About six months ago, we reported that Toyota was planning on putting solar panels on the Prius to power the air-conditioner. It has been recently been released that the famed Japanese motor company plans to release a car that is completely solar-powered.

As you can see on the photo, the solar panels are on the roof like solar panels of a house. This is only one way the car gets its power, as the company wants to supplement power by somehow attaching the car to the solar panels on the roofs of homes. This way, a car can be powered in a garage or parked outside.

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We are a bit late announcing the winner of the last year’s final coolest gadget competition so without further ado it is the iMu Vibrating Speaker: Turn anything into a sound system.

The iMu vibrating speaker will transform any flat, hard surface into a top notch audio speaker.You can listen to your beats from things like tops of household appliances, cupboards and even car bonnets. It works thanks to a unique US Navy-developed composite called Terfenol-D.

Congrats again to Gaj-It.
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We at Coolest Gadgets are very excited about CES 2009, and you, the reader, will be hearing a lot about it this week. Here’s a little sneak preview of one of the many products that will be on display: the Gdium from EMTEC.

The Gdium is a completely Open Source portable computer, and comes preloaded with applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird, VoIP, a blog editor, video/audio player, and Open Office suite applications. A user who owns a Gdium has full access to a website designed just for him or her. This site has a social networking program as well as email devices, forums, and blogs.

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It seems like I’ve been obsessed with owning a Beetle since birth and therefore love all things Beetle themed.  I’ve ran into several other like me and this USB hub is proof that there are plenty of us out there.  For the Beetle obsessed, this is just one more random Beetle inspired accessory to own.  Thankfully, there never seems to be a shortage of these quirky little extras.  Sadly these look more like the newer Beetles than the old.  Which even owning one of the newer Beetles, I still prefer the classic ones.  So this USB port gets a couple less points, but it’s still cute.

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Everyone has dealt with those days where you’re running around and doing other things so much that you forget all about the load of laundry you put into the washer or dryer.  Then you come back and they’re either overly wrinkly or mildewed.  Now luckily dryers do have buzzers, however, if you have a house where the washer and dryer are away from the main living area, then that’s really not helpful.  Frankly, leaving your laundry to sit might be a rare occurrence, or one that happens every single time you do a load of laundry.  Either way, someone has decided to create a hi-tech fix that will work on even the most archaic dryer.

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I’ve always been a nut for a color, but frankly color combinations like this just give me nightmares about my childhood.  All those terrifying brightly colored pants, it’s just unnatural.  I don’t care what the latest fashion trend thinks, we have to save new generations from the horror of those bright colors.  Thankfully they do offer more natural color combinations than the ones shown here.  Plus they seem to be offering decent headphones for an affordable price.

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Everyone knows about the cheesy rocks with hidden compartments and the trick of hiding the key underneath the welcome mat.  However, if you’re on the lookout for a solution that won’t be quite so obvious, those two tricks aren’t exactly ideal.  You might go for something a bit more subtle like this Sprinkler-Hide-A-Key.  It will blend in great with your garden as well as the rest of your sprinklers.  Just try not to forget which is the hide-a-key and which is just another sprinkler.

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