This next device isn’t really technical, and I’m not even certain to classify it as a gadget. However, it certainly makes using laptop and netbook gadgets easier.

Yeah, this is another low-tech laptop stand, like the Cushdesk from Belkin. The AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand is very different than most laptop stands because it can conveniently fold up.

According to AViiQ, it is made of Hylite, a composite material of aluminum sheets bonded to a polypropylene core. This allows the material to fold like origami.

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Take a look at this bike from Germany, and stop looking at the model with the silvery wardrobe from a cheesy James Bond movie. I’m pretty sure she’s not Megan Fox, who isn’t all that in the first place.

This bike is made from Formula One parts as well as parts from fighters. If that doesn’t sell you, then you should know that it is electric powered. Yes, there is a 1300-watt motor with lithium ion batteries in lieu of pedaling.

It is called the Grace, and it is good enough for 18 to 31 miles per charge, which depends on the rider’s weight. It takes about one hour to recharge the battery, and it can achieve a top speed of 40 miles per hour.

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I’ve seen various concept designs that have silent ways of waking up the user.  This one is actually something you can purchase online.  It is a bit bulky in comparison to the sleek concept designs, but at least it’ll allow you to wake up without waking anyone else up.  It’d be especially great for brand new parents that don’t want their alarm clock to wake up the baby.

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Is it just me, or are MP3 players in everything these days? I guess some concept designer just had to put an MP3 player in clothes, and why not the pants? After all, the words “dance” and “pants” rhyme.

Say, is that an MP3 Player in your pants, or…all right, I think you all know where that one was going. I’m not liking where the Dancepants is going.

You see, the Dancepants isn’t just an MP3 Player that is designed to fit in the pants. That would probably be easy. You would just find a convenient place to stitch in the apparatus, and just make certain that the user can charge it and download tunes easily.

The Dancepants are not like that. You see, it is powered by kinetic energy. So if you like to listen to music while you are jogging, then you had better keep jogging, or your music will die. That, or you will. Heh heh heh.

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I’m all about gadgets that are made to look old but still have that new technology we all know and love.  Yet the USB gadgets made to look like older ones just seem a bit like cheap impostors.  However, if you don’t want to pay the price for an expensive antique that runs just like the old ones always have, these would work out great.  Especially since they’re plenty affordable.

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There are far more people than just parents that have to worry about the changing of diapers.  There are the obvious ones within daycare and preschool.  Then there are those that work within hospitals that take care of young children as well as the elderly.  This diaper monitor system was developed for the elderly to make life easier on those caring for them.  However, there are plenty of other areas in which a device like this could easily be used.

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Ever wonder how those action heroes look absolutely cool in their pair of sunnies while they’re busy fighting the baddies? In fact, they might get scratched all over and shot at with bullet wounds to show, but somehow all that rough and tumble lifestyle doesn’t seem to faze their sunglasses one bit. No sir, nary a scratch can be found. Perhaps they were wearing the Japan Self Defense Force Sunglasses? Each pair is so tough that they won’t even crack even when you throw a nasty punch at it. Even better is, the Japanese military has given their full endorsement of the Japan Self Defense Force Sunglasses. Just to get an idea on how tough its lenses are, when hit at 106mph by a 0.3″ object, you won’t find the lens cracking. Apart from that, it can also walk away unscathed even when a 500g piece of iron is dropped on it. $317 is the asking price for this.

Source: Chip Chick

The wonders of magnets – that’s what the Levitron Revolution World Stage attempts to convey to its purchasers where it is full well capable of levitating a globe by itself. While this is definitely not something new, read on in the product description to find out what is so different about it.

You see, the globe included with the Levitron Revolution World Stage opens up, and you can remove the magnetic platform inside. This platform can then be levitated by itself. But that’s not all! It can support up to 3 oz of additional weight, which means you can put whatever you want on top to float too! Your favorite action figure or toy car, maybe. Or a spaceship or a little TARDIS. And to really show it off, there are 8 blue LED lights in the mirrored base, and the floating magnet slowly rotates. In the end, you get one beautiful presentation piece for whatever you wish to present.

The Levitron Revolution World Stage is definitely one for those who love showcasing their latest rare figures from the Warhammer series or other tabletop games, or perhaps using it as a unique way to propose to your girlfriend with a ring floating on it? Expect to fork out $99.99 to bring this piece of scientific magic home.