As much as I love flat screens, video games and built-in backseat aquariums, I have never, nor will I ever understand the "Pimp My Ride" phenomenon. Aside from the usual GPS, cell phone, DVD and potential wifi, I can't imagine needing or feeling comfortable in a bright purple Mustang complete with stunners and complete theater system. The same goes for pimped out computers, which if one company has its way, will soon be all the rage.

Smooth Creations is advertising a service so you can get every peripheral you wanted with your system painted to match. They will paint the interior of the system, your LCD, speakers, mouse, keyboard, even an iPod whatever awful color you want. Getting the works costs about $8,000, so you better choose that color wisely my friend. Note: The person that chose this butterscotch hue is probably regretting it. Just a hunch.

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The iLoad sat on my desk for a good week before I decided to take it out of its box. It wasn't that it didn't look sleek, (while it's a little heavy it does match the regular iPod and my MacBook) but more that as a 21st century woman, I find the idea of it a bit confusing. When I eventually tried it out, I did realize the device's use, but still don't think I'm its target customer.

The iLoad device takes your CDs (apparently it will work with DVDs soon too), as well as any music, album and video data, and loads them directly to your iPod without using a computer or requiring an Internet connection. As someone who has a computer and constant internet access to download from iTunes, this seems silly, but for those people who avoid/don't have computers but do have an iPod (i.e my mother), it could be real handy.

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The Health Conscious Tracking Phone combines three of my favorite topics: technology, nutrition and using all the perks of our digital lifestyles to make our life, health and world a better place.

The concept phone will allow users to track their health through nutrition and fitness as well as team up with other phone owners with similar goals (such as losing weight or running a marathon). The network of users will then be able to create a little cell community that serves to motivate and hold one another accountable for their workout sessions. The phone is equipped with eNose technology in order to "smell" and recognize foods eaten by their unique chemical signature. It tracks intake wherever you go, and will periodically analyze info to let you know what food groups you are missing. While I love the fruit-inspired shape it makes me worry - will I ever be allowed a cheat day, or will this phone smell the truth?
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I have been really intrigued by Industrial Designer Branko Lukic, who is working to develop and license products that will be "treasured not because of their specifications, but because they make the owner happy to own it." The idea, which Branko details in his upcoming book "Nonobject," is about the "space between you and the object" and while it may seem esoteric to some, points to an exciting, interactive and deeply personal trend in technology. A preview of Lukic's book 'Nonobject' hit the web a few weeks ago and gadget lovers have been fawning over his ideas.

Lukic's Pebble: The MP3 Object was a big hit with geeky bloggers and his Tarati (in Sanskrit, meaning “through”) looks to be just as interesting. The Tarati enables the user to connect with others by passing fingers, in order, through key holes. "This action of dialing alone is a more magical experience and, hence, more indicative of what's really happening beyond the visible realm," says Yanko Design. "Tarati beckons the user to “touch” someone without physically touching a single key. Its design reflects human connectivity in a less material/mechanical, more sensual, way. Tarati is a subtle device, but ever-so-powerful in its fearlessness." What do you think?

I probably have 100 different passwords I use daily, and while some are automatically stored on my computer, or the nonsense notecard where I pretend to jot them down, I have gone into that nail-biting "OMG I can't log on!" panic a few too many times to mention.

Enter Roboform2Go, a tiny USB device that securely stores your passwords, contacts and other data. At first I was skeptical, thinking that having all my passwords in one place was potentially dangerous, but then I realized all my passwords are stored on my computer anyway and I trust the people around me more than I trust myself to remember every password. Also, the device itself has a password, so you just have to remember that one and you're in like Flynn.

The best part about the Roboform2Go is the fact that once you plug it in, it navigates to the site, enters passwords and logs in for you. It also can fill long registration and checkout forms with one lick and secures your information with an encryption. The device costs $39.95.

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