Very Exclusive Gadgets & Gizmos

This next product must be for those who really want more control in their life. The SecureShot is a way for you to watch others, and it has an atomic clock.

I suppose you could call it a Nanny-cam, just like the one seen in Meet the Parents and The Nanny Diaries. Unlike the cameras put on stuffed animals, this one looks like an ordinary clock.

The Catena Wall Clock ($2,338) by by andreas dober for Germany’s Anthologie Quartett. This clock uses copper numbers attached to a bike chain that circles around a single motorized gear.

The Sevres Vase Clock is is a new type of timepiece that tells the hour by tapping on the surface of a vase to produce sound. An adjustable hammer mechanism allows a variety of vases to be used, thereby permitting a range of chimes to be generated. By Georgios Maridakis.

An adjustable hammer gently knocks on any vase you place on the stand on the hour, every hour. Different vases produce different sounds so potentially every home’s clock looks and sounds different just from one device.

The Hannspree XV-S Photo Alarm Clock gives your tired alarm clock a facelift. The alarm clock is a 4.3″ LCD screen that will display any of the stored photos including seven animated holiday themes as well as an analog or digital clock or even the calendar. It has an FM radio but if that’s not your thing then the clock can also play your choice of .wav or mp3 files that are loaded into the clock via the USB port. Most important of all, there’s an easy to hit snooze button. Priced at US$90.

The Smart Alarm Clock tells you all sorts of things you need to know. The time, when to get up, the date, the temperature and the scrolling message you programmed into it last night. With all that information at your fingertips you’re sure to make the right decision on whether or not to get out of bed. Needs 2 AAA batteries and comes in Smart Dog or Cat versions. £14.99

This LCD Smart Alarm Clock features a calendar, count down timer and thermometer. It also has a scrolling message that is preset or you can select your own personal message.

The IXP3 Internet Messaging Clock connects to any handy Internet router and thenceforth will display on demand messages from remote loved ones (or indeed enemies we suspect) using that there new fangled Internety thing.

You can send messages via email or through the product website, and they will be projected immediately on the remote clock. The thing can also store messages which can be scrolled through by the recipient when they wake up or whatever. Clever tech and proof once again that ubiquitous computing is coming to a bedstand near you real soon now. $119.95.

Want to be a Care Bear? The Rainbow projector clock is absolutely awesome then if you loved that 1980s cartoon, where it will project a beautiful rainbow across your wall, or even in your room’s ceiling. You can choose from three different modes - Variation, Slow and Vivid. The three cycles will involve the rainbow fading in from red to purple, color by color gradually, before it fades out from red to purple once again. In addition, it will appear in order so that your little ones can learn the right order as well visually. You can pick this puppy up for $23 a pop.

The Hermes alligator skin table clock is a perfect accessory for a CEO’s desk. This refreshing table clock is finished in the world’s finest saddle-stitched burgundy alligator skin, with over 12 layers of leather. The red Hermes leather sheaths the stainless steel chassis measuring 175 mm high by 150 mm wide and 37 mm thick. It features black nickel indexes and hands, and comes in a red lacquer case. The elegant table clock boasts Swiss mechanical movement with 8-day power reserve caliber 51 with 15 jewels, beating at 18,000 bph.

This Lifetone Bedside Fire Alarm Clock is like having your own personal faithful Labrador pup sitting by your bed at night. Just waiting to sniff a bit of smoke so he can pounce on your head, wrestle you out of the house and get featured on Oprah as the Pet Pooch of the Month. Awww..

Ladies and gentlemen, we present the unimpeachably ugly Sony Dream Machine Spy Camera, a product so hideous its manufacturer had to get an injunction to stop it being sold through normal stores. Instead they forced the product into air travel catalogues, at which point they washed their hands of the whole affair. Or so we believe.