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This audio dock is different from all others you have been seeing as it is not made for Apple iPod alone but also for other MP3 players.

Thanks to 4 different kinds of holders, the dock is compatible with a couple of MP3 players, such as the Creative Zen Touch, Dell Pocket DJ, the obvious iPods, and many more. Its features are:

- Robust 15-watt subwoofer has 4-inch driver

- Powered by sub and main speakers, the compact PlayDock MP3 will out-boogie much larger stereo systems
- Convenient grip in rear housing makes it easy to transport
- AC adapter keeps the music going
- Internal battery ensures up to 10 hours of cordless music anywhere you go
- Recharges select MP3 players while AC powered.

The Cambrige Soundworks PlayDock costs $249.
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This Bug Bat gadget had me really smiling to myself. Sure it is payback time to those stubborn insects that make it their pleasure to annoy you. Insect of just killing them, just electrocute them. Sweet revenge!

Whether you are cooking in the kitchen or relaxing in your veranda, you are sure to have insects making some zing zang around you. Sometimes it is too much bother attacking them with insecticides or brooms. Just have some fun while they roast.

Each time a bug carelessly flies or touches the “strings” of the Bug Bat, it will most definitely go straight to insect heaven as your ears pick up the electric crackle of death.

If you are feeling sporty and want to go insect-hunting, you can pick up this nice gadget for less than $20. The excitement you will get out of it will make the cost insignificant. It is time to read your environment of those disease-carrying bugs.

It’s simple to use – when a fly or mosquito is annoying you, you flick the switch on the racket handle to on, and go hunting. When you’re ready to strike, you depress the button on the handle to instantaneously arm the racket strings and swing the racket, much as your granddaddy might have swung a rolled-up newspaper.

If you touch the fly or mosquito with any part of the racket face during your swing, then … POW!!!!! The most satisfying aspect of hitting your target, apart from ridding the world of an unwanted pesky insect, is the noise – the sound of a kill generated by the zap is incredibly satisfying, particularly if the little blighter has been tormenting you for hours.

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This is not an ordinary backpack, but a combo of MP3 player and a web camera. This means while listening to your digital music as you move about, you can also become an amateur movie producer by capturing the scenes around you (surreptitiously?).

Coming complete with a wireless 2.5GB hard drive, USB Hub, a tiny LCD screen with 4 button navigation and input, and 1 GB of flash memory, the PORTA2030 performs what its creators call “portable data sensing-storage-transmission” as it not only captures video streams in real time but also plays MP3s for its user to enjoy.

It’s a nice gadget for field workers or security personnel who need to monitor in real life what’s happening to other members of the team. Each Porta2030 is assigned a unique IP address for wireless transmission to a central hub.

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True to the adage that a person’s hands cannot deceive him, the Hand-Crank USB Power Charger will enable you to recharge your cell phone, camera, portable media players or other USB devices with just a few turns of the handle. It came with necessary adapters for many different phones.

Just throw this nice gadget into your bag or backpack and you will never be stranded anywhere with a dead cell phone battery. It costs about $39.95.

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Now this is an innovation that makes you sweat for charging your gadgets. While this might not be a cool technological invention, it is guaranteed to get the sweat out of you.

Besides the fact that you have an alternative way of powering up your gadgets without the use of much of an electrical output, the Pedal Powered Gadget Charger is sure to help you work up a sweat as well. Not only will you be adding a super charge to your device, but you’ll be pumping the blood through your veins and increasing your overall health and energy. And you can still always use your hands to crank the pedals if your legs are feeling a little too much like jello.

With this Pedal Powered Gadget Charger, you can charge your cell phones, digital camera, portable media players or notebooks. It is available for $141 . It weighs about 4.8kg.

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Are you stuck to your desk all day and no time for exercise? With the TrekDesk All-In-One Treadmill, you can now work out while you work behind your desk.

No time for the gym, spouse or your kids? Stop the guilt, re-discover your family, burn calories while you work (without sweating) and enjoy life again.

The TrekDesk offers an all-in-one solution for the home worker. Keeping you moving and your heart a-pumpin’ as you tap away at your keyboard answering e-mails. All you have to do is attach the easily assembled 70 x 38 desk onto any standard treadmill. It’s universal design ensures that your existing treadmill is compatible with the TrekDesk.

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This looks too good to be a fake. Yet it is a dummy security camera that looks too real to be ignored. So, if you can’t afford the real thing, this fake camera will do to scare away intruders from your premises.

Best of all, this fake cam is equipped with blinking LED lights to actually catch people’s attention. This nice gadget is available for just $15.

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Many note takers today face a choice of either lugging a laptop everywhere or writing everything down by hand and then manually entering their notes into a computer. Meanwhile, if you’re a compulsive doodler or graphic artist, many of your best works may be buried somewhere in the margins of an old notebook.

Iogear’s Mobile Digital Scribe ($130) represents an innovative alternative for note takers and sketchers alike: an ink pen with a digital component. The Digital Scribe comes with a receiver, and it saves everything you write to plain paper as a digital file. When you plug the receiver into a Windows PC, the device lets you upload your handwritten notes and convert them into text documents via the bundled My Script Notes 2.1 Lite optical character recognition (OCR) software.

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Now you don’t have to tune in to your TV or radio station just because you want to read the time. Why? This is because you can read the weather right on your wrist, if you are wearing the Meteo – Weather Forecast Watch from Oregon Scientific. Gone are the days when watches are meant just for time-telling only.

This stylish and fashionable digital watch tracks the weather by measuring barometric pressure trends. Perfect for those who want a sleek, low-profile watch that features a reverse LCD display and stopwatch function. Four easy-to-read icons (sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy, and rainy) display the upcoming weather conditions in the next 12 to 24 hours.

The Meteo – Weather Forecast Watch cost £40 and also functions as a digital clock, calendar and alarm.

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This is not science fiction, but a technology that is readily available to you by NTT. With this device, you can even open your door or locker just by touching it. It’s definitely faster than a swipe card.

The new product, called Firmo, consists of a card-sized transmitter carried in the user’s pocket. The card converts stored data into a weak AC electric field that extends across the body, and when the user touches a device or object embedded with a compatible receiver, the electric field is converted back into a data signal that can be read by the device.

For now, a set of 5 card transmitters and 1 receiver goes for $8,000, but NTT expects the price to come down when mass production begins.