R/C Water Cannon Helicopter

Big boys’ toys – these are the stuff that dreams of a starry eyed kid are made out of. Especially when one has already joined the workforce for a fair number of years, and have managed to stash away a little bit of dough. Well, if you have always wanted to purchase a remote controlled toy of your own but never got around to doing so, perhaps it is time to make things happen – with the new $39.99 R/C Water Cannon Helicopter. Yes sir, as its name suggests, the R/C Water Cannon Helicopter will not only hover around the air according to your whim and fancy, it will also carry with it a water reservoir that offers water blasting fun, now how about that?

You can juice up its battery thanks to a USB port, where counter rotating blades will deliver precision control. Definitely far more fun than a super soaker, and you can drive your cat nuts this time around (after it has done the same to you for countless times over the years, that is) by shooting at it strategically. Each purchase comes with a pair of spare tail blades, a couple of spare main blades, and a water injection tool set. It takes around an hour to fully charge it, and it will work within a range of 30 feet thereabouts barring any interference.

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Minecraft Light-Up Torch

You know, there is something interesting about bringing something from the video game world into the real, physical world that we live in. For starters, it certainly fires up the imagination further, as you no longer have to make do with a DIY substitute (or a stick for a lightsaber, for instance), and the other would be the fact that is shows the world just where your loyalties lie when it comes to science fiction and video game franchises. Having said that, here we are with the $34.99 Minecraft Light-Up Torch that comes in all its pixelated glory, being full well capable of producing level 14 light, and is far easier to obtain one with cash compared to crafting one out.

The Minecraft Light-Up Torch can be mounted to your wall for that added touch of authenticity, and as a night light, it will still be able to scare monsters away, making sure they remain under the bed and do not, in any way, terrorize your little ones at night. It is powered by a trio of AAA batteries, so we would highly recommend rechargeables if you are going to use this for the long run.

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The Aesthetician’s Ultrasonic Hand Moisturizer

Let’s face the facts – no one likes having dry skin, and you can more or less say that this is anathema to those who are of the female gender. After all, dry skin looks ugly, and when the condition gets really bad, you start to itch all over the affected area. Well, perhaps it is time to slap on plenty of moisturizer, but that can end up being extremely expensive in the long run, so why not settle for something that is slightly different, albeit it might cost you a wee bit more as an initial investment? I am referring to the $149.95 Aesthetician’s Ultrasonic Hand Moisturizer, which is an at-home hand moisturizer that relies on similar technology which professional aestheticians use to rejuvenate dry, chapped skin.

It will make use of distilled or fresh tap water (your choice), where the moisturizer’s ultrasonic transducer will get to work by emitting an oxygenated warm or cool hydrating mist that is seven times smaller compared to water droplets, penetrating deep into moisture-starved skin, ensuring that your hands remain smooth and supple along the way. All you need to do is insert your hands into the front of the unit, and the moisturizer will get to work immediately, where control knobs let you adjust mist output and temperature from about 62° F to 92 F° in a precise manner.

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Light Show Fountain Speakers

For those of you who have visited Sin City (Las Vegas), you would know that glitz, excess and entertainment is all part of the package. The thing is, with so many different hotels to choose from, you can be spoilt for choice. Most folks would know of the iconic Bellagio with its water fountain show, and here is your chance to bring home a little bit of Bellagio’s magic to your home – thanks to the $39.99 Light Show Fountain Speakers.

Compatible with all USB-friendly devices, this particular lights & water show has been specially timed to your tunes, ensuring that it will not miss a beat or put a foot wrongly. Plug it into your iPod, a MP3 player (who uses those these days), or a computer/notebook using the included USB cable and you are good to go. Of course, what is the whole point of a fountain when there are no lights for that added touch of glamor? This is where the quartet of multi-colored LEDs come in handy, bringing your tunes to a literally new level.

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Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush

Are you a huge fan of the good doctor? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you might be interested to know that there is a way to keep your pearly whites, well, white, through a fanboy inspired toothbrush. Of course, this is an officially licensed Doctor Who collectible, coming in the form of the $14.99 Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush. This particular Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush is a wee bit more than your standard toothbrush on the market, where it will vibrate to make sure your teeth remain nice and clean after you have put them through quite the grinding experience when you have spent the better part of the last 5 hours at a buffet dinner.

Heck, each purchase of the Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush will also come iwth a spare brush head, allowing you to share the base of this toothbrush with a friend without feeling all icky about it. To put it in a nutshell, this vibrating toothbrush does seem to resemble that of the 11th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver, and it is powered with a solitary AA battery which already comes with it right out of the box to help you get started.

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Sony SSKEP skin analyzing technology

Sony is extremely famous for their range of consumer electronics devices, and once in a while, they do seem to venture to unchartered waters. Which is a good thing, as it helps fire up the creative juices of the various engineering teams behind whatever new project there is, not to mention giving Sony the chance to stumble upon something that could very well be the next big thing. Well, one of Sony’s latest advancements would be the “SSKEP,” which has been described as a “Highly Accurate, High Speed Skin Analyzing Technology”, where this pioneering work that involves the application of image sensors might be the start of something new.

The Sony “SSKEP (Smart Skin Evaluation Program)” is said to be a highly accurate, high speed technology that will help analyze different kinds of elements of the skin, where among them will including texture, blemishes, pores, brightness and coloring. “SSKEP” has been said to be Sony’s very own skin analyzing technology where it is made up of back-illuminated CMOS image sensors which are capable of achieving high sensitivity and low noise, multiple wavelength light source controls, and skin-analyzing algorithms. This clever combination of advanced sensing technologies in addition to high-speed image processing technologies will pave the way for the quantitative and multilateral measuring and analysis of the numerous elements that a skin has.

Right now, most skin analyzing products out there in the beauty industry for professional and consumer use are large, unwieldy and of course, expensive, while consumer products deliver limited analyzing capabilities. Using Sony’s newly-developed “SSKEP” skin analyzing technology will change the game as manufacturers can then commercialize compact products which can easily analyze the different elements of the skin. Basically, an important aspect of skin analysis would be the ability to examine both the surface layer of the skin and the layers beneath the skin.

“SSKEP” is capable of optimally controlling not only the output of multiple wavelength light sources, but the image capturing process with the CMOS image sensor to boot, helping realize highly sensitive photography on and beneath the surface of the skin, resulting in diverse and highly-accurate skin analysis. Will we see a commercially available package for the masses soon? Perhaps.

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Beverly Hills Caviar installs high end vending machines

When it comes to food and drink from a vending machine (there are vending machines that cough up iPods and other kinds of consumer electronics, but that is a different story for another day), these tend to be more on the budget-friendly side. Well, perhaps it is time to kick things up a notch – and thanks to the efforts of gourmet food supplier, Beverly Hills Caviar, they managed to install a set of vending machines in certain Los Angeles malls which will be able to serve up fresh caviar, escargot, and other kinds of exotic foodstuff. Needless to say, the name Beverly Hills itself smells of bling, so it is not unexpected to find some of the goods in these freshly minted vending machines to cost you as much as $500.

Just to get a little bit of context, Beverly Hills Caviar is a business that delivers luxury cuisine around the world, where they operate one by-appointment-only specialty store, so the move to use a vending machine in order to distribute expensive food within a mall does not seem to be in character with such a company at all. Well, Beverly Hills Caviar thinks otherwise, as they see such vending machines to be the ideal tool to make its products far more accessible to its usual range of clients in addition to the general public.

These vending machines will come with more than 24 varieties of caviar which is carefully sourced from around the world, where they will range from the $30/oz American Black Caviar to the Imperial River Beluga, which will cost you a wallet burning $500 per ounce. Not only that, you can also pick from a slew of other gourmet foods and cooking ingredients, where among them include escargot, black truffles, white truffle oil, blinis, bottarga, and premium salts. Heck, there is even a vegan type of caviar which is made up of seaweed and a red salmon caviar which was carefully made just for our four legged friends – dogs and cats. Just to make sure you do not end up eating fine caviar with a plastic fork, the machine does dispense mother of pearl spoons and dishes – at a fine price too, of course.

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Lumen LED Pine Tree Shadow Projector

There are a few sights that will definitely make you feel relaxed right from the get go – among them an overview of a forest below, the breathtaking sight of a roaring waterfall, the seeming calm of the ocean, and of course, who can forget those romantic sunsets? We have yet another one here which has to do with sunsets, except that the setting is filled with pine trees. Well, you need not drive to the edge of a pine forest to get the job done, but the $69.99 Lumen LED Pine Tree Shadow Projector will let you sit in the comfort of your own home, while the acid-etched, stainless steel, LED shadow projector that is designed by Brooklyn-based artist and product inventor Adam Frank will throw a soft shadow on the wall when lit.

It is rather interesting to note that as the LED “flame” flickers, the shadow will move about in an organic manner. The laws of physics dictate that the farther the Lumen is from the wall, the larger the shadow will be. If you want to get up close and personal, then you will be greeted with greater detail. Apart from the On/Off switch, the AA battery powered Lumen LED Pine Tree Shadow Projector comes with 4, 6, and 8 hour timer options.

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Urchin Ready 4 Anything (R4A) rugged Bluetooth speaker

Do you like to share your choice of music with the rest of the world, never mind that some of the folks out there think that it is pure torture to listen to artists like Justin Bieber (hey, to each their own, right?), and you tend to perform your sharing using a boombox (if you are old school, of course), or a portable speaker? Portable speakers can be cool, and even cooler with the right kind of music, but to have them tethered to your music playback device like a portable media player or a smartphone is not all that hot. Not in the second decade of the 21st century, anyways. Why not live untethered with a Bluetooth speaker, and here is an idea that you might want to explore – the Urchin Ready 4 Anything (R4A) rugged Bluetooth speaker?

At first glance, you know for sure that the BOOM Movement is no ordinary pair of Bluetooth speakers. Urchin’s Ready 4 Anything (R4A) rugged Bluetooth speaker was specially designed to go with you in style for sure. It has been designed to stand out, and is more than capable of withstanding just whatever you throw at it. Sporting Urchin’s interchangeable silicone skins, it will enable you to have the Urchin gain its distinct clean look, and not only that, it offers shock and water resistance to boot.

The Urchin itself will come with a carbineer so that you are able to hook it to a belt loop or backpack, and if the situation calls for it, there is a suction cup that allows you to stick it to a shower tile, while there is also a screw mount attachment for the dash of a car. Alternatively, it can also be used with the optional bike mount or strap attachment. As for the Urchin’s silicone skin, it has been molded with a hole at the top, allowing it to be easily attached to just about anything with everything from a screw in the wall, to a rope tied around a tree.

You can also opt to turn the Urchin into a hands-free speaker for any Bluetooth enabled phone, thanks to its integrated microphone. Just make sure it supports Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR or higher. The BOOM Urchin will retail for $149.99 when it is made available early next year.

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Laser Chase Toy

You can say that owning a cat as a pet is better than a dog sometimes, especially when you do a whole lot of traveling around as a cat needs not be doted upon like a dog for its needs – even more so if you are living in an apartment. Of course, a cat returns different kinds of joys than a dog, but it sure as heck cannot play a game of Fetch with you. Well, pets do get bored especially when their masters are not around, so to keep them entertained, turning on the TV with endless reruns of sitcoms or Animal Planet would not do. How about considering the $39.95 Laser Chase Toy instead?

The Laser Chase Toy will be able to automatically project a couple of laser dots which dart across a floor in different, unpredictable patterns. This would definitely do its bit to incite a pair of pets to engage in perpetual play, which is an interesting method of bringing both a cat and a dog together – even better yet if they are still a kitten and a puppy. The lasers that emit from this machine are capable of turning rapidly, stop unexpectedly, and race in opposite directions – definitely helping trigger a dog or cat’s instinctual attraction to quickly moving objects. There are also four speed settings which can be set to tempt pets, and a trio of AA batteries can power this laser toy for up to 15 hours.

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