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You know how we accumulate plenty of loose change over the years, and without realizing the total amount could add up to a rather handsome figure? If so, it is about time you enlisted the help of a Counting Money Jar which comes with an intelligent top, keeping track of all the loose change you pass through its slot while displaying the grand total for your convenience. Whenever you remove the lid, the LCD display will mention “Withdraw”, where you key in the amount you want to take out in order to maintain the correct total. Powered by a couple of AAA batteries, this Counting Money Jar works only with the British currency system. The Counting Money Jar will require a £14.99 investment first though, so make sure you set that aside before you will be able to let a machine keep track of just how much loose change you have around the home when consolidated into a solitary place.

Love playing pranks on other folks? That would mean you will fall for the Shocking Black Digital Camera as the latest addition to your arsenal of practical jokes. This device looks like an ordinary, generic digital camera of sorts, and it is a hoot to get your mate line everyone up before he/she shoots - only to discover that pressing the shutter button will shock him/her much to the laughter of the other people posing. £3.35 is a small price to pay for some laughs at the office, especially when you’re trying to get rid of the Monday blues while thinking about what a blast last weekend was.

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The winner of last week’s coolest gadget competition is the Pop-up Garage Stows Your Car Safely Underground.

The Cardok garage is an interesting parking solution that is starting to be seen around more affluent London locales. The owner’s car is raised and lowered by means of a hydraulic lift. At present there are eight in action around London, four under construction and another ten that have been ordered

Congrats again to We Interrupt.

In second place we have the Remote Security Sentry.

When you’re away, fire-up this remote security robot to ‘roam’ the house beaming back a live image of your home to an Internet enabled device. The bot automatically finds its charging base for a power up, so you can leave this running longer - such as when away on holiday.

Finally in third place comes the Optoma Pico Transforms iPhone Into Projector.

The Optoma Pico can turn your iPod or iPhone into a projector. The 4.1″ PK-101 can work as close as 8″ or up to 8′ away and still display sharp images. Shine it on a wall, a piece of furniture, a car seat or your cat (if he/she is dozing) and the image will still be true. The Pico only weighs 4 oz. and has a rechargeable battery life of 1.5 hours. Included in the $399.00 price are two batteries. Time liked it so well they made it one of their top ten gadgets of 2008.

Thank you to everybody who voted, submitted, commented or told a friend. The randomly drawn winner of the $50 Amazon vouchers is:

Feint (steamis1337@…), congratulations.

Thanks again everybody and good luck with the next CGOTW contest on Friday.

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