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You know, if there is one way to get rid of all the trash in the world, we might as well be a Time Lord and travel to the future, where the folks there would have figured out how to vaporize trash the safe and clean way, or at least have some means to keep the earth green. Dump all our rubbish there and that’s that. Unfortunately, since time travel remains a fantasy at this point in time, it will just be you and your imagination, and with $89.99 in exchange for the Doctor Who TARDIS Trash Can, there ought to be no more mess around your workspace.

This office-sized TARDIS trash can will actually light up and play some cool sounds whenever you open and close it, but you will still need to empty it yourself of its contents at the proper place once it is stuffed to the brim. There is a switch located under the lid that allows you to turn off the sound effects just in case it proves to be too disturbing to the rest of your office mates. The Doctor Who TARDIS Trash Can will run off a trio of AAA batteries.

[ Doctor Who TARDIS Trash Can copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

At first glance, one might say that the $349.99 Spinnaker Bluetooth Speaker System resemble that of a shark’s fin, but upon closer inspection, you would realize that this is actually a Bluetooth speaker system with a mean design. Sleek and sexy, the Spinnaker Bluetooth Speaker System boasts of a 10W tweeter, and a 10W 2-3/4″ midrange speaker in addition to a 25W 4″ downward-firing subwoofer.

When all three combine their “powers” and work together, you can be sure that your ears will be blown away, especially when you pair it up with your notebook. Not only that, since we are more or less living the wireless lifestyle these days, it makes perfect sense for the Spinnaker Speaker System to come with Bluetooth connectivity, playing nice with Bluetooth enabled devices. Just in case some of your devices do not have the versatility of Bluetooth, you can always rely on the auxiliary input port to get the job done.

[ Spinnaker Bluetooth Speaker System copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Sure, you could get one of Think Geek’s iCade controllers to play actual arcade-style button mashing games — or you just bring the nostalgia of the joystick to your light switch for $30 with its recently introduced Power-Up Arcade light switch plate. The unit can replace any standard light switch plate, turning it into a faux gaming control panel. A traditional joystick replaces your old switch nub to control the lights, while its two action buttons enable “pew pew” sound effects when pressed. If all that wasn’t enough, the Power-Up also acts as a nightlight after you use it to pwn hit the main lights in your quarters (you’ll have to provide of a duo of AA batteries yourself). Check out the video below to see it in action for yourself.

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What do you think Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader do during those afternoons (actually, are there noons when you’re in space? It should be pretty gloomy all the time)? Do they sit down and have a game of chess, or hone their lightsaber skills against one another, get smashed with some extra-terrestrial booze, or simply sip a cup of tea while discussing just which planet the Death Star should blow up next?

Assuming they’re all for afternoon tea with cupcakes and delicious pastry (I still wonder how inconvenient it must be for Vader to eat his meals. Perhaps technology then just pumps nutrients and vitamins into his body), then surely they would have this $19.99 Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser as part of their kitchen equipment. The tea infuser itself has been molded to resemble the Death Star, where you fill it up with your favorite loose leaf tea, and then plonk it into hot water to let it steep.

This is an officially licensed Lucasfilm collectible, and you just got to love the cute little TIE Fighter that is attached to the Death Star.

[ Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Do you love all things from the arcade? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you might be interested in this $29.99 Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plate the next time you are thinking of a room makeover. This is the ideal way to “power up” your room, so to speak, where your standard issue light switch has been replaced with a joystick. Not only that, when you light up the room and press the red buttons, it will also emit a “pew pew pew” sound, now how about that?

All it takes are a few quick minutes with the screwdriver, where you will be transported back to the heydays of those smoke-filled, dingy looking arcade rooms. Press the joystick down, and your lights will turn on. Push it down, and they will turn off, plunging you into darkness once again. As for the two red buttons, whenever you press them, the right kind of nostalgic sound effects will make entering the room all the more fun. You need not hold an engineering degree to install the Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plate, but make sure a couple of AA batteries are adequately juiced to keep it going.

[ Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plate copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]