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I am now convinced that there is nothing a gadget can’t do! The world’s first Robotic Floor Washer allows you to wash your entire kitchen floor easily and automatically, (the way all gadget lovers like!).

This amazing gadget can prepare, wash, scrub, and dry tile, linoleum or hardwood floors all by itself very quickly and efficiently. The robotic floor washer named “Scooba” follows a very intricate pattern and uses a bleach-free solution to get a deep clean without ruining the surface.
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Do you have kids that waste too much time playing video games or other electronic time-wasters? If so the Power Cop could be perfect for you. The Power Cop is a programmable power block which allows you to set a maximum amount of usage an electrical device can be used for before it is automatically locked.

The electrical device is plugged into the Power Cop, and the Power Cop is then plugged into the wall. Once the device is plugged into the Power Cop it is locked in and can only be unplugged by one of the two included keys so there’s no way to get a few extra minutes except maybe with a sledgehammer ;).
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If you want a humane, effective, and funny way to get rid of crows or other pesky animals that come onto your property so you can save your garden from being eaten or keep animals out of your garbage you may want to consider the ScareCrow Sprinkler. This automatic motion-detecting sprinkler will help you keep pests off of your lawn, and I think the reaction that you would get from animals when a jet of water suddenly shot out at them would be priceless, not to mention keep them away from your lawn for a long time.

You just have to set it up anywhere in your yard and attach it to your home’s water supply. It requires no external power as it can last for 6 months on a single 9 volt battery! It’s also very water-conserving as one detection only uses 2-3 cups of water.
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If you can’t hear it when people knock on your door then a solution is at hand (literally) via the Knock-Knock Door Chime.

Unlike regular doorbells this one doesn’t have a button for your visitor to press, they simply knock on the door and this gadget will sense it and set off the chime, so no more ugly doorbells. What next a doorbell that makes a knock knock sound. Actually I’m surprised you can’t get an MP3 playing doorbell that you can download tunes too maybe it could be yet another iPod add-on, the iChime.

Anyway the Knock-Knock Door Chime is a real product and available for $49.95.

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This is a very easy and affordable way to have motion-sensing lights in your house which make life easier and would probably impress guests as well ;).

It’s a very simple system to use as the motion sensor attaches directly to the light bulb. To set it up all you have to do is screw the motion-sensor into the light socket, then plug the light bulb into the motion sensor! You then don’t need to control the lights with light switches anymore as the fixture does it for you!
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If you’re a cat owner but you’re too lazy to empty the litter box very often, there’s no more reason to have a smelly house! The Scoop Free Automatic Cat Litter Box is the gadget way of maintaining a clean litter box for your cat with minimal work!

With this amazing gadget you can leave your cat’s litter box for up to 30 days with no maintenance whatsoever. When the cat leaves the littler box the litter box sets a countdown to automatically sift out all the waste into a separate litter cartridge. It’s all done very quietly as well so you don’t get woken up in the middle of the night by the litter box.
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Why Washing your hands isn’t hygienic:

• Finish on the loo
• Turn on tap (faucet is one of those words that just sounds odd to me) leaving germs on the tap in the process
• Wash germs off hands
• Turn off tap wiping germs back on to hands

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We don’t really have mailboxes in the UK (letterboxes work absolutely fine and paperboys need the extra exercise anyway) however if we did I’d want one of these, the Wireless Mail Alert. Read the rest of this entry »

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