Korean company EarMecca has developed an earphone that passes as an earring. I'm sure it's not the best of either, but those crazy girls can finally listen to their Backstreet Boys albums without looking like a total square. Oh, girls. They're so silly! | More →

These Tamagotchi-style gizmos feature 8 LCD characters, all with their own distinct personality. The idea is to keep your randomly selected cyber partner happy by taking them out, complimenting them, buying them gifts and doing naughty things with them. Although for $40 you'd be better off just buying a few bottles of wine and crying yourself to sleep. | More →

The Skyacht is the world's first personal blimp, using hot air to provide lift and silent electric motors for propulsion. And just for good measure the designers even added some cool fins and wild colors to let everybody know you're not just a guy in a blimp. You're a guy in a blimp with attitude. | More →

For only $340 you can own this miniature fireplace that goes on your desk. It burns oil and has stainless steel logs and a slate base, although I can't imagine who would ever need something like this. Are there really people out there so desperate for fire they'll pay $340 for a little miniature fire lamp on their desk? Let's just lock them away... | More →

Digital Information Development (DID) has developed a virtual piano that is played with a keyboard consisting of projected laser beams. The box-shaped measures about 10 x 3 x 3 cm and weighs about 100 grams and projects a 25-key 2-octave keyboard onto the surface in front of it. A CMOS camera and infrared semiconductor laser module detect which keys are touched, and the corresponding... | More →