you really that bothered when you’re the one taking sub machine gun fire to your chest and feeling the ground shake from the cluster bomb that just exploded 2 feet from your head – I didn’t think so!


The 3rd Space FPS Vest comes with its own game disc, 3rd Space Incursion, plus a copy of Call of Duty 2, which has got to be, in my eyes, the ultimate war game! In all honesty this has to be one of the most amazing gaming accessories on the net.

My verdict? A body bashing 10 out of 10!

Vuzix iWear

You’ve heard of TV dinners but what about TV glasses? Vuzix iWear is a futuristic range of face furniture that allows you to watch telly and movies on the go! Slip these ultra lightweight shades over your shonk, switch ‘em on and watch your favourite face flicks! They’ve even got integrated earphones on the bendy bit which fits behind your ears!

This revolutionary range of cyber specs replicates the effect of watching the big screen from a safe viewing distance. It’s like having a home cinema system strapped to your face with a high quality 46 inch plasma grafted to your retinas! The Vuzix iWear is even enabled for you to watch in 2 and 3D!

The Vuzix iWear work by connecting to your ipod, DVD player or video and there is 2 different screen sizes to choose from – 44” and 62”. What’s even better is they’ve just released a model that can connect to your PC! You can step into a pixelated world of virtual reality playing your favourite PC games!

The PC version has a built in 62” screen, an integrated 3 Degree of Freedom (DOF) head-movement tracker and a built-in microphone that will deliver the ultimate interactive online experience!

Marty Feldman eat your heart out!

Flip Flap Q

There’s nothing like a bit of greenery to brighten up your home or workplace; it helps you to keep in touch with your inner peace, apparently. The only problem is that your conventional houseplant has to be looked after 24-7, water, sunshine, general chit chat – you get the gist! But even if you’re a professional mushroom picker we can guarantee that you won’t have seen anything like the Flip Flap Q before.

These dinky little solar powered plant shoots are to take the world by storm simply because you don’t have to lift a finger to look after them. No more miracle plant grow, no more watering and no more hassle!

Wait, this is the best bit. When these palm sized plants are exposed to light they move and dance as if they were swaying in the wind. And they don’t even need a battery because they are completely solar powered – sun or artificial light! Standing at only 15cm tall Flip Flap Q's are extremely portable, so you can whack it in your back pocket, rucksack or handbag and plonk it down in any room to specifically brighten up your day!

If only your run of the mill house plant was this easy to look after. Unfortunately, they’re not. And that’s exactly why everybody from here to Timbuktu has gone raving mad for these adorable little green fellas. Anyway, Busy Lizzies are so last year and are hardly going to fit in with your ultra chic, uber modern interior design you’ve got going on in your town house luxury pad, are they?!

Designed in Japan (shock horror!), Flip Flap Q's really are an absolute marvel to watch. God only knows what those boffs in their white suits were thinking when designing a prototype for the Flip Flap, but whatever it was, it’s worked out just how expected and turned into a worldwide craze already. Pop one on your desk at work or the bedside table at home and every time you feel like you want to rip someone’s head off or you’re just having a bad day just stare at your Flip Flap Q and be hypnotised by its magical swaying leaves. Add one to your cart now before everyone’s gone Flip Flap Crazy!

Sing Sing Prison Food Tray

Carl Panzram, Rudolph Duringer, Francis Crowley, these are all names you probably won’t be familiar with, but to the guards of Sing Sing prison of Ossining, New York, also known as the ‘Death House’, these are the names of scandalous villains and malevolent murderers that used to inhabit the halls of this notorious U.S. penitentiary.

Considering the crimes these scandalous shylocks had committed you could quite easily say the sort of treatment they received was probably well deserved. These cowardly criminals were kept in the clink for most of the day, with a few hours of hard labour and only a tray of jailhouse slop to keep them going.

But it’s not all weaving fishing nets and carving marble at Sing Sing, because at least inmates got to eat their daily prison slop off a cool tray. And believe it or not, little things like that go along way when you’re surrounded by a hoard of raving lunatics 24 hours a day. Luckily for you, you don’t have to start planning your next bank robbery to eat off this deplorable piece of dinnerware, because we sell an exact replica of the tray used in New York’s number one nick.

The Sing Sing Prison Food Tray is an ultra sturdy dish perfect for any felon to feast from and you won’t have to worry about being whacked over the head with it every time you eat. The Sing Sing Dinner Tray has six convenient sections to keep your portions separate. So you could have mash in one bit, bangers in another and some goopy guardhouse gravy on the side.

It’s crafted in food-safe melamine and is dishwasher friendly so if you hate doing the washing up this is definitely the dish for you. It’s perfect for crashing out in front of the telly and makes a perfect talking point at parties. So, we hereby sentence you to eat your dinner from a Sing Sing Prison Food Tray from now on and add one to your cart immediately before they all ‘cell’ out!