Have you ever seen an ad for pizza on television, and immediately wanted to order one from delivery right away? Fortunately (and unfortunately), TiVo has found a way for you to give into that impulse.

Here’s how it works: a Domino’s Pizza ad will play, and then all the viewer needs to do is use the remote to select it. You can then access an on-demand ordering screen, similar to the one used by Fandango or Amazon.com. I imagine that there will be some selection of size and toppings, and the pizza should arrive at your door within a half-hour.

This is the first time that ordering pizza via the television has ever been offered, and Domino’s vice president of marketing, Rob Weisberg, is especially proud of this new achievement.

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Now that it is winter in my part of the world, I am becoming ever-dependent on my space heater. Of course, the ones I buy are the cheap Wal-Mart kind, and they have to be replaced every year. The Vorando TVH 600 is definitely redefining what a space heater should be.

The first feature that makes the TVH 600 unique is the touchscreen on top. Some of you may think a touchscreen on a space heater is a waste of technology when a switch or dial controls would do, but this is the age of the iPhone. Everything needs a touchscreen today.

The second feature that makes the TVH 600 stand out is the remote control. From the remote, you can adjust the desired temperature of the heater, and it will work like a thermostat. In other words, the TVH 600 will heat the room as it detects the temperature going down.

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The Recon Scout looks like it has borrowed its design from the Sony Rolly, but it is able to take video footage instead of playing music.

The Recon Scout, designed by a Minneapolis-based company called ReconRobotics, is a durable little mobile camera designed to roll along the floor. It is a discrete way of getting video footage in hostile territory, and has already been successfully tested in war zones like Iraq. It even has an infrared camera with night vision for shooting in the dark.

According to Popular Mechanics, the Recon Scout is planned to be tested in prisons. That way, you could send it into areas where no one would want to go, and it will scan some areas discreetly. Now this is way to see what prison life is like. So, the next time a prisoner drops his soap in the shower, he can bend over and…see the Recon Scout.

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I don’t know what it is about this little astromech droid, but R2-D2 gets way too much publicity in the gadget world. At CES last January, I got a chance to see Nikko Electronics R2D2 Projector DVD player/projector, as well as the R2D2 Wireless Web Camera.

I suppose there is little point of telling about yet another R2D2 product, but I might as well report on the R2-D2 Whizzwatch. No, I did not misspell wristwatch, because this is a Whizzwatch!

Yes, it is a timepiece with a little model of everyone’s favorite non-protocol droid, and you can use the watch as a remote control to make Artoo wheel all around your desk. By the way, the Artoo unit is quite large, and putting it on your wrist is like wearing a shoe around your neck.

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I’m not really in to remote control cars, and I find the controls complicated. Some of them have two joysticks with one for speed and one for direction, but they take a little work before the user gets used to them.

If you really want to simplify this controlling process, you should probably check out the Infrared Tracker Remote Control Car. All you need to do is take the controller and point it where you want to go.

The controller has some sort of laser pointer, and the car will move wherever the little point of light is going. I’m not certain how this tech works, but it has something to do with the infrared tracker can sense the laser and go to it.

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This isn’t the first time that we have reported on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and most of the time, these are used for spying in enemy territory. It appears that UAVs have medicinal uses as electronic flying couriers.

Think of them as that big G button on Speed Racer’s Mach 5 that fires an electronic homing pigeon. It was used on the cartoon all the time, but only mentioned in the movie. (By the way, the Speed Racer movie is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, and you should invest your money in a film that was incredibly awesome and yet was somehow a box-office flop.)

Sorry for digression, but I thought the Speed Racer reference would give you a good idea what these electronic courier pigeons do. These things can be programmed to carry medical supplies to and fro to places that don’t have advanced hospitals, such as Third World countries.

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I’m not too sure if the Draganflyer X6 was not spelt properly on purpose, but whatever it is, the name isn’t really more important compared to what the Draganflyer X6 offers.

The Draganflyer X6 is a remotely operated, unmanned, miniature helicopter designed to carry wireless video cameras and still cameras. Operate the Draganflyer X6 helicopter with the easy to use handheld controller while viewing what the helicopter sees through video glasses. The Draganflyer X6 helicopter uses a unique 6-rotor design refined from an original concept that has been under development since early 2006. The Draganflyer X6 helicopter uses 11 sensors and thousands of lines of code to self-stabilize during flight. This means the Draganflyer X6 is easier to fly than any other helicopter in its class. The Draganflyer X6 on-board software is the result of extensive testing and development. The Draganflyer X6 helicopter is a revolutionary reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV); it can be transported in a 5.5″ diameter tube slung over the users back while always being ready to launch immediately. Fly it over hills to get a safe view of what is on the other side.

I think for the layman, most of them will use it for less altruistic purposes such as spying on the enemy.

If there is one thing I hate, it’s when the batteries run out in my remote. It usually happens when I am most comfortable on the couch. It’s like when you turn on a light, and you get that last blink of the dying light bulb. Now you have to go find a bulb, assuming you have one on hand, and waste a few precious minutes changing it.

Similarly, I rarely have batteries on hand for my remote control, so wouldn’t it just be easier to get a remote control that doesn’t use any batteries? Fortunately, it exists, and is powered by one of the most elementary power sources.

When I say elementary, I mean elementary school. Yes, this remote control is powered by wind up power, just like a toy. Apparently, thirty twists are enough to power the device for about a week. That is definitely more efficient than my old wind-up toys.

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