Electric Ice Cream Scooper

You've probably at some time in your life done battle with a frozen tub of ice cream. Curses and Norman Bate moments later hacking the scoop, you've made no headway with that Peanut Crunch Delight. It's set in concrete and your guests are thumping the table in mutiny. The conventional wisdom is to dump it aside to thaw a bit, if you can wait, or chuck it into the microwave for some zap time. There's a better way, though. An electric scooper. Just what every overstuffed kitchen drawer needs. The scoop heats up, allowing you to cut through even the most rock-solid ice cream slab. Before you know it, you're cutting through entire gallons. Too bad this is tethered and not battery operated to allow you can bring along on picnic outings.

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Via newlaunches.com

Price: US$24.50
Availability: At Frontgate online store
Device: Heated ice cream scoop
Basic specs: Drip guard, non-stick surface

Hotpod floating spa

Fancy your own hottub floating paradise? Hotpod has a nice one here. You get to swim and you get to spa at the same time, which is what R&R should be all about. The Hotpod looks easy enough to set up. According to the literature, you only have to connect the suction and intake hose of the pool. The pod then takes water right from your pool heater and pumps it through six hydro-engineered jets. Meanwhile, it's cosy enough for up to four adults without having to sit on each other's laps (unless so desired). The only catch: It's doubtful any of the public or condominium pools here in Asia will let you connect this to the pool's heater. Shucks.

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Price: US$487
Availability: At Wal-Mart
Device: Floating spa
Basic specs: 25lbs, seats up to four adults, holds 450 gallons, heavy-duty nylon mesh, 40 min heat time, 30 degrees F hotter than ambient pool water, 56 x 56 x 33inches, minimum heating requirement 55,000BTU

Sun Jar

Another eclectic design by the team of Suck UK. This designer Sun Jar collects and stores liquid sunshine in a bottle, so that by night this store of energy is converted to light. Best of all, it sits inconspicuously on a ledge in the day, but once dusk sets, it flicks itself on. Magical!

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Via Geekologie

Price: N.A.
Availability: No launch date given, more info at Suck UK
Device: Solar device
Basic specs: Glass jar, solar cell, battery and LED lights, 100 x 100 x 160mm

Lunch Tote

With Christmas coming up real fast, just what does one get a tech chick? One thing any techie likes is a design that's cheery yet functional. The Lunch Tote bags those two criteria straight up. Made of wet suit-grade neoprene which is pliable yet protective, this contains two chambers to insulate food and drinks separately. When open, it lies flat so you can use it as a placemat. More importantly for today's modern worker ant, you can toss it into the washing machine or roll it up to pack away. What can we say? Delicious!

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Price: US$19.99
Availability: At Built NY
Device: Lunch bag
Basic specs: Zipper and reinforced handle, 14 x 14 x 8 inches, available in several colors

Strolling Bowling

When the site says this game has legs, it means exactly that. We were certainly bowled over when we came across this 10-pin miniature game that takes its own sweet time to score. That's right. Players wind up a little clockwork bowling ball, much like the kind you sometimes get with your McDonald's Value Meals, take aim, then wait as it strolls down the alley towards the popup pins. It's a hoot to watch as the windup bowling ball with clown feet rarely waddles towards the direction you've pointed it at. Since it appears to have two left feet, this takes a lot more luck than skill to score a strike. Great for a bowling-obsessed partner or friend.

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Price: US$24.30
Availability: At Firebox
Device: Bowling game
Basic specs: Closed approximately 5 x 14 x 17cm, bowling ball approximately 5 x 5 x 4cm, box/alley, alley section with pins, bowling ball

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