Weird & wonderful

He says the candy-style keycaps look so real his brain refuses to believe they are not sweets.

He is amused by the dumpling keycap, which magnetically attaches to a steamer that connects to the keyboard.

He calls it one of the stranger meals he has had, as it also presses the neighbouring key with every click.

Press-to-cycle underwater light modes that impressed him.

Lets you draw on your clothes with a UV torch, but the effect fades too quickly for him to use it.

Extremely realistic fire effect, but loud and seemingly leaking.

A fitting idea for a reading light that changes colour on opening, but it only holds out to about 90 degrees.

Lighting effects sell the thundercloud illusion, though he thinks you could make it at home.

Fascinated by the lab-like machine that mixes a personalised scent, with mixed reactions to the three perfumes he tried.

Interesting concept that does release smells, but they don't match the on-screen action closely enough to add a real layer.

A Kickstarter umbrella that could never work as pitched, and it left backers with no refunds; he scores it 2 out of 10.

An over-engineered laundry-folding robot that was slow, absurdly expensive, never shipped, and scored 3 out of 10.

A pan you eat from sounds clever, but it is too hot to handle and only suits one person cooking for one.

Quiet and neatly foldable, but build quality and the auto speed mode are shaky; fine for light use, 7/10.

Technically impressive but pointless and fiddly, and he gave it 0/10.

Finds the magnetic levitation kit cool, though a bit fiddly to set up before it works.

Impressed by a table that looks unable to hold itself up but carries weight on an elastic string.

Explains how the mirror scope makes an object appear to float, without giving a firm verdict.

Used as an expensive target for the spill test, with no opinion given on the phone itself.

A car-styled case with a built-in spoiler, retractable stand and lenticular car image.

A case with a visor that shields the cameras when closed and acts as a stand when open.

A case where the phone sits inside a lid-topped box that slides up to use and locks, said to make the phone effectively unbreakable.

An odd case that looks like an Apple Mac Pro and works as an aroma diffuser, which he finds curious.

A case with built-in dice for board games, which he finds cool but imagines would be noisy with every step.