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Despite its small package, this camera features a 30x optical zoom lens and SteadyShot image stabilization, which lets you get up close to the action from literally hundreds of feet away. Captures 20MP stills and 1080/60p video.

Engineer Amanda Ghassaei has come up with a method to use a laser cutter to create playable records using wood instead of vinyl. While the sound fidelity isn’t great, we’re still impressed that they play at all. Learn how at Instructables.

Like the Prop Power, Quirky’s upcoming Prop Power Rugged is an extension cord made with flexible wiring. It wraps around objects like a snake and holds its shape. This edition has a sturdy shell for added durability.

Do you have access to multiple data connections or Internet providers? Connectify’s Switchboard is a cloud service subscription that lets you gang together multiple Internet connections at once to speed up both downloads and uploads.

Invented by photographer Elvis Halilović, Ondu are durable and easy to use wooden pinhole cameras. Each camera is handmade by Elvis and his brother Benjamin. Available in six different designs.

Extend the life of your gadgets and make the most of your purchases with iFixit’s toolkit. It has a variety of bits, tweezers and other tools that will help you disassemble and fix most laptops and mobile phones.

Designed by Alexsander Suhih and Maxim Mezentsev, the E-inkey is similar to the Optimus Popularis in that the appearance of each key can be modified. But the E-inkey uses E-ink, so it’s lighter and consumes less electricity.

The guys at TechRadar envision a world in which Microsoft and Sony put aside their differences to collaborate on the ultimate gaming console. One which not only plays next-gen games, but games from past-gen systems.

After making fun of Google Glass on Weekend Update, comedian Fred Armisen gives the “Explorer Edition” of the tech a test drive with Engadget – revealing the quirks, impracticalities (and potential) for the futuristic eyeglasses.

The Western Digital My Passport Ultra is a USB 3.0 portable drive with an easy to use backup software, fast transfer speeds and a durable enclosure that’s just 0.5″ thick. Comes in 500GB & 1TB, with a 2TB model coming soon.

The TLC200 Pro automatically shoots time-lapse videos, whether in strong or low lighting conditions thanks to its high dynamic range and large pixel size image sensor. Its CS mount lets you swap lenses (sold separately).

We initially thought of their SoloWheel as the world’s smallest Segway, but Inventist’s skateboard size Hovertrax might take the title. It weighs just 9lbs and can travel up to 4 miles at a speed up to 6mph on a one hour charge.

Like the AfterShokz, earHero are open ear earphones. Its speakers are so tiny that they won’t block your ear canal, so you can still hear the sounds around you. Great for outdoor use or pretending you’re a secret agent.

The Cinemizer OLED has two 870 × 500 OLED displays that mimic a single 40″ monitor. It has adjustable focus, head tracking that emulates a mouse, a 6-hour battery, as well as stereoscopic 3D via HDMI and AV inputs.

Sure, it’s just a commercial for Sony’s LED TVs, but the explosive imagery of paints flying everywhere, set to the voice of Gene Wilder’s Pure Imagination is good enough for our eyes and ears. Best watched in full screen 1080p.

Playground Inc. presents its ideas for Google Glass apps. The company says that all of these can be made today, but they can’t be implemented with the current battery technology and the API for Glass. More here.

Proving that form and functionality can work together, these earbuds have handmade ebony wood enclosures which look great, and provide a rich and natural sound in a compact package. Has a microphone for smartphone use too.

The pocket-size iPhone charge dock gets a Lightning connector, making it the perfect travel accessory for your iPhone 5. Even works with some cases. Available in US, EU and UK versions. We only wish it had a swivel function.

The Xperia ZR can be used in up to 4.9 ft. of fresh water for up to 30 min., long enough to shoot HD video or even check your email underwater – though you might need swim goggles to see the screen.