I used to have a cat and I remember that it was so much fun to dangle a piece of string around for hours marvelling at how long the cat can stay amused by a piece of string. You then, of course, realize that you’ve been dangling a string in front of a cat for an hour; who’s the easily amused one now ;)?

And since you can do pretty much anything else with gadgets, why not entertain your cat with one? The Remote Control Mouse saves your arm from tiring during the strenuous act of dangling a piece of string, while also giving you a little more enjoyment out of playing with your cat.

The mouse looks like a real mouse, although I’m pretty sure your cat won’t be too fussy what it looks like! It even has a really cool little tail on it which your cat can paw at.
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Worried that your kid may be skipping school to go on road trips, or want to keep track of your kid after school? All of this can be done with the Locate 1, and I agree, it’s a terrible name.

The Locate 1 works via GPS and through MicroTRAKgps to keep track of whatever it is that you’re tracking. All data is transmitted wirelessly back to a server, and then you can go on the internet to see exactly where your kid/car is.

Another neat feature is to be able to set speed limits or zones. If a speed limit is crossed, or a child exits one of the specified zones, you’ll be immediately alerted.

The data is updated every half-hour (up to every 5 minutes with more expensive plans) and you can see summaries of the day’s activities or the whole month’s!

Hiding the Locate 1 is easy. It’s about the size of a deck of card and weighs about as much as a standard cell phone. Stash it in the trunk, glove compartment, under the seat, in the back pocket, anywhere really.

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The Solatube is a great way to bring natural light into a room, in a totally eco friendly manner. They work thanks to LITD:

Solatubes innovative technology makes it possible to capture a maximum amount of sunlight. The Light Intercepting Transfer Device (LITD®) increases the surface area available to intercept direction sunlight no in the direct path of the tube opening, then transfers the light down the tubing. The result is increased light input and increased light output. The Spectralight(R_ Infinity proprietary super-reflective tubing has the highest reflectivity in the world for the brightest purest light. It provides near-perfect color rendition. The Raybender® Technology intercepts light that is not in the direct path of the tube and redirects it down the tube at a steeper angle, minimizing reflection loses

Available from the Enviromental Home Center, with prices starting at $300. [Found via Crib Candy]

If you and your spouse have been trying for quite some time to conceive via the traditional method with no success, perhaps it is time to get some form of external aid. The whole wine, dine, and courting ritual receives some help in the form of the Conception Cap. The FDA has already approved this device, making it safe for personal use. The Conception Cap helps your wife conceive by dispatching the fruit of your loins as close to the uterus as possible, making light the sperm-destroying aspects during the act of copulation.
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When the average Joe uses the internet, security is never their main concern, convenience is. That means using the same password for their banking, E-mail, eBay account, etc. Of course, the password is stuck to the monitor on a Post-It, too.

The only solution for this, err, problem, is to make it easy for people to manage multiple passwords without having to remember them all. The Power LogOn makes it simple.

The Power LogOn stores all your passwords on an encrypted card which you carry around. To access your passwords, you put your card into the receiver and enter your PIN. There is a desktop model, which connects via USB, and a notebook model that uses a PCMIA card slot. The cards will work across both models, so you can use the same card on your desktop and notebook.

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I am now convinced that there is nothing a gadget can’t do! The world’s first Robotic Floor Washer allows you to wash your entire kitchen floor easily and automatically, (the way all gadget lovers like!).

This amazing gadget can prepare, wash, scrub, and dry tile, linoleum or hardwood floors all by itself very quickly and efficiently. The robotic floor washer named “Scooba” follows a very intricate pattern and uses a bleach-free solution to get a deep clean without ruining the surface.
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You’ve got piles and piles of old cassette tapes gathering dust in your basement. It’s a shame to ignore them, but tape players are hard to come by these days, and you’d want it on your iPod anyway. Instead of buying all this music again on CD or somewhere like the iTunes Music Store, you can use the PlusDeck 2c.

The PlusDeck 2c slips into a standard 5.25” drive on your PC. You can simply insert a tape and the included software will convert that old piece of junk into either a MP3 or WAV file. There’s also an option to split the file up, but that’s easier to do in a sound editor like Audacity.

You don’t have to stand there and watch over the tape, the PlusDeck 2c takes care of everything, just let it sit. If your tape is 20 minutes long, you can come back in 20 minutes and it’ll be done.

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If you find being jolted awake by that incredibly annoying buzzing from alarm clocks does nothing but irritate you, maybe a more peaceful way to wake up could be what you need. The Progression Wake Up Clock uses a few peaceful techniques to gradually wake you up and get a better, more relaxed start to your day.

It works like a standard alarm clock with a digital read out, allowing you to program in the time that you want to wake up. The peaceful awakening begins 30 minutes before your desired wake up time when the clock begins to glow with a subtle light which over the next 30 minutes slowly swells.
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