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Tokyoflash goes 'Negative'
WATCHES I never quite got the whole watch-collecting thing, until I bought my first one from Tokyoflash. (I have marveled over the ridiculously expensive watches I'd read about in the Financial Times, the pink broadsheet stuffed with "how to spend it" advice for CEOs.)
A better ballgame for the Wii
Activision's Little League World Series 2008 is made for Wii, literally. And that's what makes it a great game. You can bat, pitch, and field the ball in Little League, which is more than you do with the more static Wii Sports Baseball.
Image-conscious headsets block the noise
What you wear on your head says a lot about you, whether or not it's true. My students and my Milton neighbors, for example, say that my vintage black plastic frames make me a dead ringer for some guy who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. But when I see someone wearing a nice pair of headphones, I automatically think "audiophile" ...
More than one way to get fit
Video games And I thought the Wii was only good for pulling muscles I didn't know I had. Science is finally catching up with marketers' claims that people can lose weight by playing certain video games.
This phone helps parents keep track of the tweens
Telecom Fretting about your tween taking the T to school, or what she might be up to afterwards? AT&T offers an excellent tracking device that a young person should find appealing enough to keep close.
Are you tracking Sasquatch? Bring along this camera
Photography I haven't yet taken the solo-backpacking excursion to the White Mountains I'd been planning. But since I'm more interested in repelling wildlife than attracting it, I won't be bringing Bushnell's Trail Scout Pro Trail Camera along.
Shapeways offers cheap 3D printing
PROTOTYPE If you've ever thought you could design a better Troll or toaster (move over, Michael Graves), here's your chance to prove it.
This microscope's computer- and video-friendly
Science Celestron has a microscope that you can use to share your love of science with others, without having to teach them to use the instrument.
Night vision for kids
Spy gear We're fast becoming a nation of snoops. If you don't believe me, check out some of the toys coming out this fall: radio-controlled digital camera aircraft, audio eavesdropping devices, and pen-size document scanners, many of them aimed at youngsters.
Picture frames become works of art
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Digital photos have never looked better. (It gets easier with each new multimegapixel camera.)