Have you ever wanted a tabletop equalizer? No? Oh. Well this isn’t an equalizer, this is the SPEAQUALIZER! Yes! It’s true! For $40, this little baby will make colored lights hop and dance to all your tunes. The built-in mic helps it detect sound, so make sure the party is pumpin’ before you leave it on the coffee table for the night. Runs on four AAA batteries so it ends up costing way more than forty bucks.

Maybe if you indulge in a little LSD, it’ll become infinitely more valuable…

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Let’s face it: Bruce Wayne is one cool dude. With all these gadgets turning himinto a super hero, it’s hard to step up. Now, for less than thirty dollars, you can equip yourself with this bad ass Batman cape that, with one touch, can rapidly deploy a 5′ wingspan. For the love of god, do not try to jump off of buildings like Batman or you will die because you aren’t Batman-you’re just dressed like him.

With The Dark Knight around the corner, you’ll need every possible Batman accessory to make yourself look like the biggest tool factory ever while waiting two hours in the line for the sneak preview. Considering that the cape can retract for walking through narrow spaces, it’s ideal for the theater.
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An e-mail from usually-decent accessories manufacturer Proporta landed in my Inbox this morning. It was for a Universal iPod Dock that’s supposed to fit the iPhone, iPod, etc. and charge it via USB. OK. Fantastic, right?

Not really. Problem is, according to the pictures on the product page, it looks like they took a goddamned iPod cable directly from Apple (the logo is still there on the cable!) and shoved it inside a plastic housing that was mass produced in Taiwan, China or Switzerland. I mean, Apple’s official iPod Dock has an audio-out port so you can hook it up to your stereo system. Proporta’s doesn’t it looks like.

So tell me, Proporta: Why should we buy your dock for $22? I see iPod USB cables for $4 online. Buy some Play-Doh for $2 and you have yourself a Universal iPod Dock. I’m not disowning Proporta or writing them off as a company. I just want to know who thought this was a good idea.

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We’ve seen a pretty wide array of uses for RFID tagging, including senior citizen control and kitteh management. LadyBag is a smart personal accessory which uses RFID tags to monitor the items you bring with you out of your home, such as your keys and wallet, and also judges your emotion based on your person-to-bag interaction.

When the sensors on the LadyBag feel a disturbance in the force (something missing from its inner contents), the item’s logo will appear on the special LED display. The bag also reads your emotional state. If you’re fiddling around with the zipper, a nervous looking emoticon appears. If you’re hugging the bag close, a happy face appears. — Andrew Dobrow

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Shown at the latest HK Electronics & Computer Fair, Pocket Games is doesn’t care that the iPhone isn’t released yet. They’ve decided to be the early bird and show their iPhone accessories and covers now, which will probably be released even before the iPhone is.

I wouldn’t jump the gun boys. With the development issues Apple has been having with the iPhone, who knows what the hell it will look like by the time it’s released. — Andrew Dobrow

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The XtremeMac booth has so many new products lined up on display at its huge floor booth at Macworld that it is hard to figure out what products to spend the most time on. On Tuesday, the new Luna iPod Alarm Clock Audio System is the winner. You have probably seen some nice iPod alarm clocks before, but it’s some of the smaller features that set this one apart from the rest. One of these features that stood out was that you can choose for the Luna to ramp up sound instead of just blasting music from the start. You can also choose how long or short you want it to ramp up for. Check back for updates as they keep rolling in! — Nik Gomez

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