Touch Control Remington Beard trimmer
Approximately Rs 2,400
A beard trimmer with an LED touch screen that lets you control the 175 trimming lengths and the three turbo speeds. It is cordless and runs on a single charge for 40 minutes. The titanium coated self-sharpening, no oil blades make maintenance obsolete. This futuristic trimmer also has a touch lock for safety.
Motorola Motoactv
Approx. Rs 12,000 for 8GB
At first glance, this looks like an iPod Nano. But it’s much more. Motorola is pushing it as a fitness device cum music player. Comes with a good touchscreen, and with a strap, can also be used as a watch. So far like an iPod. But unlike iPod, Motoactv comes with in-built GPS to track and give you accurate measurements of your training routine. It also has Wi-Fi, which syncs your fitness statistics with motoactv.com and lets you answer calls and SMSes. It remembers your favourite workout tracks and forms a playlist. The sweat-resistant Motorola SF700 wireless sporting headphones with inbuilt heart rate monitor is an added bonus .
Think Geek Iris 9000
Approx. Rs 3,000
If you have seen Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:A Space Odyssey, you will straightaway identify this as a look-alike of HAL 9000. Though it is now 2011, we finally have our version that works with the Siri voice recognition system on iPhone 4S. For your own HAL, all you need to do is to pop your iPhone in the dock, and with a micro remote, trigger Siri on. The built-in mic will pick up your voice from 50 feet. Apart from asking Siri to set up reminders and check weather, you can also play music and make and receive phone calls like a
standard speakerphone.
Sony Head Mounted Display
Approximately Rs 62,000
Imagine wearing glasses that show you high definition 3D video, and you start to understand the concept of the head mounted display from Sony, which says it is the future of home entertainment. Two of the most promising uses are cinema and video games. Comes with two OLED HD screens that assault your eyes with high quality picture. The virtual 5.1 surround sound makes the experience more immersive. Works with Playstation 3 and all Sony Blu Ray disc players.