Finally Ford decides that it is about time that people that are not behind the wheel of a car also need to be protected against crashes! The gen-next Ford Explorer will come equipped with inflatable rear seatbelts which will inflate automatically when an accident occurs. The idea is not to cushion the body during the moment of impact, but according to Ford it aims at reducing "head, neck and chest injuries for rear seat passengers, often children and older...

Here's a PC that is perfect for the elders in the family who are technologically impaired but slowly getting there. The litl webbook which is a montage of an home Internet computer which encourages social interactivity with high-quality television-style viewing of online photos and other such digital content. One can view websites like Flickr, Shutterfly, Facebook and weather.com with ease. The laptop comes with a 12" screen and a flip keyboard with patented hinge to enable the computer to...

If you are too lazy to clean up after yourself, then Samsung has just given your lazy streak a new boost! Yup, thanks to the Tango, Samsung will now help you clean your floors, scrub your carpets and tidy your furniture too. Equipped with 13 sensors, which includes a 30fps camera and a crash sensor that sends out 26 to 6000 bursts to your protect your precious gadget from nasty crashes, Tango can clean your floors up to 1cm...

If skateboarding and gaming are two of your greatest passions, Thrustmaster’s latest accessory is what you've been waiting for, especially now with Tony Hawk and his official skateboard accessories are suffering from a delayed release. With the T-Freestyle NW, you can enjoy all the skate and snowboard games on the Wii as a real time simulation. The skateboard is made with Maple wood and has a typical skull design on it. This funky gadget is priced at $29.99 and...

What if you can grow fishes that you don't have to clean up after, that don't die and come with zero maintenance? Seiko Clock together with Takara has come with a funky gadget that helps you do just that and a bit more. Animated fishes which display time react to your touch. You can use it as an alarm clock or a night lamp too. What's more, you can use it as a device to project cute dolphins and...

Aimed directly at sassy Spanish youth, the Alcatel One Touch Mini rolls out in Spain. The phones are quite affordable and feature packed as well. The phone sports a 2.4 inch touch screen that displays a really helpful widgets bar. Other features include a 1.3 megapixel camera, FM and Bluetooth. The attractive colors and the cool QWERTY keypad makes up the rest of the phone. As mentioned before, the Alcatel One Touch Mini will be a Spanish delight and...

This is just like the games we used to play as kids, on tree-houses with really sinister clubs. ‘Groupism’ was the way of life back then and rivals often popped in to spoil the fun. So we had a secret knock that matched the beats of ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’. It worked. No one but club members could understand it. Similarly, the Knock-Detecting Door Lock manages to keep your door sealed, with a secret lock that opens up only after...

Well, even those who are probably hogging out of it right now, will find it hard to believe that there exists a burger wending machine among them. In the land of the rising sun, vending machines have a whole new dominance as compared to the western world. They have vending machines for cigarettes, t-shirts, cokes on credit, etc. Burgers are the latest things to be popping out of these machines. I would like to house a Wimpy prototype near...

Here’s a printer that can come in as another replacement for all the handwork that artists have been through, down the centuries. The Printbrush will cover a full sheet of paper with color at 600 dpi. It can also print wirelessly with the help of Bluetooth and batteries. Being so portable, it can print on various surfaces like letters, t-shirts, etc. With the use of its superior optical sensor, it manages to craft the most perfect designs that you...

Thanks to a honest effort of one Justin Cole, who managed to bring back our entertainment from yesterdays, that can never be forgotten. Yes, he did rip out the entrails of a good old cassette, only to breathe in some fresh breath into it, thus making it iPod ready. So you basically have a retro MP3 player. I remember the days when I’d sit by the player and watch it spin to the sound of The Everly Brothers. Here’s...

TIM stands for Time Is Money. Well, there are no second thoughts about that fact but what are we doing about it? Having long meetings to discuss a companies marketing strategy can get so stretched that one may forget that there could be quite a few calls made and a few deals struck in that time. So to avoid such situations and gauge the losses incurred by overdrawn meetings we have the TIM device by Bring. It’s basically a...

The first USB 3.0 that we have stumbled upon happens to be just what we have been looking forward to so eagerly. Super Talent’s thumbdrive is the first of its kind to use USB 3.0 standards. This gives it wings to touch speeds of 200 MB/s with regular BOT drivers and can touch 320 MB/s when paired with UASP (USB attached SCSI) drivers. The latter are designed to bear the high speed of these new devices. However, these drivers...

When one says that something is wireless, it should completely justify the device. Klipsch has brought forth the ProMedia 2.1 speakers that need to be connected (with wires, ugh!) to be powered up. Well, if were just the woofer that needed a connection it would be cool, the satellite speakers could do well with a powerful battery. But sadly, everything’s wired out here, save the one that connects to your music source (that too, with a dongle). The main...

Nokia have made it a point to cash in on the bankruptcy of the world as the global economic downfall finally reaches a relieving end. The phones include the Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 and the Nokia 2690. Each of them have features that include anything from FM to a flashlight to dust-resistance to amazing battery life. All of these should be in the market by the first half of 2010. The Nokia 1280 will cost...

NEC have developed a one-of-a-kind wearable translator. Though the device is still in its primitive, prototype days, it surely impresses us immensely with its real-time language translation capability. The optical device has to be worn over the eye and can project translated text directly on the retina. It’s called the Tele Scouter. Though it leaves us wondering about what the possible disadvantages could be, NEC states that it is quite safe for the eyes and doesn’t cause any kind...