“Periodic Table” Coffee Table

This beautiful Coffee Table embeds a whole Periodic Table” for those of you who simply can’t get enough with the table in your head alone.

Close-up pics reveal that the table itself doesn’t define what the element is, rather a sample of each element is buried inside as solid block of acrylic.
(The only question I have is, does the table also come with radioactive elements too?)

By embedding all element samples in clear acrylic, they are beautifully presented and also protected from tarnishing. This format also helps to addresses health and safety issues, as all potentially toxic or corrosive substances are permanently encased in a thick layer of robust resin. Argon gas and mineral oil is further used to ampoule reactive samples and preserve their freshly cut appearance. Individual acrylic blocks are available for sale, although read the shipping section carefully as some elements are costly to send internationally.
Other interesting stuff
The Periodic Table with no Periodic Table
The heart to heart T Shirt
This is a nice gift for lovers, you buy to of these and give one to your other half, when you get within in range of your loved one then the T Shirt comes alive.

The 8-Bit Dynamic Life features:
Glowing Animated T-Shirt Displays Your Remaining Life Energy.
Buy as a Pair. When two shirts are within hugging distance all 6 hearts light up.
Black 100% Cotton T-Shirt.
Animated Decal is Removable (with hook and loop fasteners) for Easy Washing.
Battery Pack is concealed in a Small Pocket Sewn Inside the Shirt.
Runs for hours off three AAA Batteries (not included).
You need to buy at least two shirts or one shirt and a transmitter pack for the 8-Bit Dynamic Life. Shirt to function correctly.
Priced at $11.99 for one or $24.99 for two.
Source [New Launches]
The itube speaker
Just when we thought that there was nothing else that could have an (i) placed before it, Aquallusion come out with the iTube.

Features:
Multi-sensory
360° Acoustic Sound
Visual Effects
Aroma Therapy
Multi Colour Changing
No H2O
No Bacteria
No Heat Build-up
Energy Saving 12v System
Item Specifications:
30″ Tall
4″ OD
Acrylic Tubing
Optical Lenz
UL Listed Fan Blower and LED light system.
List Price: $249.00
Multi functional built-in audio sync.
Change mode via remote-control
Priced at $249
Source [Aquallusion]
NASA creates flying telescope
This is an attempt to get some great images from space, but without the costs involved by maintaining the Hubble telescope in space, which is great but hugely expensive.

This forms part of the NASA Origins program and by working with the DLR who are the German Aerospace Centre they have developed a flying telescope inside a Boeing 747SP. This will fly at 47,000 feet and should some really cool images from space.
This could be a viable alternative to the Hubble and the space used to maintain it, however we will need to wait for until around 2009to see if it works as good as hope, when it is fully operational.
Source [Oh Gizmo]
Microwave car stopper
Now I am not sure about this one, simply because it is made by Eureka Aerospace, but whatever the case the idea is pretty cool.

This device if it could be made portable enough could stop police chases once and for all, no body wants to see high speed chases apart from in the movies as they are a danger to all, so anything that could stop it has to be a good thing.
However what happens if they miss and hit the driver head?
Source [New Gadgets]
The Quarter Wiki - a new paid Online Encyclopedia!
As you know, the team of moonlighters at Zedomax.Net has been working on new paid wikis. We belive this concept of paid wikis will blow up soon and we have just started diggin’.
We first made Five Dollar Wiki, One Buck Wiki, then EntreWiki.
Now, we introduce you to the new younger brother, The Quarter Wiki where you can buy a page for just a quarter!
That’s right, our motto for this new site is, “In Wiki We Trust”.
We are still working on some functionalities of the site, so don’t blame us if you find a page under construction. We just wanted to let you know heads up on the new website so you can go reserve your pages before all the good ones get taken.
The Quarter Wiki is a new paid online encyclopedia where you can buy your own page for just a quarter.
Unlike Wikipedia, you can add videos, RSS Feeds, advertisements, and GoogleMaps to a page on the QuarterWiki.
More simply, QuarterWiki filters spam by charging a small fee for each page so you don’t have to deal with it.
To get started with QuarterWiki, sign up for an account and search for your desired words you’d like to purchase.
Drink at the right temperature
This is mug that will help you see when your beverage is still ok to drink; there is nothing to worry about when you get stuck on the phone etc.

The mug changes colour with the temperature this uses a pigment that changes the colour of the surface it start at Off and finished at the On position, which should be the best way to drink, depending on how you like it, it may be the other way around!
Priced at $25.
Source [TechnaBob]
The plasma nightlight
This seems to be a very strange thing to have as a nightlight as I would have thought that it would be enough to give anyone let alone young children, some really bad nightmares.

Now if this were to be placed into the room of a teenager, then they would probably sleep like a log and not take any notice of it at all.
It is quite fascinating though because there was a time when plasma balls were really expensive, now you can buy these nightlight versions for only $9.99 with a lifespan of approximately four years.
Source [Oh Gizmo]
Toothpaste made from charcoal
Charcoal has some great filtering properties, it comes in water filters to make the water pure, and if you swallow something nasty then sometimes the hospital might give you some of the black stuff to soak it up.

It must be down to these qualities that a Korean toothpaste maker has produced “Charcle” which has all of the qualities of charcoal and unfortunately the colour too. Somehow I cannot quite imagine anyone putting black toothpaste onto their toothbrush and then into your mouth, can you?
Not much on prices or availability yet, but I am sure that there are going to be queues of people just wanting to get a taste of this one.
Source [Pop Gadget]


