A roundup of this week's Motors' Gadgets
Richard Hammond’s Top Gear Uncovered The DVD special
Price:€16.88
Buy:bestnightin.com
TOP GEAR's Richard Hammond demonstrates the core skills required for you at home to be a successful TG presenter with the help of some friends, explosives, a bricklayer, a jet engine expert and someone who really likes crushing stuff. The programme contains eight specially filmed items, each between five and 10 minutes in duration, including an epic race with a Bowler Nemesis across the Abu Dhabi desert, a race between a Z4 and a jet-powered remote-controlled car, some reverse crash testing and world trial bike champion Dougie Lampkin riding his bike around Hammond's house.
Nintendo Wii Black Edition
Price: €228
Buy:bestnightin.com
OF ALL the consoles, the Wii is certainly the most sociable and although the console has been out a while now, if you decide to get one there is now a cool black version available which wont stick out like a sore thumb in your living room. This one comes with the new Wii Sports Resort game and a Motion Plus Controller.
Stealth Laptop Sleeve
Price:€19
Buy:firebox.com
This could be handy for government minsters who have a habit of leaving their laptops on the backseat of cars. This laptop case looks like an old manila envelope, yet is made of super-strong fabric that is tearproof and waterproof. Ideal for fooling would-be thieves and keeping state secrets intact.
Gocycle
Price:€1,399.50
Buy:greenaer.ie
THE GOCYCLE is the brainchild of ex-McLaren designer Richard Thorpe. He has applied what he has learned from making super cars into a bicycle for commuters. This collapsible bike features a battery pack in the frame, which provides 20km of range for effort free commuting. Gocycle recently won the Gold Award for outstanding design and innovation at the 2009 Eurobike show.