The $1275 Bang

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"The phone is called Serene. It?s a radical departure from any cellphone you?ve ever used before, mostly in a good way. One of the bad ways, alas, is the price. Promise you won?t stop reading when you find out? It?s $1,275....."

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The Insides of an Etch-A-Sketch

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"Nifty nifty."

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N.S.E.C.T - RC Robotic Insectoid

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"The next generation of high tech toys, features Variable Motion Technology, allowing it to move just like a spider, the creature also features a pinching claw that allows it to pick up and transport objects. However, its greatest weapon is concealed and with the press of a button, its wings rise to reveal a hidden adjustable cannon."

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A Photo History of LED Calculator Watches

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"Most of these still retain a retro-cool feel, except for the 1977 Sinclair Kit, which just looks awkward."

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A New Cell Phone That Recognizes its Owner

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"A new mobile phone in Japan takes security pretty seriously: It can recognize its owner, automatically locks when the person gets too far away from it and can be found via satellite navigation if it goes missing. The P903i from NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile carrier, comes with a small black card about the size of a movie-ticket stub."

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Why your next cell phone must be Dual-Mode

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"A dual-mode phone is able to use both cellular Wi-Fi radio signal for communication. This technology is not quite ready yet, but it has huge implications for the future of mobile communication."

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New Sensors Can Detect Cap-Busting (gunshots) up to Two Miles Away!

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"There are some sensors being placed around Washington D.C. to detect gunshots and pinpoint the area the gunshot took place. The sensors, about the size of coffee cans, are being placed atop buildings all around town. Something tells me that the black market price of a silencer is going up as we speak."

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The Sexiest Comforter On The Planet

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"Have you always wanted to say that you go to bed with four hot women every night? Well, now you can with the Reality Bedding Sleeping Beauties comforter, the sexiest comforter on the planet. Every geek will want one this holiday."

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iLights - Made from iMac speakers.

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"Looking for something to do with old/broken iMac speakers? Do what Wayne did "Tear out all the guts. Stuff them with miniature christmas lights and let them hang"

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Turn Your iPod Into an Expensive Flashlight

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"The $29.95 Blinkit snaps into any iPod's dock connector, and can provide a steady stream of light from its two LEDs -- or, if you fiddle with its buttons, the lights can pulse at different frequencies."

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Video: Man invents the steampunk mechanical Tiger to impress the ladies

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"A custom-built mechanical tiger created by a local artist and taken out for its first ride, in Brugge, Belgium. Utterly magnificient and strangely majestic, I can imagine pompous Steampunk kings going for a stroll down the beaches riding a beast like this. This artist, is definitely one to watch!"

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If Apple made a sink. I want one.

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"Working flat sink."

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iPod Killers For Christmas 2006

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"MP3 Newswire runs down 29 new digital portables just released for the holiday season"

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McDonald's gives MP3 players infected with spy ware

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"If it is not lawsuits then there is virus infected MP3 players, the fast food giant is always in the news. It all started in August when McDonald's Japan in association with Coca Cola announced a contest, where a MP3 player was awarded upon sending the unique number on the Coke glass as a text message. In all 10,000 winners were announced and each"

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Top 10 Power Sucking Electronic Devices

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"Suprised to see that a multifunction printer/copier can use 92 watts... in standby!"

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Grocery Powered Vehicles: hovercraft

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"Grocery Powered Vehicles are contraptions that you can make with materials that you can find at your local grocery store. In this podcast, I teach you how to make a simple hovercraft, bearingless motor, and dirigible."

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Text for Condom Delivery

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"A new service allows users to send an SMS to have condoms discreetly delivered to them..."

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Build a bluetooth controlled Holloween Hovercraft party light

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"DIY hovercraft and made it a Halloween version, the one is controlled via Bluetooth! The video is fun."

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First DIGITAL Photo EVER Taken

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"31 years ago the first digital camera was created - and the first digital photograph takenSee for yourself"

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Wii retail details: markup and endcaps

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"Looks like peoples in the retail industry are getting pretty stoked about the Wiis about to make it into their respective stores. We got our hands on the CompUSA hardware / software markup sheet for Nintendo's new console, as well as some spy pics of some Target Wii endcaps and the variety of accessories those will be stocking, as well."

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Big-Screen TV Price War on the Horizon

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"Christmas is coming, and that means war. "The only ones making money in the TV business this year will be the guys who deliver the sets and the people who sell the stands and the mounting brackets," says analyst Rosemary Abowd of Pacific Media Associates in Menlo Park, Calif."

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9-Volt Lights: reuse your batteries as candles

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"Here's a cool way to use those useless 9 volt batteries you have cluttering up your junk drawer: Richard Lawson's 9Vo(l)tive lights. Turning any 9V battery into a small candle-like light that can be placed anywhere, they're a clever and eye-pleasing use of the chunky batteries."

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General Motor's integrated, retractable Flex-Fit bike rack

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"GM's Flex-Fit system consists of an integrated bike rack that covertly hides within the rear bumper of your automobile, and at the presumed press of a button, the system pulls a stunt akin to those found in highly touted spy films, sliding out from beneath the vehicle in order to holster the bike and expose a secondary license plate."

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Open source software radio - Flex-Radio SDR-1000

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""This is an amateur HF 100 watt transceiver that is completely software driven. The software and updates are all free. There are NO controls on the box itself except a power switch. Users are encouraged to write their own software to control the radio as it is open source and in fact many do.""

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The DVD rewinder

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"I dunno know about you, but I just hate rewinding my DVDs manually after watching them. Thank goodness someone came up with the DVD rewinder to relieve my tired hands. Just snap the disc on top, press the button and watch in wonder as your disc spins up thanks to the "Centriptal Velocity Spindle.""

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Duck Fadar: "Luke, I am your bath toy."

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"Duck Fadar is a rubber duck utilizing the "force" of LED to generate random colors while in the tub. A young Jedi no longer needs to choose between the light or the dark; now it's more like the fuchsia or the aquamarine. Neat feature: lighting is automatic when Fadar is dropped into water."

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