The Applied Physics Lab at the University of Washington has developed a small, free-swimming vehicle called SeaGlider, that can gather oceanographic data for months at a time and transmit it to shore in near-real time via satellite data telemetry. A Seaglider recently stayed at sea for over 5 months.

What is interesting is that the Seaglider [...]

ThinkOutside is about to release their long awaited Bluetooth Keyboard for Pocket PCs and Smartphones.
ThinkOutside Website

Compatability list is impressive:
Bluetooth:
iPAQ 1940, 1945, 2210, 2215, 4150, 4155, 4350 and 4355 series models, Series 5000 is being tested;
Dell Axim x3 series models; ASUS MyPal A620.
Any Pocket PC 2002 or Windows Mobile 2003 device with a [...]

The first Bulgari hotel just opened (May 19) in Milan. Daily rates start at $700.

Bulgari has signed a JV agreement with Marriott International for the joint management of a worldwide hotel chain (called Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts). Bulgari will be in charge of the design, catering and interior design end of the deal, while Marriott [...]

The Toyota Personal Mobility (PM) vehicle will probably never get built, but it certainly looks interesting.

Toyota is not providing very many details. This 4wd vehicle holds 1 person only and is powered by a rear-mounted electric motor. The steering wheel, brakes and accelerator have been replaced by 2 joysticks. The passenger cabin tilts up to [...]

The HMP-A1 is a new multi-media player from Sony. It supports MP3 and MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 playback as well as the JPEG format.

The 20GB disk holds about 9.5hrs of MPEG-2 video or 300hrs of MP3 audio.
The 3.5in display is at 320×240 resolution. Priced at $575 available June 26.

Invented by 2 students at the Lausanne Hotel School in Switzerland, this plate promises to make eating spaghetti easier and cleaner. The plate has a raised hollow in the middle with which to wrap the strands around the tines of your fork, instead of using the bowl of a spoon. The plate won first prize [...]

Logitec will soon release 3 new Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices for home and SMB use.
Hard drive sizes are 160GB, 250GB and 300GB. Model LHD-LAN160 (160GB) price is about $325. Comes with 100BASE TX fast ethernet, and 3 USB ports. Quiet and compact at about 8in high.

The new Vaio Type-U Series boasts 20Gb HDD, 256Mb Memory, 167mmx108mmx26.8mm size…You can use stylus or foldable keyboard to write…
Sony Vaio Type-U

There are two models - Intel Celeron M 900 MHz and Intel Pentium M 1 GHz. Screen resolution is 800×600. Comes with built-in 802.11b/g, cf slot, memory stick slot, mini firewire, 4 USB 2.0 [...]

Yamano Music is offering the “Hand Roll Piano”, which is a roll-it-up and take-it-with-you 4-octave 49key piano.

Very popular in Japan at $135. It measures 72×25×4cm; weight 1kg, including the carrying bag. Runs on 4 AA batteries.

Here is an interesting use of technology … a compact flourescent bulb that also clears the air of odors.
The surface of the O-ZONELite bulb is coated with powdered titanium dioxide, which interacts with short-wavelength light (produced by the bulb itself) to produce a reaction with organic compounds in the air.
To quote from the Royal Society [...]