The USB Desk Assortment and Gift Set is for the office warrior who has nothing to look forward to each day except slaving away at the keyboard, churning out report after report as demanded by the upper management. Give him/her a respite with this little token of appreciation. What you’ll get in the assortment includes :-

• Center Base USB (1.1) Hub (each module below connects to it via USB)
• Center Base includes a holder for pens,etc with blue LED lighted bottom
• Module #1 - USB Cup warmer
• Module #2 - USB flexible mini task lamp
• Module #3 - USB Mini Vacuum Cleaner
• Module #4 - Open USB Port

ThinkGeek is carrying the USB Desk Assortment and Gift Set for $14.99.

AverMedia has just released its new AverVision CP300 Interactive Portable Document Camera, featuring network sharing capability that allows the presenter to access live images while controlling the document camera from any classroom or location on a school campus. In addition, this new design comes with revamped interactive software as well as enhanced image quality for a better overall user experience. The CP300 is capable of displaying documents, 3-D objects, microscopic images, and more through virtually any multimedia projector, monitor or TV in order to enhance the learning and retention rate for all classroom subjects.

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Once you’re an adult, it doesn’t mean that you ought to cease playing. Playing fires the imagination and helps us unwind, in addition to revitalizing that noggin’ of ours.

Starting your Stikfas adventure is easy – just remove the plastic pieces from the sprue and assemble. Now you have a tiny action figure full of possibilities. Each Stikfas is about 3.2” tall and has at least 14 points of ball-jointed articulation. And every pack is a theme pack, which means you’ll get tons of accessories (read: weapons!) specific to that theme. Some folks like to leave their Stikfas as is (nude?) – others like to apply some of the STIKers included for more personalization. Some Stikfas fanatics take customizing to new levels: adding clay, cloth, feathers, you name it! The Stikfas body then becomes a skeleton for anything your mind can create. There are even stop motion movies out there with only Stikfas actors. So, let your imagination soar, and go build that 3.2” plastic desk minion you’ve always wanted.

Guess this is a modern day Lego which you can indulge , with prices ranging from $8.99 to $9.99.

The latest media statistics show that “four in five of all U.S. adults—or an estimated 178 million people—go online”, and the local TV news station has also stated that there is a new wave among teenagers, where driving-aged teens are delaying their license application and driving lessons just because they want to remain connected to their friends through the virtual world as well as blog online. Further data from the IDC shows that “the average internet user spends 32.7 hours per week on the internet”. Average that out and you get 4.67 hours a day, so you can imagine just how many hours a blogger spends in front of that radiation emitting screen. All the time spent sitting in front of the computer does not bode well for the human body, mainly because of the lack of exercise and poor posture that seems to be a problem for most people, which will result in carpal tunnel syndrome eventually. Enter the Springflex UB device.

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Is it just me or does anyone else think that this USB Hub with Clock and Mood Light look like the Mac Mini?

The design of the USB Hub with clock and mood light is a blend of functionality and simplicity. It is a multi-function USB hub featuring an integrated 7-color mood light. The 7 soft colors will start to illuminate by taking turns the moment the device is powered. It also doubles up as a desk-based alarm clock, waking you up from your afternoon nap and reminding you that there are just three more agonizing minutes to 5 before you can take off from the office. The time display is backlit as well for your convenience.

The USB Hub with Clock and Mood Light retails for $16 from Brando.

Don’t you just love all things small and cute? The Mini-Kaoss Touchpad Effects Processor brings out the virtuoso DJ in you, be it at the office or at home.

The Mini-Kaoss acts as if you took several hundred different guitar effects pedals and crammed them into one device. Give it any audio input like your iPod or CD player and run your fingers across the touchpad as the Mini-Kaoss pad transforms your music with amazing effects. Tap the BPM key in time to your music and the Mini-Kaoss learns the beat of the song and syncs the effects appropriately. With 100 different amazing sounding effects ranging from pitch changers, to flangers to reverb and delays… soon you’ll be opening your own discotheque at your desk.

It can be yours today for $199.99 each.

Don’t you just hate the sound of a mosquito hanging around your ear, especially when you’re trying to catch some shuteye? The Buzzing Mosquito - Light Sensitive Sound Box brings the novelty of such a sound without the diseases that come with certain mosquitoes…

Darkness activated sound box …. Where is that buzzing coming from? An infuriator box - Turn out the lights and listen to the mosquito buzz, when you turn on the lights he disappears! Comedy novelty value product…annoy your friends and work colleagues with this Darkness activated sound box, put it into drawers, pockets, boxes or simply turn off the lights to activate the Mosquito buzzing sound, turn the lights on and the sound stops…an extremely annoying yet incredibly funny gadget!

Perfect for annoying the hell out of your colleagues. This nifty little bugger is going for £4.99.

Now here’s yet another desktop toy for you to fool around whenever the boss isn’t looking - this time, it comes in the form of an USB Owl that boasts a fair number of action combinations to keep you entertained. He is able to move his eyeballs all over the place (within the confines of his eyes, of course) as well as rotate his head in an attempt to elicit a chuckle or two from you. Unfortunately, I don’t think forking out $26 for something like this is worth it. Isn’t the USB Whack It so much more entertaining?

Source: Tech Chee