We haven’t yet been privvy to the decibel level of this mean green early morning machine but after several reads of its description online at the purveyors of the questionable, Hammacher Schlemmer we assume the worst.
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There are reincarnations-a-plenty of Star Wars’ most famous droid, a silly money home entertainment system and a quirky RC amongst them, but the merchandising machine knows no boundaries and is as ruthless as Darth Vader when it comes to using the force against your wallet. Now there’s this: an R2D2 clock.
Batteries not included – or needed. Amazingly, this simple clock will run forever on salt water alone. It gets all the electrons it needs from the solution, so all you need to do is top it up once in a while.
Taking miniaturisation to the extreme, the TX54 is a concept design for Timex, that squishes a digital watch into a piece of clear plastic that fits over your thumb nail like something out of Minority Report.
Lunch meetings are never likely to overrun if you’re sitting at the LED Watch Table. It’s furniture, but also a fully functional and hilariously oversized digital wristwatch.
Arctic conditions in the bedroom and rainforest humidity in the bathroom can be monitored and balanced with the weather-predicting Clima Control panel from Oregon Scientific.
Who needs the meteorological office when your own alarm clock can forecast the weather for the next 24 hours? Now you can wake up with the sun…or at least lie in until the rain stops.