John Kestner’s concept wallets make the user aware of their financial status by giving them physical feedback. For example, one of the wallets becomes harder to open the less money you have.

We’re enjoying Thought of You, Ryan Woodward’s fluid and beautifully choreographed 2d animation; we’re also scratching our heads and wondering why it won’t be shown at Sundance next month.

While it’s not the speediest way to get around, you have to hand it to these guys who spent 5 days clicking their way across America using Google Streetview for their Demo Slam entry.

Okay, now that we’ve gotten your attention, these penguins aren’t exactly the most acrobatic. But they do charm the hell out us as they try to figure out how to navigate the most minimal of obstacles.

One of the best ways to peruse your favorite sites on the iPad has come to iPhone. FLUD reader is free for the moment, so what are you waiting for? Be sure to add The Awesomer to your favorites!

ShopAdorn is offering 10% off through 12/31 (promo code Awesome10), and if you email us, you’ll be entered to win this cool LCD EOS watch (Contest has ended, congrats to the winner!)

We’ve posted thousands of goodies this year, and figured we’d help you guys out with your holiday shopping by picking some of the most awesome items of the year – in case you missed ’em.

John Jacobson’s perfect smile will banish even the darkest clouds. His enthusiasm will embarrass and empower you at the same time. Shoulder! Chin! Shoulder! Pat… DOUBLE DREAM HANDS!

Most laptop stands are bulky and hard to carry around. Not the AviiQ. It transforms into a plate about a quarter of an inch-thick when not in use, and easily folds out when needed.

A wacky montage of movie characters saying “Blah blah blah”. It was really funny the first time we saw it, but then we got really creeped out on the second go. Especially with Crazy Shatner.

Normally, we stab the crotch of anyone who dares to explain their joke, but we’ll let this slide, because it’s actually quite the revelation. So that’s all that it was this whole time? Myth busted.

A local news channel is shooting live right where you’re about to pass. Will you change routes or go the same path? If you pick the latter, make sure you don’t make a fool of yourself.

Aside from the curvy Nexus S, Google seems to be close to launching the cloud-based Chrome OS as well, along with a specially designed notebook. US residents can apply to be pilot testers here.

Italian artist Franco Recchia takes discarded old bits of electronic junk and turns them into intricate (and pricey) cityscape sculptures. We have say the Fifth Avenue one is our fave.

Stadler Form’s elegant and versatile MAX fan heater is a reliable space heater capable of being just a fan during the summer and a toasty heater in the winter, since it blows both hot and cold air.

Show off what your schmancy graphics card can handle with this newly updated 3D benchmarking utility. The stuff in their demos is almost always cooler than the graphics in games themselves.

Weikang Sun used Sony Vegas Pro 10 to sync all four of the dreams in the last heist in Inception, reminding us how much really happened in the few seconds that the van was falling.

While we featured Daft Punk’s TRON:Legacy track before, we now have the official music video, and it’s the most perfect thing you could imagine – if you dream about Daft Punk and TRON, that is.

We’re liking the Fortune Poster series from Jason Dean; each of the 8 pieces coordinates colors and icons associated with a phrase from a real fortune cookie, and can be randomly chosen for you.

These schizophrenic sneakers pay tribute to both R2-D2 and C-3PO at the same time. There’s a shiny gold side for 3PO, and a white and blue side for R2. They really remind us of bowling for some reason.

The title of this Rankin-Bass-Police holiday musical mashup pretty much says it all. “Rudolph (You Don’t Have to Put on the Red Light)”. Maybe Sting was the long lost 10th reindeer?

This is semi-famous Internet cat Meesha. He loves stuffed toys, and he shows his love either by carrying them around or attacking them. Here he does a heart-melting tight hug of his teddy bear.

Jarrett Heather says he spent between 500 to 1000 hours to create this kinetic typography video for Jonathan Coulton’s suburban ballad, Shop-Vac. Judging by the quality of the video, we believe him.