We have seen it in the shape of a rat and as a pig. Now the eco-friendly, batteryless, hand-squeeze LED flashlight is back with a brand new design; the vampire bat.

It is cute, brightly coloured, and suitable for children. It’s ideal as a night lamp and educational at the same time. Teach children not to use batteries but generate electricity by themselves. As well as normal flashlight operation, the Bat can stand in an upright position, in order to act as a nightlight.

The Bat Torch is available from the Ethical Superstore for £4.99 (about $9 USD).

(Via Shiny Shiny)

This radio controlled creature would definitely have made it into the Top 13 Strangest R/C Toys list if it would have been around at the time of the writing.

The Vamp differs from most other flying toys because it’s an ‘Ornithopter’ – which means it flaps its wings to fly through the air – just like a real bat.

The scary little creature is 10 inches long and flies around with glowing red eyes and a wingspan of 12 inches. 20-30 minutes of charging will give you about 10 minutes of flight time.

The BladeRunner iVAMP is priced at £34.99 (about $72 USD), but is unfortunately out of stock over at Thumbs Up UK at the moment.

Here’s a video demonstration of the radio controlled vampire bat:

(Tech Digest via TFTS)