Soon, the small island nation of Bahrain may soon be known for more than having served as a temporary home to Michael Jackson. Its brand new World Trade Center twin towers are connected by three wind turbines that spun for the first time earlier this week. The building is the first in the world to [...]

That’s Fujitsu’s WoodShell concept PC. It joins an increasingly common trend of so called “natural” products already demonstrated by MSI, ASUS, Olympus, LG and others. No specs are provided on this feel-good piece. However, we presume it’s powered by the blood and tears wrung from the baby Gore’s heartbreak.

Sitting like a shuttle to Naboo, this design by Zaha Hadid Architects was picked to be the new Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. Zaha Hadid’s design flaunts conceptual characteristics like fluidity, velocity and lightness in a way that make the structure appear to be floating just above the urban landscape. The museums glossy, metallic [...]

The Spacearium fishtank is intended to “reinvent your indoor space,” as opposed to just being an accessory with some fish in it off in a corner somewhere. The huge acrylic tanks are shaped like gently curving ellipses, and range in size from 5 to 8 feet across, which is easily large enough to turn them [...]

See, now we’re torn. Do we spend our imaginary rainbow dollars on that Real Crystal LED Watch concept we saw the other day, or do we pretend like we could ever scrap together enough pennies to afford this very really De Grisogono Meccanico DG timepiece? The watch is apparently the first all-mechanical digital watch — [...]

Matryoshkus, or nesting dolls as they are often known make some pretty cool toys for small children. The trouble is that they are not educational enough. Art Lebdev studios has fixed that problem and created a set of Matryoshkus that teach data block size terms, from the smallest bit up to a terabyte.
I know what [...]

If you are a fan of the chopper aesthetic and have a big fat stinking pile of cash burning a hole in your pocket, then you just might want to take a look at this. The GothRod chair comes with springer suspension on the foot and backrests, hand-machined billet parts and the leather is hand [...]

This device from Freeloader is the smallest and lightest battery charger in the world. It allows you to recharge all your AA, AAA NiMH and NiCd rechargeable batteries via your computer’s USB port.

Given up on trying to solve the original Rubik’s cube? Try this one instead. It only takes a simple twist to jump between the built-in features.
The display on the 3-inch cube will show you the current time, date and room temperature, and there’s an alarm function as well to go with that.
The Cube Clock is [...]

This computer mouse features two buttons and a scroll wheel, and it is studded with dazzling white, fake diamonds.
The Diamante Mouse measures 10 x 3 cm and is available from the I Want One of Those website for £27.99 (about $55 USD).

Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope is an image of the variable star V838 Monocerotis which lies near the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy. The photo was taken way back in March 2004.

The Lego-Esque Desktop Calendar will add some geek flare to your office cubicle. The
3 blocks come in 3 colors, yellow, red and white and each display day, month and year. Thanks to the Lego inspired design they can be assembled in a plethora of ways. To change the display on the 3 inch plus brick, [...]

We’ve tested all of Saitek’s backlit keyboards, and laud their excellent touch response and attractive, helpful illumination. Now the company’s outdone itself with the Saitek PK17U Cyborg Gaming Keyboard. This baby reaches to a new level of backlighting coolness, giving you control of not only the intensity of its three colors, but the ability to [...]

The robo-music ball of energy known as the Sony Rolly is getting an upgrade in the color department. Sony has announced a new black version of the device as well as a multi-colored speaker covers designed to add a little flare to your Rolly’s pre-programmed “dance” routines. In case you forgot what this incredible little [...]

Inspired by Swarovsky Signity watches, this timepiece by designer Ilya Yakovlev features a surface made from real crystals backlit by LEDs. You can increase the luminosity and change colors to suit your mood. Is it real? In the mind of Yakovlev yes. Is it expensive? I’m gonna hedge my bet and say hell yeah.

If you fancy yourself a sport-loving princess, you’ll need a befitting place to recline, such as the sensational handcrafted limestone Cleopatra Chaise Lounge from Alemanno with natural heat radiation. Designed by an eminent doctor of hot stone therapy, Prof. Dr. Med. Billingham, the chair is primarily for people concerned with their health and wellness. Shaped [...]

Can it be? Why… why yes, a watch with integrated cellphone we might (might!) actually wear. The Van Der Led WM2 is a quad-band GSM watch with itty bitty 1.3-inch, 260k color touchscreen display, stereo Bluetooth, up to 240-hours of standby or 300-minutes talk, and 1GB of storage for a few of your MP3 or [...]

For the half dozen or so folks actively seeking a run-of-the-mill watch phone to completely destroy any chance of landing new pals (let alone a SO) while out on the town, you’ve got a surprising amount of choices. Still, you’d be hard-pressed to find one as gaudy, yet curiously sleek as the Cool G108. Boasting [...]

I have a special place in my heart for foosball. I love the staring your opponents in eyes, trash talking and taking off your shirt and running around the room every time you score a goal, but I digress. The 11 Foosball table designed by GRO design and Tim modelmakers takes foosball to a new [...]

This playful little LEGO-style MP3 player is offered in five different colors and supports microSD flash memory cards up to 2GB in size.