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Looking for a tech gadget that can reveal your future? You can get Zoltar, the classic animatronic fortune teller. In case you want more, you can try the Psychic USB key - in Japanese only.

Released by Princeton, a Japanese company, the Psychic USB key (they call it Seven Angels) comes with 256MB, 512MB or 1GB of memory, preloaded with software based on the well-known Japanese psychic, Masako Mitaki.

via Akihabara News - Buy a psychic USB key to discover your future!

RCA has released the Small Wonder EZ105, a point-and-shoot digital camcorder that sports a 1.5-inch TFT LCD screen, 512MB flash memory with 2x digital zoom, records up to 30 minutes of 640×480 video and an hour of 448×336 in the AVI format, AV out, built-in USB arm and tripod mount.

The RCA EZ105 is available for just $129.

There has been some pretty interesting lamp designs in the past that require some sort of user interaction to activate, such as snapping your fingers, clapping your hands, or even blowing at it. And now, here’s the Pupa Lamp from Progetto25zero1 (Milan-based design studio) that requires loving caress to turn it on!

The Pupa Lamp is custom made from fibreglass, a couple of 15-watt fluoroscent bulb and no regular on/off switch but a fur switch instead.

via Ubergizmo - Pupa Lamp requires stroke to turn it on

Wanna know what a future notebook would look like? It should be like what you can see on this picture according to LG Electronics.

The futuristic LG ebook laptop uses organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels for a display that consumes less electricity and operates an eco-friendly alcohol power. It also has a transparent cylindrical hinge, used as a storage space for clean fuels like methyl alcohol and an OLED panel as keypad.

via Digital Tech News - LG eBook Laptop Concept Wins Design Award

Here’s a project by Alex Habegger, Ramun Liesch, Peter Ulrich and Nicholas Buchi - an Interactive Pillow. The pillow will turn on the lights inside when it senses low-light situations. It also reacts to sound, pressure and touch!

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