Gifts Gadgets

Ideal for guitarists on the go, this titchy take-anywhere gizmo acts as an amp and effects unit in one. Simply plug in your axe, hook up some headphones or a speaker and you're ready to rock...or roll, or reverb, or wah-wah, or whatever. You can even jam along to MP3 tunes. Hit it!

Buy Waves iGTR Portable Amp

Transform any vertical surface into a wacky drinks mixer with this colourful contraption that looks like something from a Toontown speakeasy. Sucker-on the funnels and ice chambers, pour in your tipples and gawp as your concoction gives in to gravity.

Buy Chugalug Drinks Factory

Despite its jaunty name, the pocket-sized PoGo doesn't boing up and down (shame) but it will print the photos trapped inside your mobile phone (wirelessly) or digital camera (via USB) in seconds, wherever you may roam. Best of all, cutting-edge thermal technology means you'll never have to buy an ink cartridge again. Smile!

Buy PoGo Instant Photo Printer

He's only 6.5" tall but this state-of-the-art robot can sure teach the big boys a thing or two. The world's smallest humanoid robot, i-Sobot's movements are phenomenally fluid and lifelike, and he can talk, respond to your voice and even do kung fu. Your new best friend? Absolutely!

Buy i-Sobot

Want to add a touch of magic to outdoor soirees? Then get busy arranging these solar powered lights around branches, doorways, shrubs and parasols. Your garden will look like it's been sprinkled with fairy dust.

 Buy Solar Fairy Lights

Take your tastebuds on a trip with these miraculous tablets that make sour things taste wonderfully sweet. Lemons taste like toffee, vinegar tastes treacly and Guinness tastes all chocolately. Wonka-tastic!

Buy Miracle Fruit Tablets

Beer - the ideal refreshment. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise Bottle Opener. Its ongoing mission: to explore strange new kitchens. To seek out pesky bottles. To boldly open what no opener has opened before. Laa-laaaa...

Buy Star Trek Bottle Opener

Most electric vehicles have got about as much oomph as goats' wee-powered milk floats. But all that's about to change with this incredible scooter, the UK's first electric moped to retail below a grand. Capable of travelling up to 40 miles at 30mph on a single charge, it's set to revolutionise commuting. Simply power up via the nearest mains socket and you're away. Public transport? Bleurgh!

Buy Ego Electric Street Scoota

Making terracotta seem about as interesting as Alan Titchmarsh's jumper collection, this funky pot soaks up the sun's rays to produce a glowing display that adds ambience to any garden. Choose from constant white or a groovy colour-shifting version.

Buy Solar Powered Plant Pot

When you're struggling to get up in time for anything with your regular alarm, it's time to upgrade to the daddy of all wakey-wakey machines: with the ultimate selection of customised programmes to kick start your day, you'll never know how you coped without it.

Buy Neverlate Executive Alarm Clock