Ambient Devices is a company started by MIT students has developed a number of nice low-key gadgets that display “glance-able” data that is transmitted over the U.S. pager network - no Internet connection is required.
The Ambient Orb is a frosted glass sphere that glows red through yellow to green indicating movements in the Dow Jones [...]

HRL Laboratories recently announced the development of a new diode that will be incorporated into a Passive Millimeter-wave Camera by Trex Enterprises. This new camera allows the user to see through drywall, plywood and eventually even concrete.
This is a technological elaboration and an extension of the infamous Sony Handycam Nightshot 0Lux video cameras circa 1998, [...]

Motorola MPx
“The Motorola MPx replaces the multi-device syndrome by ingeniously blending the best of a mobile phone, personal data assistant (PDA) and email messenger in one easy-to-use compact device. By opening the device in landscape mode, Internet browsing, streaming video and access to corporate applications are all within easy reach using the Motorola MPx.
The [...]

Takara Co Ltd has announced a product they call the Yumemi Koubou (Dream Viewing Workshop ), which helps users to guide their own dreams. The device contains an array of lights, a panel for attaching a photo or image, a fragrance dispenser, an IC voice recorder, a selection of internally stored background music, two [...]

Is your sushi-bar serving you “tu-no” (textured soy protein) instead of tuna? Concerned about MBM in cattle or fish feed? Wish to avoid pork or beef? Find out what you are eating with FoodExpert-ID, a new gadget for food and feed testing.

The FoodExpert-ID is based on the GeneChip, developed by Affymetrix, which supports 80,000 [...]

Virtual keyboards have been discussed & prototyped for years now, and they are finally here. VKB Inc. has begun shipping their product, which can be ordered through iBIZ Technology.
Vkb’s are miniature projectors that shine the image of a keyboard onto some flat surface and then capture & interpret the movements of your fingers as they [...]

Nemesysco Ltd. has developed a new line of “Voice Analysis Eyeglasses” that provide data about the truthfulness of the person you are speaking to. [...]

Zap recently introduced their new Intimidator L.U.V., billed as the “neighborhood electric car”. At a price of $13,995, the range of this electric vehicle is 50miles at 25mph.
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PDD Group Ltd. has recently announced SNIF, a wearable chip-controlled skin patch that delivers customized fragrances.
The device employs an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip to control up to 3 scent reservoirs. A small cell powers the chip that controls the heating elements that vaporize the fragrances. Sensors on the chip monitor temperature and atmospheric [...]

The Sony Qualia product line is the super high-end of consumer electronics. There are/will be 19 products, but only four have been made public since June 2003:
004 - 6.2 megapixel home theater digital projector - $25,000
007 - Super Audio CD System - about $6,800
015 - 36-inch color monitor - [...]