Perhaps we should rename Coolest Gadgets to Strangest Gadgets – certainly a few more entries like this one and there’d be a case for it!

Apparently Vitamin C dechlorinates water as well as being associated with youthful, wrinkle-free skin. Clearly orange juice isn’t an efficient enough delivery mechanism (or perhaps it has different properties when taken internally, what do I know?)

Anyway VitaCShower think you need it dispensed through your shower head. $49.95 gets you 100 hours of dechlorinated anti-ageing goodness. Or something.

(via Shiny Shiny)

I know a guy from the forum circuit, that takes his celebration decorations pretty damn seriously. The multitude of lights he puts around his house at Halloween and Christmas is a spectacle to behold. This witching season the total number of lights in his display is 7,148 and it’s not just the sheer number of lights that make it cool but the X10 interactive remote control.

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I’m sure you’ve all heard of CowParade the world famous where various artist go around painting, well er cows sculptures. Even though it’s the world’s largest public art event there are still artistic luddites (like me for one) that have never heard of CowParade (oh the shame) but thanks to good old firebox can now get involved too.

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Whilst browsing around I recently cam across this in gizmag. It’s a pillow available in Japan that is designed for people (well women) who like to nestle up to an armpit when going to sleep. Basically its a pillow shaped in a half body one arm kind of way, and lets the sleeper snuggle and cuddle when trying to get to sleep.

If you know Japanese you can read and order one here whilst if you’re a bloke you may want to stick with a regular blow up doll .

This is an interesting gizmo, the WAKMAH (stands for Water-closet Aperture Kinetic Mechanical Activation Handle, though I think personal sucker would be more catchy). Working on the same principle as the suction cup this little gadget is a handle you can take anywhere and attach to any smooth surface.

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To meet the demand of silent PC for users, Shuttle has launched a new product that can be redefined as a workstation, a home server or a home theater system. With the XPC SD11 G5, Shuttle has created a silent PC system that meets the price and technical simplicity of the mainstream market demand.

Offering several benefits over standard PC system, Shuttle designers have only one thing in mind, and that is KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid). They aimed to customise a reasonable affordable PC for the silence world, yet equipped with optimum functionality. Utilizing a single fan design coupled with Shuttle’s ICE heat-pipe technology, the system offers efficient cooling of internal components with little cost in noise. The whole system is powered by Shuttle’s noiseless 220W external Silent X power supply, keeping noise level to a minimum.

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Find Me a Gift has got a strange special offer going on this week, buy an acre of Venus and get an acre free. So instead of getting one Venusian deed for your money you now get 2, which is so much better value. So if you need to buy a gift for somebody who already owns a plot on the moon why not waste you money buy them a plot on Venus suitable for baking holidays with a surface temperature of 450 Celsius.

Available from find me a gift here.

If this isn’t wacky I don’t know what is, black toilet rolls. I suppose it could be a hit for goths, or people that are blinded by illuminated sinks. Next we’ll be seeing striped paper (guess the color).

Available for $2.50 a roll from Renova of $6 for a six pack a whopping $9 saving.