No doubt we’ve all had the odd moment where we’ve nearly drifted off to the land of nod whilst driving. Truck drivers will certainly be able to indentify. Well, this safety gadget which goes by the name of The Drive Alert Master is designed to help you stay awake. The device, which slips in behind your ear, senses when your head is slumping forward and delivers a loud beeping sound to wake you up.

The Drive Alert Master runs on a 1.5 Volt DCx (LR44) battery and is low on energy consumption.

You can pick one up for $19.95.

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Heres another great energy saving gadget. This wind up torch is able to generate light without a power source. Simply wind the gadget up for 60 seconds and you’ll get 30 minutes of emergency power. The torch has 3 LED bulbs and two light settings. It also contains a rechargeable LIR2032 Lithium-ion battery that can be recharged up to 500 times.

These are available from The Natural Collection.

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This small rotating earth watch was designed by a team of artists from Japan with the assistance of Seiko Instruments.

It is a very unique time piece that has a rotating earth which does one full rotation over 24 hours, just as the real earth does. The watch has a small time zone indicator for the hour and a small orange dot to indicate the minutes. Powered by a 10 year Lithium battery, Read the rest of this entry »

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Heres another neat drinking related gadget. This counting bottle opener keeps a running total of how many bottles you’ve opened and displays it on a digital screen. If you tend to drink too much and cant remember how many you’ve had by the end of the night, this gadget will keep track of it for you. The BottleSpy goes into sleep mode after 15 minutes of inactivity.

Available at The Gadget Box.

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Another USB gadget! A USB powered mini vacuum cleaner, these are actually a pretty good idea, I’m always cleaning up crumbs and whatnot from around my desktop. These even come in handy for cleaning the dust out of monitor vents and computer cooling fans. This one doesnt require any batteries and runs entirely from your computers USB port. It comes with a bristle brush and rubber nozzle.

Available at Gadgets.co.uk

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