ViewSonic's V3D231 3D LED monitor(special gadgets)

Available now for $349

ViewSonic might have just what you’re looking for in the form of the V3D231 LED monitor. The 23” monitor will sport a native display resolution of 1920×1080 Full HD, with a 20,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio along with a mere 2ms video response time, which looks like it should be up for the task of gaming, photo editing and watching movies.
The V3D231 will also come with VGA, DVI-D and HDMI 1.4a inputs, which means that you should not have any issues hooking up a Blu-ray 3D player or your Sony PlayStation 3 gaming console. The monitor will also come with integrated SRS Premium Sound audio speakers and will bundled with a pair of polarized 3D glasses and a TriDef 3D software suite, which basically allows the conversion of your 2D photos into 3D photos.

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Special Gadgets/ Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 10-46 Chanterelle TV

Limited Edition Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 10-46 Chanterelle TV

Of the latest things that come in Limited Edition, we now have Bang & Olufsen televisions too. If you loved the BeoVision 10-46 but missed the bus, then world renowned audio and video manifacturer is just out with yet another limited edition version called the Chanterelle TV.  Inspired by Scandinavian interiors and the warmth of the color wood represents, the Chanterelle collection carries an earthy and sleek look which was seen in the earlier collection. The quality of product is of course complimentary.

Apart from its new colour scheme, the TV itself is the same as the conventional BeoVision 10-46; Full HD (1080p), with edge LED backlighting and has a 200/240Hz refresh rate depending on the region. Naturally, the 46 suffix is a clue to its screen size, 46 inches, and has an integrated stereo speaker that can double as a centre speaker in a surround sound set-up (with connections all supplied on the set itself).

Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 10-46 Chanterelle TV

Like all modern flat panel TV, it can be mounted on the wall or you could just let it sit on the floor. The unobtrusive stand concealed behind the TV allows it to lean back like a painting readying for a gallery show, while a pair of thin, anodized spikes in matching color, appears to lift the TV up.
Also available for purchase, and for only those who buy the TV are Beolab 6002 speakers which shall also be available in the same Chantrelle color. The rear part is made in dark-brown anodised aluminium and the front fabric matches the front of BeoVision 10.
The BeoVision 10-46 Chanterelle Edition was envisioned and the completed by David Lewis Design Studio that saw this new television as a means of providing a unique appeal to the edition and help it stand out among the rest in the markets.
Only 500 BeoVision 10-46 Chanterelle TVs will be made, with numbers 8 and 88 already having been sold to Chinese customers (the number 8 is considered very lucky in Chinese culture). The Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 10-46 Chanterelle costs £7,400 ($11,670), the BeoLab 6002 Chanterelle speaker £2,600 ($4,100), and the easel stand £360 ($565).

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Special Gadgets/Vizio Cinema Wide HDTV

Tired of black bars marring your cinemascope film viewing experience? Check out the new Vizio Cinema Wide HDTV ($TBA; 2010). Packing 2560 x 1080 pixels into a 58-inch screen, the Cinema Wide also offers 120 Hz operation, LED backlighting with smart dimming, built-in 802.11n wireless networking, a Bluetooth universal remote with sliding QWERTY keyboard, and built-in wireless HDMI.

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LED Bulb Wirelessly Transmits Audio

Back in the late 90s, well-respected loudspeaker designer Cary Christie filed a patent for a "speaker light unit connected to [a] conventional electrical light socket." Seven years later, Kadence Designs referenced that patent when filing one for a similar-sounding product. In January 2010, Klipsch announced that product, the LightSpeaker, as "the first product of its kind to combine efficient LED lighting and wireless ambient sound into a single unit that installs like a light bulb." Although it was first to market and went on to win an award at the Consumer Electronics Show, less than two years later the whole LightSpeaker line is listed as discontinued on Klipsch's site. In the meantime, Artison -- which Christie founded in 2003 -- partnered with lighting company Osram Sylvania to create and recently release MusicLites, in some ways a 'newer' and improved take on the speaker-light.
Equivalent to a 65-watt reflector bulb, 10-watt MusicLites produce 500 lumens for an estimated 25,000 hours under "normal use." They contain a 70mm high-fidelity speaker with a frequency response between 50 Hz and 20 kHz, 25W of RMS power and up to 96 dB of output. Although they pump out good sound for their size, they're mainly meant to add ambient audio, rather than be primary speakers.
Installation is pretty simple: Screw the bulb into any standard light socket (including four-, five- or six-inch recessed lighting cannisters) and turn it on; plug a transmitter into the audio source (via USB, Apple 30-pin dock connector, 3.5mm mini jack or Toslink digital optical input); wait a few seconds for the two to automatically pair on the 2.4GHz wireless bandwidth, then press play and enjoy the tunes.
The handy remote can gradually dim the lights down to 10 percent. It also controls the audio of up to three different sources simultaneously playing throughout a system of five zones each containing twelve MusicLites. That's 60 light bulbs in all -- 61, if you count the one that appeared over your head when you pictured all the places you could put these.
Credit: MusicLites

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Special Gadgets/ Sphero

Sure, you don't have any real need for a Bluetooth-controlled baseball-sized robot, but that doesn't mean you won't want one. Sphero ($130) is exactly that: a remote-controlled ball that you command with your iOS or Android device. It integrates with apps, like Sphero Golf, sports a host of built-in LEDs to glow in virtually any color you can think of, and also happens to be the ultimate cat/dog tormenting toy. Expect to see one rolling your way this fall

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