Nearly every kid in Britain looks forward to those Saturday afternoon kick offs at stadiums all over the country to see their favorite soccer stars in action, and would love to be in the shoes boots of someone earning an obscene £50,000 a week. It is then that they can pick up cool gadgets like the 100″ Home Video Arcade Center without blinking an eye, and get the entire neighborhood gifts for Christmas while having enough left over to purchase an exotic sports car after saving up for a few months. Unfortunately, not everybody has the skills required to make it to the top level, but you can still have your soccer fun minus the adoration of female groupies who want to have your babies with the Connectv Football game.

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Trees around the world and environmentalists will rejoice with Xerox’s latest news announcement - they have successfully developed a way to make prints that have a one-day expiry date. This means the paper it is printed on can be used over and over again. Although the technology might be in its primitive state, think about the implications of such a quantum leap when it is perfected. Most of us often take a glance at printed material before filing it away somewhere, only to forget about it a few days later. This could spur a whole new generation of office workers who practice the Just-In-Time policy, printing what people need at that very moment and forgetting about it. Recipients of the printout could always scan the printed copy and let the paper “reset” itself the next day.

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Sure everybody has the same dream.

Sweeping a beautiful beach filled with scantily clad,,, ok, old folks in Florida with a metal detector to find a spare Rolex, or at least a large amount of change.

Sure you have. Well now you can, and for a change, for a reasonable price! But wait, it gets better!

Rather than swinging the lamest excuse for an all electronic six-iron, you can drive along with a remote controlled metal detector! (it’s not wireless, there’s a 5 foot cord so you do have to follow it like it is a dog and you’re the scooper).
The LiveScience store has the new X4 Detector rover for 29.95$US. What a deal (considering a real detector runs around 300-1000$!

You’ve got to read the writeup on their site, it’s very funny and patronizing all at once! Keep reading for more!

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As any parent can attest to, bringing a child around a shopping complex can be quite a harrying experience, as one has to be extra alert to keep track of the child while wheeling a cart full of groceries and competing with other shoppers for the best buy items that are on sale. In addition to that depressing scenario, statistics show that in 2006 alone, approximately 1.3 million American children will be abducted, get lost, or end up being classified as missing - this means every 40 seconds a child will require some form of help or are in an emergency. The AmberWatch Child Safety alarm and watch is just the device to help you keep tabs on your child and offer some form of protection in case they get approached by strangers who are up to no good.

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Spruce up your bedside table with a device that crams in more functionality that the average 55-in-1 memory card reader. The name of this unique devce says it all, as the good folks at Hammacher could not conceive a unique moniker, we all will have to make do with the Police Scanner/Weather/Atomic Clock Radio. What’s so special about it, you ask. After all, the vast array of buttons, knobs, and dials make it look too complicated to use for the average “dummy” back home.

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There’s nothing quite like some foul weather to ruin your day ahead, so why not check whether the skies will smile upon you as you and your buddies plan a day of uninterrupted golfing pleasure? The 5-Day Wireless Weather Forecaster is just the device for you as it is capable of receiving AccuWeather® forecasts from a home weather station. As the name implies, you will be able to receive weather forecasts of up to 5 days in advance, which is more than enough time for you to plan the itenary for the week ahead without running into too many snags. Imagine turning down a round of golf with your mates by telling them it will rain!

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Most of us think that our computers and home appliances hardly take up any extra energy when they’re in standby mode, but we are sorely mistaken as research shows one could simply save a few hundred dollars each year by turning off the PC when we’re sleeping instead of leaving it on to download miscellaneous programs. Why not get some help from a gadget that is smart enough to know whether your PC has been shut down or not and do the necessary honors on your behalf? This magical device exists in the form of the Mini Power Minder which retails for a mere $14.95 a pop from Amazon.

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“What is that you’ve got around your wrist?”, some might ask. “The 1000100101” should be your proud answer. After all, you know you’re an A-class geek when you’ve got this baby on your hand. The numbers add up to the word “Binary”, which explains all the funny rows of colored LEDs that are used to tell the time. Boasting a flat metal panel, cryptic flashing lights, a carbon fibre style strap, and a display that could fool airport security into thinking that you’re a walking time bomb, the 1000100101 makes the perfect gift for someone who is technologically inclined and goes nuts over a conversation that involves Gigabytes and Megahertz.

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