Do you find yourself saving up money each month and looking forward to making a purchase of that gadget you’ve always wanted, only to be thwarted by a heartache-inducing power bill? One cannot run away from the fact that lighting up a house properly is a necessity, but then there are better ways to do so. Sunlight Direct’s innovative halogen/solar lighting aims to bring in natural sunlight in a focused manner into the confines of your home without racking up the power bill at the end of the month.

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Spring, summer, and autumn are great times to to exercise, and there’s nothing quite like the feeling of having the cool wind blow through your face as you tackle a downhill slope on your mountain bike. Have you ever wondered how will you keep to your fitness regime when winter falls? It would be just too chilly to bring the bike out for a spin, and not to mention the fact that is just too much snow on the ground to cycle on. Enter the i-Magic Virtual Reality Trainer from Tacx. This unique exercise machine comes with virtual reality programs that enable you to cycle virtually anywhere in the world from the comfort of your own home.

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There’s nothing quite like catching up on some reading just before you turn in for the night. Unfortunately, bedside reading lamps are more often than not hot and extremely bright which causes a distraction, while it keeps your partner tossing and turning. There must be a better way to read in a comfortable bed, and the BeamBag Hands-Free Flashlight could be the answer to such a problem. The LED light is attached to a microbead-filled pouch which is capable of sitting on virtually any surface comfortably, even on your shoulder as you won’t even realize that its there after a while.

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I just saw this gadget posted in our forums (thanks tator03) the Emma Orange Peeler, the easy way to peel oranges.

It looks like a simple solution to a messy problem and as it only costs $5 seems like a worthy investment, unless you like licking your fingers that is.

The Emma Orange Peeler is available online from SatinBox.

How many of you would rate the washing machine is one of the sexiest items in your homes? Definitely, almost positively none. Most washing machines are placed behind the house or down in the basement itself, and seldom would you bring your house guests to ogle at it as you prefer them to compliment you on your latest LCD HDTV sitting in the living room that is hooked up to a spanking new Home Theater PC. No siree, the old, greying washing machine will have to remain holed up and far away from the eyes of people. Enter the Dyson CR01 washing machine that will literally blow your thinking out of the water regarding this faithful but often under-appreciated home appliance.

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If you love your iPod and can’t bear to be parted from it even when asleep then this is the solution, the MP3 Pillow, a pillow shaped like an iPod.

Not only does the pillow offer traditional pillow functionality it also incorporates a speaker so you can listen to tunes while you snooze. To finish things off and make this one of the coolest iPod accessories going, the buttons on the pillow actually work, so once connected to your player you can control it by poking your pillow.

The MP3 Pillow is available from Think Geek for $19.95.

WARNING: Probably advisable to remove your music player before getting involved in any pillow fights.

I’m currently in the midst’s of a house move, one of the great benefits of which is I’ve been given “permission” to kit out the living room as a home cinema. From a gadget point of view this is great as it means I’ll need to get a load of new kit including:

• Flat Panel TV (Plasma or LCD, not sure which yet)
• New surround sound system
• Media PC (I’ll probably reuse an old one for this but Mac Minis do look cool)

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I have never been a fan of fingerprint door lock systems but this one looks interesting to say the least, to start with it automatically locks the door after you leave your house – so no worries about that aspect. One point that worries me in this kind of door locks is how easy it might be for a thief to damage the device with a screw driver or any objects that burglars use - is it hard enough or just simple enough? Considering that during the installation part there is only the need to connect one wire to get it to work, the opposite process shouldn’t be too hard unless we count with the alarm system.
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