The Beer Machine

Here's a Christmas gift we don't mind getting. The Beer Machine is a fun, idiot-proof microbrewery where you simply add water to the mix, pop the machine into the fridge, wait seven to 10 days, and be rewarded with a keg of 10 liters of fresh, cold beer. The saleslady assured that this worked out to 28 12oz mugs at just 71 Singapore cents each. Having partaken of a taste sample at Carrefour, we can say it's as good as the real thing. Since there's a whole load of beer mixes to pick from, there's probably one with your name on it. However, this being Singapore, there's just one last step to that beer party you're planning--applying for a homebrew license.

Price: S$198 (US$121)
Availability: Carrefour, Singapore
Device: Mini micro brewery
Basic specs: Beer Machine Model 2000, 1 mix, 3 CO2 bulbs, defoamer disk and brewers yeast

Goggle Lamps

If you're looking for matching interior decoration to go with your Philips Miravision, designer Ross Lovegrove's swimming goggles-inspired wall lamp is just as tricky. When it's off, the iridescent film on the lamp turns it into a mirror. Your guests can't help but eyeball the Goggle lamps, particularly when it changes colors depending on the angle. Pretty. Though our male colleages seem to have other less-than wholesome thoughts in mind.

Click to see the Goggle Lamps in different settings: image 1 | image 2 | image 3

Price: 60-70 pounds (US$111-US$130)
Availability: Luceplan
Device: Wall lamps
Basic specs: Base and diffuser in opaline polycarbonate. Elliptical mirror or iridescent film, 220v-240v

Calory Answer Spectroscopic Calorimeter

This has got to be the world's most expensive calorie counter. At US$28,000, this Japanese brainchild uses near-infrared analysis to determine the calorific content in your food, which you feed into a microwave-looking machine looking right out of the movie prop set from Pleasantville. And what do you know, it runs on Windows. For US$28,000, we'll tell you how many grams of fat that Chicken Rice meal has.

Price: US$28,000
Availability: Joy World Pacific
Device: Calorie counter
Basic specs: N.A.

Daiquiri Whacker

For some added "oomph" to your drink, Californian native Steve Reid's Daiquiri Whacker certainly revs up to the job. This petrol-powered blender fires up on a 25cc Homelite PowerStroke engine and comes with motorcycle-style twist grip throttle that's guaranteed to put some hair on anyone's chest. No electricity is needed, which makes this great for outdoor picnics and barbeques. Just prime it, pull the starter, and that next beach party at East Coast Park will never be the same again.

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Price: US$259
Availability: SR Leisure Time Products
Device: Blender
Basic specs: Unbreakable blender jar, MSR aluminum fuel bottle, Homelite two-stoke oil, instruction manual

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