Teddy bears are hot properties among females, and that fact has remained around for a very long time already. Most guys who are attached would have experienced purchasing a teddy bear for their other halves before, so it would make perfect sense for a cell phone manufacturer to take advantage of the situation by releasing a handset that is wrapped within a teddy bear. This new Willcom release is known as the Kuma Phone, and features a bear-specific user interface. For example, you squeeze one of its paws to make a call, while another is used to access speed dial numbers. Pressing the bear’s tail wil hang up or answer a call. The Kuma teddy bear phone will retail for a whopping $500.

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A couple of years ago someone decided to do a quick DIY project and turn a decapitated teddy into a USB drive.  Well now some manufacturer has decided to release something very similar to the general public.  This looks even more morbid than the koala and monkey USB card readers that have been making the rounds through all kinds of tech blogs.  Which makes this teddy bear my new favorite headless gadget.

Does a child in your family have a rough time falling asleep without their cuddly teddy and a night light? They’re not alone. In fact, I’d still sleep with my childhood teddy bear if it wasn’t for the wear and tear it’s taken over the years, which now means I keep it in a special hyperbaric chamber.

While this teddy might not be the best stuffed animal to snuggle with in bed, it does offer both a cuddly exterior and an extra glow of light to protect you from the boogie man. This Teddy Bear Lamp replaces the head of a teddy with a lamp shade and bulb.

First off I need to apologize about the recent downtime and sluggishness of the site, we’ve had some server issues which I’m praying, to the tech gods, are now finally sorted.

Anyway, enough of server woes, onto the winners of last week’s gadget of the week contest. The voting was very close, so in reverse order the top 3 are:

#3 - The teddy bear Sat Nav, found and reported on by the sociable pair at Gaj-It.

#2 - CarMD, the handlend car diagnostics tools, reported by the cool dudes at Gizmos for Geeks.

#1 - A proper gadget watch with MP4 discovered by cool gadget finder Decide what to buy.

Thanks for the submissions and everybody who voted and commented. The $50 Amazon winer is the randomly drawn commentator is, AMiR, we’ll be in touch to get the details sorted out.

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We have a new feature on Coolest Gadgets, where each week we’ll present you with a list of what other bloggers think is the Coolest Gadget and then ask you to vote for your favourite.

To express our thanks for participating if you leave a comment explaining why you voted for what, we’ll add you into the draw for a $50 Amazon gift voucher.

We’ve chosen to open the votes every Friday, as for some unfathomable reason, people enjoy browsing the web on Friday afternoons. Voting will close on Monday when we will announce the winning blog entry and the reader that is $50 richer.

If you’re a fellow gadget blogger and would like to be included in next weeks contest please check out the CGOTW instructions page. Now onto this weeks entries:

See this Teddy Bear here? He isn’t just a soft cuddly toy, but a GPS Navigator. That’s right, when this guy goes out to the woods today, you had better come along. In fact, he’ll even give you directions to the Teddy Bear’s Picnic.

Not only will this Teddy Bear, designed by iXs Research Corporation, give you audio directions, but it will also point with its little arms to tell you where you need to turn. By the way, there is some sort of alcohol detection sensor around its neck that prevents you from driving if you are too drunk.

This thing certainly looks cute. However, I have no idea how a user sets its destination. After all, there is no screen on the thing. Well, you got to give iXs Research Corporation credit for trying a completely new design for the GPS.

I remember hearing this advice that said if you’re going to leave your dog at home, put a ticking clock in his or her bed. Apparently, the ticking reminds your pooch of his or her mother’s heart, and he or she will be comforted.

I saw a similar situation on MacGyver where he was taking care of a baby (yeah, he took on all kinds of missions). Mac ended up putting a small clock into a Teddy Bear, and Mac claimed that the ticking would help the baby feel less lonely for his mother.

Obviously, there is some sort of science in listening to a heartbeat for comfort. This is the theory behind My Beating Heart, a huggable heart pillow designed to simulate the sound of a human heartbeat.

Listen to what Perpetual kid, a site designed to entertain your inner child had to say about My Beating Heart: “Hold the Heart a moment and you’ll begin to sense your own heartbeat slowly syncing with My Beating Heart’s carefully designed rhythm. Our hearts naturally begin to dance and sync with the hearts of other we hold or hug. This is a phenomenon we have observed for ages. Hugging the Beating Heart a few minutes allows the calm and dreamy beat to relax the body, ease the mind, and cajoles the spirit.”

I don’t know about you, but I would have to see this heartbeat phenomenon work in order to believe it. If you’d like to give it a shot, feel free to pay $50.00 at the aforementioned Perpetual Kid website.

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