Spotlight Gadgets

Universal key holder.

A palm-sized, thumb-activated heart monitor which measures key heart health parameters in 25 seconds and helps detect cardiovascular diseases early.

Security freaks rejoice. This $40 device automatically disconnects your computer from the Internet when it’s not in use.

New LED watch from Tokyoflash. This one has a stainless steel band and 29 bright LEDs that animate in a cascade effect to tell the time.

Do you have a fear of being struck by lightning? This little gizmo will cure it. It warns of approaching lightning strikes from as far away as 40 miles.

IntelliProbe Bluetooth Wireless Temperature Probe makes any pocket PC with Bluetooth support a temperature logging and monitoring device.

Matchbox sized portable scan tool used to diagnose vehicle problems. Available with a USB or Bluetooth interface.

Don’t you just hate it when you need to write something down and you don’t have a piece of paper? You’ll never have that problem again with this pen. It has a roll of paper in its cap.

Swap out your 2.5 inch notebook hard drive with Compact Flash cards. Available in both single and dual slot versions.

An alarm clock that responds to voice commands. The most important command being: ‘snooze’.

Look, on your desk. It’s a mouse. It’s a phone. It’s a USB skype mouse phone.

You’ve seen the USB warming gloves and the USB warming slippers. The next body parts up for warming are your knees!

Multi-function sports watch with a built in tri-axis accelerometer that measures how long you are airborne. Great for snowboarders, skiers or people that can fly.

If you always had a secret desire to be awakened in the morning by a butler, here’s your chance…

Runners might like this bone conduction style headband for their iPod Shuffle. Listen to tunes without earbuds.

Wristwatch with 30 customizable alarms (with textual reminders). Can beep or vibrate. I guess this is for people that don’t carry a PDA or smartphone.

Play the music in your iPod THROUGH this travel sized guitar. You can play along with the tunes as both the iPod and guitar use the same amp.

Nuke some spaghetti-o’s while you’re in the car with this portable microwave.

Next generation in LED flashlights. These lights use the new CREE LED that is almost 2x as bright as prior LEDs. Also has strobe and SOS modes.

Noise reducing Bluetooth headset. I wonder how this one compares to the Gennum nXZEN Plus 5500 headset that I reviewed last year?