Decano Fake Sunroof

This one's so lame, it's funny. Brings to mind Mr Bean's foibles, which Asian Scrooges who want to catch up-with-the-Joneses should relate to. The DIY Decano Sunroof sticks to the roof of your car, looks real enough from a distance, even better at night, and leaves you feeling top of the world. All for US$24.99. And if the adhesive dries up, a little something called Blu Tack oughta do the trick. Now some smart aleck out there is asking if there's a holographic version for the inside, so the sunroof looks like it's open to your date in the hot seat. We'd also suggest it as a great idea this Christmas for cheapskate office mates who like to help themselves way too freely to your snacks.

Via haha.nu

Price: US$24.99
Availability: Catch it while it's on eBay

Self-regenerating tires

Self-driving cars, self-parking, self-repairing paint… and now self-healing tires? Gee, who needs a mechanic after this? Michelin says it uses manufacturing techniques which mold the tread of the XDA5 in three dimensions. What that means to us commuting plebs is the tire features a tread that somehow regenerates itself as it wears off. If we dumb this down further, the tread sorta acts like an onion. As the tire wears, the tread reveals new grooves and tread blocks within. Once again, technology aping nature.

Unfortunately, this isn't multi-layered, so you'll not be getting immortal treads that last forever. Just a touted 30 percent extension in tread life over the standard ones.

No word on whether these will roll out to passenger cars, when or, yikes, what the bill will cost you for getting into the high-tech groove. What we'd love is for somebody to come up with Transformer-type cars, souped-up convertibles which can morph from boring family saloons into a choice of fast car like an Aston Martin DB5 or 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 for the weekend. Yeah!

Heads up from InventorSpot.com; source AutoChannel

Pre-charged rechargeable Duracell batteries

It's good to see battery manufacturers improving their cells for use with today's more energy-needy gadgets. Following in Sanyo's eneloop footsteps is the Duracell bunny. Yes, the original hare which predates Energizer's fluffy pink one. And the former has even more reason to beat its own bass drum. It now offers (for a premium, mind you) pre-charged NiMH batteries. That's good news for gadgets owners since it means you no longer have to tether those rechargeables overnight to the mains to season them first. Now you just pop them in straightaway to use. Plus these new batts, living up to the Duracell name, can now hold their charge for up to a whopping year (365 days to be exact) without use. More importantly, your other half won't be nagging you for long to get rid of those batteries stored in the freezer compartment, along with the frozen edibles.

Via PR Newswire

Price: US$12.99 for a four-pack
Availability: These should hit Asian shelves soon enough
Device: Rechargeable NiMH batteries
Specs: N.A.

Waterlogged DS Lite

If your son has been bugging you to buy a Nintendo handheld console for him, this may just be the perfect copout. Introducing the Yoshi's Island water puzzle game. This faux DS Lite is filled with water and two buttons let you control streams of bubbles which will move tiny rings inside. The objective is to land those tiny rings into the right spots using your amazing bubble navigation skills.

We don't know if children these days are capable of having fun without a computer or (real) console these days, but this one should provide a wee bit of amusement--for all of 2 minutes.

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Credit: Siliconera (via DS Fanboy)

Immobilizer Cell Phone Stun Gun

Here's a mobile phone that will stun you like nothing. Yes, we actually mean stun. As in 900,000 volts of pure charge going right through you. The online site touts this as "one of the highest voltage stun guns available"--which is good news for the one holding it, not so good news for the poor mite on the receiving end. Illegal or otherwise in Asia, we're betting there's always someone out there who'll try to smuggle this in. Dressed to kill, this looks like a phone (smacks of a Sony Ericsson), feels like one. That is until you point the top end of the device at your unwitting victim. There are two safety levels, in case you stupidly zap and fry yourself. Oh, and just to give the customer value for the money, this device also packs a 12 LED flashlight (to check out your wretched quarry in the dark?), a holster, and batteries. No word on just how much power this stunner sucks up per charge. But get this, you receive a lifetime warranty on this stun gun. Or is that a lifetime in the slammer?

Via New Launches

Price: US$84.95
Availability: At SecuritySafetySpy
Device: Stun gun
Specs: 900,000 volts, bright 12 LED flashlight, holster, three CR2 batteries included

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