Mini home theatres and Coffee substitutes

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Source: Coolest Gadgets If you have $150(US) to spare you can watch movies anywhere with this Home Theatre watch. The device has 2Gb of onboard memory and can be loaded via USB. Eyestrain comes as a bonus extra.

Source: C|Net News Google Maps now offers almost-realtime traffic analysis for more than 30 US cities. Road sensors and taxi fleets provide the data which is presented as a colour coded map overlay: green means no congestion while red means significant traffic slowdowns. Just one more reason to keep an eye on your computer instead of the road. Just turn up your cell phone and iPod to drown out the screams of the pedestrians.

Source: Gizmag Two new drugs awaiting FDA approval are claimed to allow a person to stay awake for 30 to 36 hours without feeling the effects of sleep deprivation. According to a Popular Science article, "...sleep deprivation prompts immune dysfunction, depression and other disorders..." but notes that there may be a strong incentive in the modern, high competitive, workplace for pharmaceutical augmentation at the cost of your long-term health.

Source: Gizmag Want to learn piano? Why not make a game of it. Piano Wizard is a "video game" in which players attempt to hit the correct note on a standard-sized piano keyboard just as it hits a horizontal bar. The note needs to hit the bar at the "musically correct time" to achieve the best score, teaching the importance of rhythm and timing in playing music. It can import any MIDI-formatted piece, and features varying levels of difficulty.

Source: New Scientist A dutch firm has filed a patent for a type of "electronic ink" suitable for road surfaces. This would allow lane markings and road signs to be changed to suit changing driving conditions. No word on how they would respond to things like snow plows.