Everything is being upgraded and getting more technical every day. I guess one day while walking in the rain, designer Sang-Kyun Park must have wondered what else he could invent and he came up with this umbrella that harnesses raindrops for electricity. And it effectively does that, well, except for keeping your dry in the rain.

I think the LightDrops idea is pretty cool, but why do you need a light umbrella? So that the raindrops know where to fall on to? It’s not like we only get our umbrellas out in the night!

Just try to picture the busy streets of London or NY at 10A.M on a typical rainy day when everybody is out there using the LightDrops umbrella. The people underneath the umbrellas will be probably wearing sunglasses. I wonder if that’s the point of it.

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Did you always want to make music, but just couldn’t ever play an instrument or carry a tune? Well, here’s your chance, the Drawdio music pencil lets you doodle electronic sounds. How? Well all you need is this gorgeous looking pencil support, a pencil, one of your fingers and a sheet of paper! And check this out it runs on a single AAA battery for many hours!

Adafruit designed it and it can all be yours for $19.50, including the circuit board, all necessary hardware and a 2B pencil. Go ahead and draw! I mean sing! I mean make music!

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This pair of glasses isn’t made for driving at night. The glasses aren’t meant to record live image either. This glasses are for gamers who are used to spending a lot of time at their gaming devices. The glasses are meant to reduce eyestrain but also to fit with headphones better.
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Packed your bags? Don’t forget you smartphone and your laptop. Pack that external hard drive too, maybe you’ll want some of those movies you have been collecting. Get some close too and don’t forget your plane tickets. And since you are traveling, don’t forget to pack your iZap toothbrush sanitizer.

VIOlight are the creators of this toothbrush sanitizing system. And it’s a very good idea, after all someone should take care of that toothbrush of yours. The iZap uses the Germicidal UltraViolet technology from VIOlight and it will kill 99.9% of germs and bacteria on your toothbrush. Instead of keeping your toothbrush out in the open, simply place it in the iZap case and close it. That way you automatically turn of the UV light which is exactly how hospital and dental offices sanitize some of their tools.

The whole process last for about 6 minutes. After that the light bulb turns off automatically. It has about 8,000 hours of battery life, so you’ll never go without sanitizing your toothbrush. The iZap currently retails at $19.95 only and it comes with a free toothbrush. Just in case you don’t own it yet, get one on your way to the airport.

A few months ago, we reported on the release of the Zipit Wireless Messenger 2. It’s a portable device which could be used to access various instant messaging services. This time, Zipit is upping the ante by offering text messaging feature to their line of functionalities. Zipit usually costs nothing to use but the text messaging function would cost a mere $4.99 for text messages up to 3,000 in number per month. Now that’s what you call a bargain. Full launch of the feature will be on February of 2008. From its soft-launch last December 20 until then, the text messaging feature would be free.

Pros:
*Cheaper than other text messaging services

Cons:
*Can’t send out messages to more than a single recipient at one time
*Can’t accept messages from numbers not in a pre-configured list (what if it’s an emergency???)

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Check out this convenient, this portable device that lets you share USB 2.0 devices over your existing Wi-Fi infrastructure. The U2S-2A USB 2.0 Server from Keyspan solves the problem of sharing USB 2.0 devices among several other devices. Each computer will think that the USB device is connected is available exclusively to it.

Compatible with both Windows and Mac platforms, this is especially useful when you want to share something like a USB printer or scanner. The USB Server features two USB 2.0 ports, and an RJ45 Ethernet connector. It supports static/DHCP/ZeroConfig IP addressing.

Ideal for your home or small business, the Keyspan USB 2.0 Server is priced at US $129 and is now available. It is compatible with Windows Vista too.

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