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Grow your own test-tube alien.(LIFE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)(TECH GADGETS)

Byline: Joseph Szadkowski, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Here's a look at some of the latest high-tech toys on this planet. Test Tube Aliens from 4Kidz Inc. (stand-alone product, $14.99).

A group of multimedia-dependent "extraterrestrials" that already have invaded the United Kingdom and Australia land on American shores in search of humans to help them survive.

The toy alien samples, created in 2005 by inventor Mike Simpson and Matty Bickerton, former senior scientist at Philips Research Labs, were handed over to 4Kidz' President and Chief Executive Officer Ken Lewis. They are sold to suitable owners at various stores.

These sluglike creatures, which belong to a dying ...

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