130mph. 13,500 RPM. 0-60mph in about four seconds. Meet the Tesla Roadster, the car that hopes to elevate the image of the plug-in electic car. Tesla is a Silicon Valley based company and has looked to UK based Lotus for help with the design and production of the vehicle. In a quick 3.5 hour charge, the Roadster will take you about 250 miles, which is farther than most sports cars will take you on a tank of gas.

The Roadster will be going for $100,000 and you need to send in a $5,000 waiting list down payment. The company plans on coming out witha plug-in electric sedan for about half the price of the Roadster, but this may be a couple years out. According to the company, it should only cost approximately $.01/mile in energy costs which is certainly cheaper and friendlier to the environment than conventional sports cars. Look for the Tesla Roadster to hit the US sometime early this year.

Automoblox – Take off on an adventure of learning, building and playing with this modular marvel of engineering. Unique building system lets kids design their own cars. Combines heirloom quality and old-world values with contemporary design. Part design, part construction toy. Made of German beechwood and indestructible polycarbonate plastic. Modular design. Pieces mix and match with other Automoblox sets. Teaches creative problem solving, gross and fine motor skills, and visio-spatial processing. Removable plastic connectors teach shape recognition and color matching. Low profile, 5-spoke wheels and bright red tires. Comes with two “people” Delight and inspire your child with a toy that fosters imagination and creativity.

• Unique building system lets kids design their own cars
• Combines heirloom quality and old-world values with contemporary design
• Teaches creative problem solving, gross and fine motor skills, and visio-spatial processing
• Removable plastic connectors teach shape recognition and color matching
• Pieces mix and match with other Automoblox sets

Automoblox C9 Sports Car- Red – $34.95

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The One and Only Tablet Mac
The Axiotron Modbookâ„¢ is a revolutionary slate-style tablet Mac® that enables users to draw and write directly on the screen.Axiotron’s innovative design and manufacturing process converts Apple’s MacBook® into a complete tablet solution, the Axiotron Modbookâ„¢, while retaining Apple MacBook® functionality.

Built for artists, mobile users, students and professionals, the Modbook’s condensed form factor and integrated pen-based user experience offer unprecedented flexibility and control over the creative process.Handwriting recognition built into Mac OS X Leopardâ„¢ converts handwriting into printed text in every application and provides extended system control through gesture recognition.

Designed in California by Axiotron’s team of German and American engineers, the Modbookâ„¢ comes standard with built-in iSight® camera, integrated 24x Combo drive or 8x SuperDrive, and full Apple MacBook® connectivity via Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, FireWire® 400, Bluetooth 2.0 and AirPort Extreme®. The Modbookâ„¢ is the only portable Mac® solution that also features a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS).

Mac OS X Leopard
2.2GHz Core 2 Duo
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Built-in iSight
Apple Remote
Wireless 802.11b/g/n & Bluetooth
1.0GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Double-layer SuperDrive
AnyView 13.3″ Wide Screen
ForceGlass Screen & Camera Cover
WACOM Penabled® Digitizer
512 Levels of Pressure Sensitivity
WAAS enabled GPS Built-In

Are you a teacher … do you know a teacher? If so, then iLessonPlan is the software you’ve been looking for. iLessonPlan is the web’s best online lesson planning tool for both teachers and school administrators. The software is bringing the lesson planning process online, a process that has been traditionaly done by pen and paper. iLessonPlan offers teachers the ability to create, search for, share, re-use, and align their lesson plans to national/state academic standards online. Utilizing iLessonPlan’s administrative features, school administrators can view, review, leave feedback, and perform observations online. The software was created by and for educators and was designed to meet the needs of lesson planners everywhere. If you’d like to know more about this break-thru product for educators, visit their website at www.iLessonPlan.com to see additional features, sign-up for a free trial, or speak with one of their online sales representatives. If you know a teacher and would like to make their job easier, consider purchasing a gift certificate … the perfect gift for any teacher during the holiday season.

Tired of text messaging while your’re driving? If so … Jott is the service for you. Jott is an online service that you register your phone with that allows you to convert your voice to text messages. With Jott you can send these messages to yourself, to others, to groups (i.e. your entire family), etc. Your Jott message can be sent as a text message to a cell phone or via email. Jott is also being used in a variety of ways, including creating to-do lists, tracking expenses, recording blogs from your phone, settting/sending reminders, and many more. Sign up is free and you can easily import contacts into your account. In addition, there are gadgets that you can download that allow you to manages your Jott’s on your desktop or display them on your webpage. So, go check it out and get your Jott on.

The Blackbird has landed, the Hewlett-Packard Blackbird 002 that is. This ultimate gaming machine is being produced in limited quantity and is being billed as ‘by gamers for gamers’. The Blackbird will be availabe on Sept 15 and you can purchase a special ‘Dedicaton Edition’ (only 518 available) for $5,500. So what’s inside you ask? How about Intel Core Duo processors at 3.0GHZ with additonal performance tuning … whatever that means. There is also a 1.1KW power supply, full system liquid thermal cooling, 10,000 rpm RAID 5 drives (up to 4TB), up to 8GB of RAM, dual Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra video cards, a15-in-1 card reader, tool-less entry for all components, and much more. See pic below of the ‘Dedication Edition’ with Voodoo Razer gaming keyboard/mouse.

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For more info jump over to HP

Coming this September, Oral-B will revolutionize toothbrush technology with their latest addition, the Triumph toothbrush with SmartGuide. The Triumph toothbursh communicates wirelessly via a transmitter to the SmartGuide. The SmartGuide is a small battery operated LCD display that you can stick on your bathroom mirror. Basically, the SmartGuide tells you how long to brush for and can tell you how much time to spend in each quadrant of your mouth. If you’ve got sensitive teeth or gums, no worries, there are settings for sensitive cleaning, cleaning, massaging, and polishing. There are also sensors to let you know when you change out your brush heads. Happy brushing!

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The guys over at BecauseWeCan.org have designed two coffee tables that contain hundreds of LED lights that are triggered by motion. The LED’s are only activated when they detect motion, and when no motion is present, they calm down to an attractive twinkling. The entire table pulls a mere 35 watts when fully active (less than a single common light bulb). Using a network of 32 active and passive near-infrared optical sensors, it detects motion above the table and changes in ambient light. Made of fully analog circuits, the light patterns sweep outwards from your motion with perfect fades, glowing stronger the closer the movement is, rippling across a pool of 480 super-bright white LEDs. It works in full sunlight or total darkness. The tables are made of 100% sustainable wood and water based finishes, and therefore have minimal environmental impact. There are two models to choose from: The Wave and The Ripple. You can choose a clear top to show off the electronics beneath, or a frosted top to make it a delightful surprise to all who sit by it. In addition you can customize the colors of the LED lights in your table.