This is Anomalie, a DIY build who spends every moment of his waking day trundling around looking for strong light sources to feed his insatiable appetite for solar power.

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We’ve spoken of the “Twins” character in the past, and there was some speculation that the Ice Cream van character was a red herring. Well, it seems that isn’t the case - we’ve stumbled across some video footage and a call sheet from the set, posted online by someone who must spend his entire life snooping about the streets sniffing out this stuff… and hallelujah to him!

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During a recent visit to Lourdes, his right Holy one Pope Benedict XVI (guarantee that comes up in a pub quiz soon) has his every move tracked by an unmanned aerial vehicle. It’s certainly the direction we’d expect his protection to be coming from - but perhaps the UAV was in case the big fella upstairs was busy.

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Normally used for reconnaissance missions and bombing sorties, UAVs’ (unmanned aerial vehicles) vast internal technology has been unleashed for more peaceful pursuits in the shape of this delivery service in rural Africa.

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From a division of Cambridge University we never knew existed comes this rather decent remote controlled footie player. This straightforward DIY build comes in lower than a Sunday league player transfer fee, and your fixed wage bill is the price of a few AA’s every so often.

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If you have had your fill of merchandise join the club, but hats off to this chap - he may be bringing up the rear in terms of release date, but he’s well worth a ripple of applause. Not only does this Lego NXT replica look better than the robotic trashcan of Hollywood fame, but he boasts a feature set to make the original blush.

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Just when Artoo fans thought it was safe to lift the restrictions on their credit cards after a battering from the ice bucket, entertainment system, alarm clock and fridge, we’ve stumbled upon another reincarnation of the droid.

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The growth in Aquaculture over the past decade has been phenominal, we’re eating more fish, stocks are depleting in some areas and catching the blighters is one of the world most dangerous jobs. Step up Ocean Technologies who’ve made underwater pens for a few years and are now entering into a joint effort with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to build ones that move autonomously.

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