Awesome Tech

This compact brushed aluminum cylinder snaps onto the audio jack of most smartphones, providing on-the-go sound and an impromptu stand. Runs on 3 “AAA” batteries, so no charger required.

The unbelievably tiny PicoHD5.1 media player does 1080p playback and 5.1 audio, with support for USB, SD, SDHC and MMC media. Also reads various file types including MKV, FLV and FLAC.

Remember the Concrete USB Drive concept? Turns out you can actually buy one now, albeit from a different designer. Kix Berlin’s heavy duty Usbéton flash drives come in two capacities, 1GB and 4GB.

Looking for a stylish and unique way to protect and carry your MacBook? Silva’s briefcases are made from caramel bamboo, imparting a warm natural shell to your modern plastic and metal gadget.

Conceptual kitchen appliances made by Students of the Domus Academy for Electrolux, including a holographic cookbook, a trash receptacle that converts waste to energy, and a modular kitchen.

Go old school with these flash drives encased in used 35mm film canisters. Available in 2GB and 4GB models. They’re not going to work with the new easy-to-use cameras though.

Mateusz Główka’s stainless steel and aluminum tube amplifier is a thing of beauty. Components that cause interference are even isolated into their own compartments. Too bad it’s just one-of-a-kind.

An ingenious electric hand truck that can automatically lower or raise its platform, reducing back strain and injuries. Although for this price we’d expect it to transport the cargo on its own too.

Combining a flat-screen HDTV with a gas or wood-burning fireplace, Loewe’s MCZ Scenario definitely makes an impression. For Europe only at this point – everyone else just go with this instead.

Artefact’s, WVIL is a high-end camera with smartphone functionality. Its patent pending design also allows the camera’s lens and body to work even if they’re not attached to each other.

Turn your iPad, Android tablet or smartphone into a virtual canvas with these special brushes that work with capacitive touchscreens. This Kickstarter project needs your pledge if you want one.

Designed “by DJs for DJs,” Red Wave headphones were made to sound great and look great. They’re powered by big 50mm neodymium drivers, and have swivel earcups for monitoring house audio.

The latest in David Friedman’s series of interviews of contemporary inventors, with Steven Sasson, who invented the digital camera in 1975. You’ll never guess what he used to store the pictures.

Nikon’s D5100 dSLR offers tons of cool in-camera effects including ISO 102,400 “night-vision”, HDR, sketch, selective color and a simulated tilt-shift modes. Shoots 1080p HD video and 16.2MP stills.

Syzygy Labs imagines a universal app that will augment the TV, so users can get info related to what they’re watching, see what their friends are watching or even buy advertised products instantly.

In the future, our buses may look more like sports cars. Designed by a team headed by physicist Dr. Wubbo Ockels, the electric Superbus can carry up to 23 people and go as fast as 155mph.

The Seagate GoFlex Slim is a USB 3.0 external hard drive that is just 0.35-inch thick. Uses a 7200rpm 320GB drive. Has an NTFS pre-loader so you can use it with Macs without reformatting.

Volker Hübner’s tablet is optimized for designers and artists. With a 15.6″ OLED screen, pressure-sensitive stylus, programmable buttons and scroll wheel, it’s like a Cintiq with a computer built-in.

ASUS combines Lambo styling with a powerful Sandy Bridge i7 CPU, a 1080p 15.6″ display, 3GB GeForce GTX 460M GPU, and up to 1.5TB disk. In black or orange finishes with automotive details.

The WG-1 is waterproof, dustproof, and handles to 220lbs of force applied to its shell. Shoots 14MP stills, 720p video, stores GPS data and has a macro light ring. Available in black, purple and green.

It doesn’t explode, but the 40mm HEMI (Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation device) will deliver a 50,000 volt-charge to whatever it sticks to. Watch the clip for a demonstration (of sorts.)

Gresso’s Luxor World Time Gold phone offers an 18K gold body, two-sided sapphire crystal screen, Italian leather on the rear panel and six independent Swiss clockwork mechanisms.

Members of the MIT Media Lab used Microsoft’s Kinect to come up with interactive teleconferencing. Features include a talk time timer, auto focus on speaker and use of augmented reality objects.