Belkin @TV Plus: stream TV, wish you were at home

    Sigh. You fork out for cable so you can spend your time watching NesTV, the UK's premier dedicated birdwatching channel, and suddenly everyone's making demands — go to work, go for a walk, please please spend time with your family... Don't they know Looking at Pigeons is on? Do they want you to miss My Mallards and Me? The PTV Plus controls your digibox and can stream TV to your Android or iThing via Wi-Fi or 3G. Now you can be out and still not miss The Great Crested Grebe Hour.


£150, belkin.co.uk

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Nikon 1 J2: Hot HD Digital Camera

    Once the CSC market was a lazy pond — these days it's a packed public pool. Barely a year after then, Nikon's back with the J2. New Creative Modes such as night shooting and easy panoramas and an upgrade to a 921k-dot rear LCD are relatively small changes for the same price — this is a cam for newbies, not upgraders. There's also a new, tiny 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 lens for 1-Series cams (E180) and a waterproof-to-40m case for the nor J2. Should be handy in the pool.

£500,nikon.co.uk

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Klipsch Image S41 Rugged In-Ear Headphones: (Un)break(able)beats

    Oh, for goodness sake. You've only been out on your bike for a couple of hours and here you are, covered in blood, rain, sweat and spit. Again. Why must we live next to a quarry? And you've broken your headphones? Well, I don't think they're designed for that kind of abuse. Although, while you were attempting front loops off limestone blocks, I was reading that lovely Stuff mag and they said there were some new ruggedised in-ears - dust- and water-resistant, and with a larger remote for using with your bike gloves on. Go run yourself a bath while I order you some. I'll be up with the TCP in a mo.

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Sonic Screwdriver Universal remote: TV Timelord

    You know how it is. You're sat watching TV with Amy Pond, Dr Who's flame-haired heroine, when suddenly the remote goes missing. Oh, very funny, Amy. No, we're not going to wrestle you for it. No, we're not going to chase you. Because, actually, we have a backup: a hand-finished metal sonic screwdriver that lets you control the TV hi-fi, Blu-ray player and more using gesture controls. So you'll just have to wrestle yourself, I'm afraid Amy.

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Zippo 4-in-1 Woodsman: seeking a friend for the end of the wood

    The end is nigh, by some means or another. Whether it's atomic weapons, an accidental black hole at CERN or disgruntled Martians rudely awoken by the univited ramblings of NASA's Curiosity, we're all doomed. But should we find ourselves plonked into a situation more dystopian than apocalyptic, living off the land rather than lying under it, we'll be glad we invested in this Zippo axe-hammer-saw-peg-puller. Well, so long as it doesn't all kick off before spring next year.
£tba (due Spring 2013), zippooutdoor.com

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