This Tube Lamp is designed as a tribute to high end audio amplifiers. It uses a series of 9 tubes with fairly low watt (25W) lamps inside. The tubes are built of glass and slightly glow when switched on. The tubes are encased in a bakelite black box and it has a toggle switch, mirror top and dimmer knob.

Currently they are out of stock but there are a few other places you might be able to pick one up from.

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The Efergy energy meter is the perfect idea which allows you to monitor closely how much electricity you are using or wasting. The Efergy comes in 3 parts. The first is the clip which wraps around your mains cable. This clip attaches to what appears to be a transmitter which transmits to a wireless display. Information on the screen is updated every six seconds and allows you to see what effect leaving a light on has or using the kettle. By monitoring closely what happens when you switch various items on and off you get a better picture of what to leave off when not needed.

The Efergy currently costs £43 with the code Offer07 when ordering from Efergy. Installation is also easy as you simply just wrap the clip around a mains cable which can be done with in 30 seconds. Once done, you are ready to go.

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This retro alarm clock has no cover which allows you to see all the gears turning inside as time moves forwards. As well as telling the time you will find a bell alarm. It measures 5.5″ x 7″ x 3.25″ in size and runs on 2 C type batteries. It costs $32 and is available from Garnet Hill.

The Talking Tire Gauge is a device which allows you to check the proper inflation level of your car or bike tires. It can instantly measure pressures up to 99.5 psi. Readouts are given by voice and on a digital display. It’s not a bad idea at all as reading gauges in low light can be a bit of a pain.

It costs $19.98 over at TaylorGifts.

Covered in sleek black vinyl with printed old school green code is the computer code briefcase. Apparently the code can be translated in to “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” although how that is done, I have no idea. Around the case there is silver trim to make it in to a sturdy briefcase to carry all your top secret documents around. The computer code briefcase costs $29.99 and is available below.

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This universal TV remote control is small enough to carry around on your keychain. It has just 7 functions but amongst those are the most used on any TV. You will find volume up/down as well as up and down channel changing buttons. You also have the ability to switch the TV on and off. It is powered by 1 CR2032 battery which comes included in the package. An amazing thing about this mini TV remote control is that it only costs $2.59 from DealExtreme.

The Konaki GPS navigation unit has a 3.5 inch touch screen display which can display 65K colours. The GPS unit is a 20 channel receiver which is integrated in to the casing allowing you to walk around with just the one device. Memory is expandable up to 2Gb as it has a built in SD card slot although the 1GB bundled card should suffice for keeping maps on it as it has the whole of the US map data on that card. The processor which powers the device is a 400MHz Samsung and the device runs Windows CE 4.2 in the background. As well as just being a navigation device you can put media on to your SD card and play back both audio and video as well as use the device as an E-Book reader.

The unit costs $198.99 from Amazon.

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The Cave is a bookshelf with built in chair allowing those avid book lovers to find a comfy space to read away. It was designed by Sakura Adachi from Japan and is described as a litteral way to “really get in to your reading”.

Two versions are available. The first costs $7045 and is sized for adults while the smaller version aimed at children costs $4830. They are built in the UK and take around 8 to 12 weeks to be delivered.

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This triple jet torch fires out flames that reach 2000 degrees C (3652 F). With it being so hot it can melt copper, glass, gold, silver, tin and aluminium. It is perfect for a hobby shop, jewellery bench or lab. It is fuelled by a standard butane lighter canister and the torch has a protective cover which only opens when the torch is being used.

Each fuel tank can power the torch for about 1 hour of use.

The tri flame torch will set you back just $4.31 from DealExtreme.

Making use of an on-board reversible Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM for short) fuel cell, we have a car which is powered by distilled water. To get the car moving it requires energy from the sun which is converted to electricity by using solar panels. This electrical charge mixed with distilled water performs a 10 minute electrolytic process. Oxygen and Hydrogen are extracted from the water and then the hydrogen slowly fed in to the PEM which fires up the car and it’s blue LED lights.

A feature of this car as well as it’s fancy fuel cells is the ability for it to find a clear path when driving. If it detects an object it will stop, scan around and find the best way onwards.

It is unclear how much driving time one fuel cell charge will give you. However, a handy addition to it’s specification is it’s ability to use regular batteries should the sun not be shining. It certainly will provide entertainment to any big kid.

The Hydrogen Powered Car is available at Hammacher and costs $99.95.

Christmas tree’s are a pain to clean up after you take them down a few days after Christmas. Needles go everywhere and you have to then find somewhere to chuck the tree. This desktop LED Christmas tree will save you all the hassle although I doubt you will see many presents under it as it stands just 4 inches tall. Ok, it’s not going to replace your living room Christmas tree, but it is a perfect desktop companion through out this festive season. It is powered by a 9V battery which I assume lasts a long time with it powering just the little LED’s.

This little Christmas tree is available at Firebox for £6.95.

This new camcorder has a 5.4 megapixel CCD and records DVD quality film on to it’s memory. The screen is high res and LCD (2.5″) and the camera can capture 720×480 at an impressive 30 frames per second. Video and pictures are stored on either the 64Meg of internal memory or an SD card which is not included. With the device being able to use up to a 4GB memory card it could easily record 4 hours of DVD quality recording. MPEG4 is used to store the video files which makes them highly compatible with plenty of media players. Picture taking can be done at 5.4 mega pixels and the camera features 8x digital zoom and a flash.

With it being encased in stainless steel it makes it tough and durable.

The Stainless Steel Digital Camcorder will set you back $199.99 over at ThinkGeek.