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Talk about convergence. This combination of quick-release key ring, whistle, and light offers protection for joggers, walkers, cyclists, and children ($18.50). As well as letting you in your home, you can seek assistance and scare off aggressors and animals with a ‘piercing’ whistle. It also includes a red LED night-vision light with everlasting bulb and 5-year lithium battery.

Originally by Chopper from GadgetryBlog on October 26, 2005, 3:32am

Boy, do I know some people who could do with this! Designed to keep your desk clear (and keep your secrets hidden), this cunning keyboard flips open so you can store stuff. Useful for hoarding typical office items like broken pens, crumpled memos and loose paperclips, the Keyboard Desktop Tidy ($44.91) can even be used as a real working keyboard. Bummer!.

Originally by Chopper from GadgetryBlog on October 25, 2005, 3:33am

This amazing coffee is so rare and so astonishing, that it’s put me right of coffee! Weasel Coffee (£16 per 57g) has been eaten and regurgitated by rare Vietnamese weasels! Honestly! As you can imagine, the weasels’ gastric goings-on radically alter the taste of the coffee and the result promises to be a stronger, smoother, heady-flavoured coffee that will appeal to serious connoisseurs of the mighty bean. Once ‘evacuated’ by the bean-loving fur balls, the coffee is collected by eagle-eyed villagers, who then market the stuff directly to the manufacturers. Pass the biscuits…

Originally by Chopper from GadgetryBlog on October 25, 2005, 3:39am

This stainless steel mug acts like any other…well, almost! Press the ’stir’ button on the handle and the built-in propeller in the base of the mug (£12.99) starts stirring your drink for you. In a flash you have perfectly stirred coffee, tea, hot chocolate or even soup in a cup. Prefect for tea and coffee lovers who can’t be bothered with the mighty effort needed to stir for two seconds.

Originally by Chopper from GadgetryBlog on October 25, 2005, 3:46am

This stainless steel beer bottle opener ($24.13) sticks to the front of your fridge thanks to a super strong magnet. The opener allows you to lever your bottle top off, in one quick and easy action. It looks pretty funky too - it’s made from polished stainless steel - and has a non-scratch rubber magnet so is kind to your fridge door. Probably the most useful fridge magnet in the world!

Originally by Chopper from GadgetryBlog on October 25, 2005, 3:53am

Have a really stylish oriental dinner for two with this set of polished silver plate chopsticks (£19.95). Comprises two pairs of chopsticks and two chocks (fai chi cho) to rest them on. The chopsticks are chunky and squared at the end, so should be easy to hold and make your egg fried rice taste sweet! The stix are presented in a quality gift box.

Originally by Chopper from GadgetryBlog on October 26, 2005, 2:52am

Originally by Deane from Gadgetopia on October 26, 2005, 10:21pm

Originally from Gadget Review on October 24, 2005, 4:47pm

Samsung introduced its new SGH-D307 QWERTY phone this past week. The phone is actually pretty strange looking due to its dual hinge format. The phone can snap open like a Sidekick, or flip open like a regular flip phone. The phone is not tagged as a Smartphone, but it does have POP email compatibility and supports all the messaging standards. It sports a 262k color screen and tips the scales at 4.3oz. Bluetooth support is also present.

The Samsung SGH-D307 is available on Cingular’s network and can be picked up for $199 with a $50 rebate.

Originally from Gadget Review on October 24, 2005, 4:06pm

Los Angeles clothing design firm, Kenpo, has released an iPod jacket. The jacket, designed to work with iPod and iPod minis (huh – minis are phasing out, right?), is tech meets style. The jacket is machine washable and requires no batteries for operation. Just simply plug in the iPod and then use the keypad located on the arm to control. As you will notice, the product and its site Kenpo.com are sporting the now uber expensive ‘Made for iPod’ tag.

Originally from Gadget Review on October 26, 2005, 4:25pm