Looking for a more natural way to purify the air and add a bit of green to your home? Andrea is a plant, but so much more than that and was a result of a collaboration between designer Mathieu Lehanneur and Harvard professor David Edwards. It is an environmental purifier that uses the air-cleansing powers of plants and has a modular, bubble topped sci-fi look. The apparatus enhances the plant's ability to remove toxic gases of indoor air and pump out clean oxygen.

So at this point we've seen LEDs show up just about everywhere. Belts, T-shirts, hats, glasses, tiles, and now you can have a spiffy LED faucet too. The Single Handle LED Glass Sink Faucet will impress your guests with a waterfall light show as they wash their hands. But why? Just because you can.

We have seen many Star Wars busts but they are usually never too affordable and sort of look the same after awhile. Well these Star Wars Japanese Mini Busts have a touch of Beethoven don't they? Bandai Japan has decided to add a bit of class to five models including Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Han Solo, and Darth Vader.

We promised no more mentioning of Hello Kitty wares - and I guess we lied, but we couldn't resist not mentioning this latest one. The Hello Kitty Sushi Maker is a ridiculous waste of money, but if you use it correctly you'll have the most interesting looking sushi ever! Fresh from Strapya World is the Sanrio Hello Kitty Sushi Maker. The kit includes everything in pink. The compressor is even a Hello Kitty shape. I still don't know how to make normal Sushi, so I can't imagine what it would turn out if I attempted to make this! It would probably look like a Pokemon instead. If you ...

When I first spotted the Looftlighter I thought it was just a really cool curling iron. Instead, it is actually a  firestarter without the flame. Richard Looft created the Looftlighter out of frustration from barbecued food tasting like lighter fluid. Basically this is a hair dryer on steroids that blows enough extreme heat (about 1000 Fahrenheit and higher) to kick start a fireplace's logs to go on fire and a BBQ grill's coals to burn. Please just don't use it on your hair, no matter how late you are in the morning. The Looftlighter retails for $79.99 at ThinkGeek.

The Dyson DC31 Animal could be considered the handheld version of the Dyson upright and canister vacuums. It too has the root technology that its other siblings have, along with powerful suction, and sensitivity to allergens too. I have used many a vacuum in my years on this earth: Hoover, Kenmore, Dirt Devil, Miele, iRobot Roomba, Shark, and the Black & Decker Dustbuster, to name a few, and even the old school Electrolux. But until this past week I had actually never gotten my hands on a Dyson.

Wow, we can not express just how much we miss Battlestar Galactica. And until Caprica starts airing, we'll have to do with this Battlestar Galactica Cylon Centurion Target Poster Replica poster holding us over. It's time for Toaster target practice! This poster is an actual replica from the show and was created from the same digital file used for the props on the show. The corners have even been cut, and poster comes complete with a scoring form in the lower right corner.

Sure, the Christmas tree gets all the attention around this time of year, but what about the Menorah? These super cool Menorahs will make your dreidal drool. Last year we spotted the LED Motherboard Menorah but these latest two that we have unearthed, would pretty much put that one to shame.  The Steampunk Menorah from Klockwerks is probably the most badass Menorah I have ever laid my eyes upon. Even if you aren't Jewish this would be damn cool to have in your home! Then there is the handmade Menorah from  Etsy that was conceived from a recycled circuit board from the 80's. So not only is it a religious item - it's green too! The RECYCLED Circuit Board from Etsy retails for $69, but sadly we can't find any pricing info on the Steampunk Menorah from

The Snoopy Mini Fridge is so cute even if it can only fit in two cans of coke or maybe also a sandwich. The price is a bit ridiclous as well for $299.99, but it does sport  Snoopy drawings and its light blue color make it a nice addition to any dorm room, bedroom, or Snoopy collector.

You may actually be tempted to play with these NES Controller Soap rather than to use it to bathe with. The latest soap controller incarnations from Digitalsoaps is scented with Mountain Dew fragrance oil and carved with such detail  that the buttons are also the correct colors of red and black. The details are so specific to even include the wording 'Select' and 'Start'. These are a great gift for any Nintendo retro fan if you are looking for something that is certainly unique. The Four Pack of NES Controller Soap retails for $34 at

If you have no idea what to get someone for the holidays this year - then these nifty placemats could do the trick. Shaped as file folders found on the Mac OS its perfect for the person who loves to be organized and adores icons that are now tangible items in your home. The Folder Placemats come in sets of 2 or 4 and retail for $18 and $32

Looking for a way to give back to the environment? SodaStream is an easy way to cut back on buying soda bottles which contribute to the environments waste. These slick sodamakers can turn tap water in to seltzer in under 30 seconds. Or you can buy mixes to use them to make Pepsi, Coca-Cola, SodaStream Cola, 7-Up, Sprite and an assortment of other drinks at home. The SodaStream

The Parker House line of furniture may look traditional in design but it’s very modern in functionality. Inside its chunky wood design is an integrated dock for your iPod to cleanly be docked and connected to your speakers within the media center. Parker House also offers a USB hub to be integrated with the media console as well. It supports all the older generation iPods up to the iPod Touch and will only support audio playback through its speakers not video on your TV. Maybe its not a complete solution but atleast its something. The Parker House line of furniture can be found at Walmart, Amazon

I love scented candles, but they never are able to make my home smell like it does in Bed Bath and Beyond, unless I wanted to start a fire! The Scentbug from Slatkin & Co is the latest in fragrance technology. Theses colorful little oil fans can be placed around your home and when you insert the oil, it will disperse the smell throughout your home. The Scentbug comes in 6 different colors from pastels to dark tones and its design will fit in with any home. The Scentbug  retails for $12.50 and each oil retails for $4. That is not a bad investment for making your home smelling ...

Who makes toast at home anymore? I don't…but if you do then the Limited Edition Lulu Guinness Toaster will certainly add a little color and character to your home. The toaster is actually a Breville covered under all those red kisses.  Lulu Guinness is famous for making high-end accessories and has now brought glamour back to this limited edition toaster only available in the UK at Comet for £34.99 (US $70). Now who wouldn't want a little kiss with their toast in the morning.

I wouldn't suggest holding a candle near this lamp. The Brave New World Lamp started as a concept piece of ramdom "thought-initiated construction" and was first available in Europe and now is finally available stateside. Constructed out of bamboo without an actually plan in mind. It was created by just carefully applying pieces of wood together to form a shape which eventually became a lamp. It supports a max of 20W and retails for $3214. Now that's alot of green for some bamboo!

Garbage cans are not meant to be sexy or even a remotely appealing. They are only meant to hold your trash and hide the box of donuts you over indulged on. The Stashcan from Quirky however gives a unique new twist on the typical garbage can. Its actually stylish and has other compartment within the can to store extra garbage bags. No more hunting around for bags as the garbage juice leaks on to your foot. The Stashcan is yet another community invention from Quirky and will retail for $54.

We admit, we're a sucker for just about anything Lego. And if you throw in a little Star Wars in to the mix, we become even bigger suckers. That is why we're all over these Lego Star Wars Magnet sets. Each set comes with 3 classic characters ready to fight the dark side (or help defend it) as they wage war on your fridge. Choose from the (1) Darth maul, (2) Royal Guard, (3) Stormtrooper,

HoMedics has turned water filtration on its ear today with the release of the Restore, a complete water purification system in a pitcher. Restore will provide cleaner and supposedly better tasting tap water by utilizing germ-killing Ultraviolet (UV) Clean Technology to remove bacteria and viruses with a filtration system to reduce metals, chlorine (taste and odor), and other pollutants. Restore’s UV Clean Technology utilizes UV light in the C spectrum to kill most of this bacteria. Geez…I’m not sure what kind of water HoMedics thinks we are drinking…Its sounds like its from the street or toilet bowl with all this bacteria it plans on killing with the UV light.  The Restore will

Need to know what size your apartment is? Well a boring old Stanley tape measuring just won't do for us hipsters - no not at all. This cassette tape that literally is a measuring "tape" is so much more fun. The Mix Tape measuring tape can measure up to 9ft in length and you will look just so much cooler doing it. The Mix Tape Measure retails for $10 bucks at Fredflare.

Today we had the opportunity of meeting with James Dyson himself and getting a hands-on with the new Dyson Air Multiplier. If you haven't heard about it already, the Air Multiplier is the world's first "bladeless fan" that can produce an interrupted stream of smooth air without any buffeting. We'd by lying if we said we understood the ingenious technology process that went in to the design of the Air Multiplier, and James did do a great job of explaining it to us, but instead we'll get right to the practicality of the device. First of all, because it's bladeless - it's super safe. You can literally stick your head through it without getting hurt. We can especially vouch for that, since we watched a fellow blogger take a "head shot" using one. The device is also portable, you can dismantle it in to two pieces for easy traveling and throwing into a suitcase.