A reliable flashlight is an essential part of any "emergency kit." Topping the dependability list is the Excursion Pro Aluminium LED torch...

If you've ever used a cordless phone's "pager" function to chirp out a homing-signal from the couch cushion or back porch, then you're sure to appreciate the "Now You Can Find It!" Wireless RF Electronic Locater from The Sharper Image.

Here's a conundrum everyone's faced at some point: "Should I buy a Universal Remote Control to replace the four remotes sitting on my coffee table? Or should I but a new cordless phone?"

While it is generally accepted that television is bad for kids--about as healthy for the mind as chocolate covered sugar pops are for the body--there’s no denying that TV is hands down the best, cheapest, brainless baby-sitter going. Now you can empower your young children with control over their own brain-drain with Fobis Technologies’ weemote® or weemote®2, tot-tailored universal remote controls for most TVs, VCRs, Cable Boxes and Satellite Receivers.

It's one thing to use a luxurious pair of stereo headphones to enjoy good music at great volume, the audible thrill of an action packed movie or the big kabooms of an explosive videogame all in the privacy of one's tech-wrapped skull; it's quite another to do all that while nipping off to the fridge for a beverage or three without missing a beat; the bathroom too, while you're at it. Such is the liberating case with AW770 Wireless Deluxe Headphones from Advent Wireless.

The First Alert SA302 Smart Smoke Detector boasts "dual-sensor" technology that apparently discriminates between dangerous house-is-probably-on-fire smoke and less-disastrous / more-embarrassing crying-wolf cooking smoke.