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Concept: LOP

Concept: LOP

Atila Rossito’s LOP concept is a 21st century version of the disco ball: it not only serves as a party-sized iPod speaker and dock, but streams movies and images along its surface.

Concept: Floater Phone

Concept: Floater Phone

No, your phone is not haunted: Mac Funamizu’s Floater Phone concept features a curved bottom that lets it sit up by itself or wobble whenever it receives a call or text message.

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Lenovo Multimedia Remote

Lenovo Multimedia Remote
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Lenovo’s Multimedia Remote may not look like much, but that’s the point: it’s a 2.4 GHz Windows-compatible wireless remote that includes a track ball, mini keyboard, and USB dongle.

Pedal Brain

Pedal Brain
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Pedal Brain is like Nike+ but for pro cyclers; it uses ANT+ to link sensors with your iPhone or iPod Touch, resulting in real-time position and performance data for riders and coaches.

enTourage eDGe

enTourage eDGe
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Part tablet PC, part e-book reader, the enTourage eDGe weighs just 2.75 lbs yet packs a 9.7″ e-Ink screen, 10.1″ color touchscreen, Wi-Fi, media playback, and Linux with Google Android.

Crazy Earphones

Crazy Earphones
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Literally listen to ear-splitting music with these Japanese-made in-ear Crazy Earphones, which are available in painful (katana, arrows) and quirky (mushrooms, ears) flavors.

Samsung CL80 Camera

Samsung CL80 Camera

Samsung’s 14.1 MP CL80 is a Wi-fi enabled camera, with Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube uploading; it also features a 3.7″ AMOLED touchscreen, 7x optical zoom, and 720p videos.

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Hexatech F1 Sim

Hexatech F1 Sim
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For $192k you could buy a real car, but the Hexatech F1 Sim is made for hardcore racers; it sports three 42″ monitors, 6 degrees of freedom, and the same KERS tech found in F1 cars.

Acer Travelmate Timeline

Acer Travelmate Timeline
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Ideal for pro-users, Acer’s Travelmate Timeline 13.3″, 14.1″ and 15.6″ notebooks each pack a CULV Core 2 Duo and 8 hrs. of battery but weigh at most 3.5 lbs and measure 1.1″ thick.

Star Trek Webcam

Star Trek Webcam
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Boldly chat where no geek has gone before with the Star Trek Webcam; the 300k USB camera is shaped like the original Enterprise with red LED nacelles and a gooseneck mount.

NZXT Hades Chassis

NZXT Hades Chassis
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The road to hell is paved with 300mm video cards: NZXT’s Hades Chassis is a 9-bay gaming midtower with up to 5 fans, a 3-temperature display, water cooling holes, and wire routing.

Dell Inspiron Mini 10

Dell Inspiron Mini 10
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Available 1/2010, Dell’s 10.1″ Inspiron Mini 10 gets a full makeover with a streamlined case, Atom N450 CPU, optional HD accelerator, HDTV tuner, GPS, Wi-fi, and 6-cell battery.

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Carhartt x Vestax Turntable

Carhartt x Vestax Turntable
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Workwear maker Carhartt teams up with Vestax for a special edition Handy Trax; the portable turntable includes a dynamic balanced tone arm, built-in speaker, and tough plastic casing.

Magico Ultimate II Speakers

Magico Ultimate II Speakers
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Magico’s Ultimate II speakers are impossible to miss, visually or aurally: the 5-way horn-loaded system stands 7.5 feet tall, weighs 800 lbs, and sports woofers with 2000 watt amps.

Lumen Tactile Display

Lumen Tactile Display

Ivan Poupyrev’s Lumen gives new meaning (and feeling) to multi-touch: the device features tactile pixels that not only light up but move up and down, letting it “display” 3D shapes.

Bluetooth Music Receiver

Bluetooth Music Receiver
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Belkin’s Bluetooth Music Receiver may not be the first, but we’re digging the small size; it supports A2DP and will pair with any BT-capable cellphone or media player up to 33 feet away.

Audi A8 x Google Earth

Audi A8 x Google Earth

Audi’s new creme-de-la-creme A8 also gets Mountain View’s best of breed: drivers will be able to navigate in 3D using Google Earth on an 8″ LCD screen thanks to a built-in UMTS modem.

Concept: Mag+

Concept: Mag+

The Mag+ digital magazine is only a concept, but it’s very well thought-out; ideas include vertical reading, text/imagery focus shifting, view neutrality, and contextual radial menus.

Beat Thang Machine

Beat Thang Machine
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The Beat Thang Machine is a fully mobile music production system, able to go 6 hours on a charge; it features a 3.5″ LC, 3,000+ sounds, onboard sampling/resampling, and USB in/out.

Neato XV-11 Robot Vacuum

Neato XV-11 Robot Vacuum
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Neato’s XV-11 makes other robot vacuums a-la the Roomba suck: instead of bumping around, it uses lasers to detect and map out objects up to 4 meters away; it’s due out 2/2010.

LaCie Rikiki

LaCie Rikiki
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It may not be the smallest portable hard drive, but LaCie’s Rikiki is one of the sleekest; it sports a brushed aluminum housing with up to 640 GB, weighs 5.6 oz, and measures 1/2″ thick.

Peregrine Glove

Peregrine Glove
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Preorder now: the Peregrine Glove mixes Minority Report and button mashing, letting you frag via your fingers with 18 touch points and 3 pads, good for 30 programmable actions.

DIY: Dual Monitor Stand

DIY: Dual Monitor Stand

It’s only able to swivel slightly, but for less than $15 it’s tough to beat this DIY Dual Monitor Stand; it’s mounted to a desk and made with galvanized steel pipe, PVC pipe, and wood.

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