What you are seeing here is not a vacuum cleaner attachment or what happened after an aardvark sneezed. This is a motion-sensitive remote control. I realize that was probably your last guess, assuming you didn’t lose interest after my somewhat weak aardvark joke.

This concept remote control device, known as the “Remotion” is designed by Ryan Sorrell, and has some Motion Control like the Wiimote or the Loop.

As you can see, buttons are absent from this device as the user moves it to his or her liking. Adjusting the volume is as simple as shaking it up or down. In order to change stations, you move it left or right with a flick of the wrist.

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We’ve seen some pretty decent metal detectors in the past, but Hammacher is back with a more novel way to discover hidden treasures at the beach or in your backyard with their Metal Detecting Dune Buggy.

This is the remote control dune buggy that can detect buried metallic objects when driven over suitable terrain, including backyards, dirt lots, low grass, or flat sand. The buggy can detect buried iron-based metals down to 4″ and when it does, it flashes a red LED and begins beeping to alert you of potential treasure. The remote controls forward, backward, left, and right movement from up to 25′ away. Metal detecting sensitivity can be modified to suit the terrain with a simple dial on the buggy. Includes three faux gold doubloons (metal) to bury and two plastic digging tools. Four AA batteries (not included) for the remote provide up to four hours of operation; buggy requires one 9-volt battery (not included).

The product description reads “Ages 8 and up”, and chances are the adults might be spending more time on this than their little one since times are pretty hard, so who knows, you might actually discover some hidden treasure right smack in the middle of your backyard, eh? The Metal Detecting Dune Buggy is going for $49.95, so you might need to discover a fair number of lost coins before recouping your initial investment costs.

When you picture someone out and about with a metal detector, I imagine you’re probably picturing someone older and retired.  Well for those that are still pretty young, but would like to search for treasures of their own, there’s this car.  This is the way you search for metal.  None of carrying around a heavy metal detector, no, with this you can have fun and let it scout out ahead of you.

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Some of you might be too young to remember when the Nintendo Entertainment System tried to sell the world the Power Glove. I guess they thought people would want to wear something on their arm and look like a cyborg, but it didn’t sell that well, even with the not-so-subliminal ad in the movie The Wizard.

I believe that the Power Glove was one of the first attempts at motion control for video games, but motion control has made some leaps and bounds quite recently. A company known as AthroTronix has recently made some interesting motion control advancements with the Acceleglove.

The Acceleglove isn’t designed for video game entertainment, but it is more for robotics. You can watch the YouTube video after the jump if you want to see a “hands-on” demonstration.

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This next product is for those who had those Stephen J. Channel TV-action dreams in the early eighties. I’m talking about The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, even 21 Jump Street. The Silverlit Heli-Mission SWAT truck is a fully functioning RC car with a bonus inside.

Not only is this SWAT truck feature bells and whistles of sirens, but the roof opens up to reveal a helicopter inside. There is a launch platform that rises, and the chopper takes to the air!

One can only assume that the helicopter is as remote controlled as the truck itself. However, if you notice the YouTube clip after the jump, there doesn’t appear to be any footage of the helicopter landing back in the SWAT truck. You should definitely watch the clip anyway, for the music alone. You got to love those 80s action flick music.

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My wife constantly complains that whenever we have a BBQ party, she never gets to see me because I’m always chained to the grill. But how else am I going to make sure the meat is grilled to perfection? Even with a meat thermometer, you leave a BBQ grill for too long you end up with charred beef … as in, to a cinder. The Grill Art Talking Remote Thermometer may mean freedom for those of us struggling with flames, wind, and smoke.

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There have already been several different Mario Kart toys that you can play with when away from the game.  Finally Halo is getting a little love now too.  Thanks to the Big Bad Toy Store, you can now own a remote control Halo themed toy.  Giving you even less time during the day that you’re not playing with something that is related to your Halo addiction.

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Regardless of how old you are, chances are a part of you wants to own a remote control toy car at one point in time or another. Well, ThinkGeek might have just the right tonic for you with the InfiniTrax Micro R/C Racetrack.

Tiny R/C vehicles… once the stuff of science fiction, are now trumping the slot car as the mini racing vehicle of choice. Problem is, with no well defined track and fuzz and cookie crumbs all over your carpet, serious racing is pretty much impossible. Now the InfiniTrax Micro R/C Racetrack gives you a smooth re-configurable racing surface perfect for small wheeled vehicles of all varieties. With 19 track sections and a checkered finish line, you can make dozens of different racing challenges.

Unfortunately, the $44.99 InfiniTrax Micro R/C Racetrack will not be equipped with any vehicles as you’ll need to come up with your very own, so expect to drop a fair amount of dollars if you want an exciting time.