With this gadget, I think we have a case of the AMX Thermostat mixed with the Undress Me Mug. Some people plan for the weather by watching the news and planning complex and ornate alternate plans for each possible weather condition, including an assortment of outfits laid out for the morning. I, on the other hand, just take a look out the window and see how the passing woman are dressed.

The Stripping Weathergirl Weather Station works on the same premise. The hotter it gets, the less clothes the weathergirl wears. The Weather Station features 15 different forecast icons, for the varying degree of temperatures. The time is set automatically via a radio signal. Personally, I don’t give a shit about the time when I have a scantily clad chick (animated or not) to look at. Get your own for $70. — Andrew Dobrow

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As we find ourselves constantly further into winter everyday, here is a peripheral that might help you save yourself from frostbite. This is a USB heated mouse. Not only will the power from the USB go to powering this mouse, it will also be used to heat up your poor, freezing hand.

You might not want to trash that USB heater you just bought, but you can focus it on your feet or face instead of your hands now. Who knew that USB technology would be put to such different uses?

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For those that live in places where the climate does not allow you to live without an air-conditioner, you will understand how annoying it is to clean the filters inside. We all aim to clean it at least once a year, but sometimes it is up till the point when we can’t stand the smell any more do we take turns to do the cleaning. Sanyo’s new Seasonal Color air-conditioner EX series have a few gadgets in their to save your trouble. There is UV that kills the germs, there’s Ozone that reacts with whatever that gives out smell, there’s also a CO2 and air quality sensor in there that once activated can suck out the air indoors and replace it with filtered clean ait from the outside. With that, we probably would have never needed to wash our air-conditioners for the rest of our lives. These machines will come out in March, selling at $2.3K in Japan. — Sam Chan

Sanyo EX series [Sanyo Japan]

Everyone loves snow right? Well, everyone loves the concept of snow and the amazing photos is makes for, but barely anyone likes the freezing temperatures it requires to even be present. SnoWonder takes care of the temperature problem of snow, so it doesn’t turn into a puddle of dirty water when you want to be in a warm living room by your fire. All it is is a special powder that expands to 100 times its original size when water is added to become a mass of fake snow for you to play with. It’s unfortunate that this stuff can’t be blasted on mountainsides this winter and make up for the lack of snow right now. SnoWonder starts at around $7 which will make you 10 cups of the room temperature stuff.

SnoWonder is the most amazing man-made snow on the market! It is visually identical to real snow. If you pour a bowl of SnoWonder on real snow, you cannot tell the difference, yet it can be used indoors for months without melting! This is the replacement for styrofoam and cotton snow that home and professional decorators and designers have waited decades for.

– Nik Gomez

SnoWonder Instant Snow! [via The Red Ferret Journal]