The lap pillow and arm pillow were just gimmicky pillows, the latest Japanese pillow that we’ve found also has an actual useful feature, it measures the quality of your sleep.

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Here at CG we seem to come across quite a few color morphing lights, we’ve had eggs, Jellephish and bubbles. Another one to the party is the Hipper Mood Creator color morphing light, though this one is a bit different.

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I could have used one of these TimeStrip gadgets in my student days when I often kept things in containers in my fridge that I wasn’t sure were past their use-by date or not. These inexpensive time indicators take away all the guesswork, and your pet cat will thank you too. 

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If you enjoy eggs and toast for breakfast then this has got to be the toaster of choice, the egg poaching toaster.

The egg poaching toaster will simultaneously tan your toast and cook your egg with a cooking time of 4 minutes. I never have time to cook breakfast in the morning so if I could load this up the night before and set it on a timer then I would eat at least one hot meal a day.

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This is a neat looking little ornament, it may look like a low tech wooden toy helicopter but it’s rotors are also solar panels. Leave the solar powered helicopter in sunlight and it’s rotors will spin around. They’ll never spin around fast enough for it to take off (shame) but it’s still pretty cool.

Available from Plastica (odd as it’s made of wood) found via Crib Candy.

Got a spare bit of garden you which you’re not sure what you’re going to do with? Then have you considered having a bespoke kid’s playground or perhaps a junior assault course? If so, have a look at Arrow Fencing. Just imagine the absolute joy on your children’s faces when you unveil their new play area (of course the adults will have to try it out first!)
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This is another hand-held gadget, an ultrasound cleaner that removes almost any kind of stain from your clothing.

Costing just $30, the Sonic Stain Remover runs on 4 AA batteries or can be used with an AC adapter – but does it really work?

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If you find putting up your patio umbrella too much like hard work then you’ll want one of these remote controlled umbrellas. Goes up or down by the flick of a switch, crazy!

Available from Smart Home.