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Posted Feb 17th 2008 4:27PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Misc. gadgets

Interactive nightclubs aren’t entirely unheard of, but we’ll be sure to relieve ourselves just before prancing into any party scene with these displays on the lavatory doors. The small LED Matrix displays can be mounted on both male and female doors, and the image shown can be switched as folks enter and leave. Needless to say, such a setup caused quite a bit of hilariousness / confusion when caught on candid camera, so be sure and take a peek for yourself after the break.

[Via Halfmachine]

The WowWee robot, Femisapien, was presented during the CES as a dancing female robot.

But it’s so much more than that. Femisapien is the latest in the line of WowWee’s interactive robots. Femisapien has the capability to respond to your gestures, sounds, and touches. The robot has three modes available: the Attentive Mode; the mode wherein Femisapien interacts with people, the Learning Mode to program a routine of movements, and the Responsive Mode to play back those recorded movements. To note, Femisapien’s hands are interactive joysticks which you can use to change and control her movements. And if you got other WowWee bots in the house, the Femisapien could control them all — even sans the whip and the dominatrix boots.

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The new AntWorks Illuminated

The Brand New Version Just Into Uk “The Newer Fish Tank”The Ant Works concept was developed by NASA back in the heyday of the US space programme. Their idea was to take a colony of ants into space so the astronauts could study the insects’ behaviour in zero gravity.

Why, we hear you ask? Well, we guess they had to study something as they hurtled around planet earth. Anyway, NASA’s loss is our gain because the amazing jelly-like habitat they invented is now available to support ant life here on earth. Or more specifically, on your desk, bedside or kitchen table.

The Ant Works is filled with a highly nutritious non-toxic gel into which you prod four little holes to get the tunnel network started. Now get out into the garden or park and catch about 15 ants to populate the colony. Put them in the Ant Works, replace the lid… and watch. Within days the ants will burrow out an amazing pattern of channels, each clearly visible in cross-section through the walls of the container.

Maintenance is minimal. Besides providing a safe ecologically-correct habitat, the gel also provides the ants’ food. You simply need to open the lid for a moment once a month to aerate the interior.In the unlikely event of you not being able to track down any ants of your own, the Ant Works comes with a form you can send off for specially bred UK ants - the ant breeders (now there’s a job!) charge ?4 for postage and special ant packaging. Ant Facts No 1Ants are one of the oldest living creatures on earth. Like sharks, they haven’t changed much in millions of years. Nature got it right first time, proving the old axiom “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

Ant Facts No 2Ants are the world’s strongest creature in relation to their size. They can carry 10-20 times their bodyweight. They are also the longest living of all insects.Ant Facts No 3At any given moment, there are at least 1015 ants living on earth That’s a number so large - and involving more zeros than is polite to use in mixed company - that there are two words for it: Billiard (if you’re British) and Quadrillion (if you’re American, or just easily swayed by the trans-Atlantic influence - I mean, their Billions are tiny compared to ours, aren’t they). Anyway, that represents 0.1% of all the planet’s insectsSturdy acrylic container measures 14 x 16.5 x 3cm

The perfect educational gift for anyone aged between 9 and 99 Pack comes with everything you need, except ants Magnifying glass Illuminated LED Lights To Light Up Your Ant Works Ant life expectancy approximately 6 months (worker ants conveniently carry their late brethren to the top of the gel for easy disposal) Gel can be re-used time and again

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The Original Newtons Cradle
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. And so say all of us. However, you don’t need a detailed explanation from the Principia Mathematica to activate the legendary Newton’s Cradle - the executive toy to end all executive toys.

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Wine Tasting at a Vineyard for Two

You can have this for ?79.00

Mini Winnies
Mini Winnies are fast becoming the miniature 'must have' mascots adorning the key-rings, mobile phones and various other accessories of various A list celebrities, such as Kate Winslet, Leah Wood, Paris Hilton, Mel B, Charlotte Church and Beyoncee.

You can have this for ?9.99

When I was in college, my friends used to laugh at me whenever they saw “rent” written in permanent marker on my hand each month. Strange as it may have looked, it was the only surefire way to remind myself that rent was due. I didn’t refer to a calendar often enough to ever know what day it was and anything I wrote in the margins while in class were promptly forgotten about, so my hand was really the only sensible option.

To-Do Tattoos don’t just understand what I mean, they validate my idiosyncrasy. Who knew the line between abnormal and normal was made up of twelve temporary tattoos and a skin-safe gel pen.

Via Crave.

USB desktop xmas tree

Make your desk festive with this desktop Xmas Tree. Decorate your own USB powered fibre optic desktop christmas tree that glows red, blue and green when plugged into your computer USB port. Fibre optic christmas trees are a fantastic way of lighting up a tree with colour changing effects that do not require additional lights. Comes complete with cut out christmas decoratons and tinsle to decorate the tree. Light up your desk and office this christmas, just remove from the box and plug in!! Stands approx 28 cm tall (11 inches)

The next time it’s your turn to host movie night with your friends, surprise and confound them with this 4-in-1 hot dog maker from Spilsbury. You can set it up on your kitchen counter, plug it into an outlet, and put all those bags of microwave popcorn you’ve been served to shame.

Why? Because not only can the 4-in-1 appliance make popcorn, it can also make hot dogs, steam whatever you think should be steamed for optimal movie enjoyment, and boil eggs (I told you you’d be able to confound your pals). The contraption also has two warming spikes that seem designed for hot dog buns but that I’d rather use for mini loaf cakes. I mean, if you’re serving boiled eggs, you may as well serve chocolate loaves too.

On sale now for $30.

Via Nerd Approved.

When I was in my teens, I had horrible acne on my face. Yes, I know, “a geek with bad acne, surely not!” I did all of the usual stuff, bought the special creams and face washes, but nothing really worked all that well, they seemed to keep it from getting worse, but rarely ever improved the situation much. Luckily as I approached 20 it lessened considerably. I still have breakouts here and there, but nothing like my high school days. While I’ve seen plenty of things that claim to clear up acne, this has to be the first mp3 player that I recall making that boast.

The mpion is nothing special as MP3 players go, as it’s only going to hold 128MB of music, which is only a couple of hours at best. What does make this device worth mentioning is its ability to release positive and negative ions into your skin while holding it to your face. You’ll use it for 10 minutes with it set to negative, then 10 minutes on positive.

Honestly, the $184 price tag is a big turnoff for something that claims to use ions to clear my skin. (Remember the Ionic Breeze anyone?) Still, some people might consider it worth the price. I can almost guarantee that it does not, in fact, work as stated. My method of reasoning is simple, look at the picture. I’ve used Photoshop for a good 10 years, and that my friends is one Photoshopped girl. If their product worked so well, why would they need to digitally smooth out her skin?

Source: Newlaunches