ScubaDoo

Forget the Segway. Now we want the ScubaDoo. Unlike a flipper-clad colleague who's been taking diving lessons, this Australian-designed sea scooter doesn't bother with clunky tanks, foggy masks and uncomfortable mouthpieces. All thanks to an ingeniously designed air-tight viewing dome for your head, with air intake fed by an external compressor floating above water. Did we mention that four-eyed Singaporeans can keep their eyewear or contacts on? And since you don't even need a diver's cert to ride one of these cool machines, you'll soon be gunning this bike down underwater lanes in search of our favorite Dory fish.

Click to see external compressor

Price: A$17,000
Availability: Scuba-Doo
Device: Underwater scooter
Basic specs: 1.5 hours of battery life, weight incl. battery 42.8kg, 2.5 knots, permanent magnet 12 volt DC motor with 40 amps and 35lb thrust, choice of five colors

Samsung Vixlim

Hurrah, no more big fat CRT displays. Word's out that Samsung has developed what could be the world's slimmest CRT TV. At 35cm deep, the Vixlim is still no svelte LCD wannabe, but it halves the current 50 to 60cm offerings on shelves and breathes new life into the technology. Its comeback means healthy competition for the digital TV segment which, if industry watchers get their numbers right, could see prices drop by as much as one-third. Sweet!

Click to see top view | front view | side view

Price: Suggested US$1,000 for 32-inch TV model
Availability: End year to early 2005
Device: CRT TV
Basic specs: 32-inch cathode ray tube (CRT), 800cd/m2 peak brightness, 1,080 raster lines, 5,000:1 contrast ratio, 190w power consumption

hip-e

A PC that wants to be an iMac? That's the hip-e, which Digital Lifestyle Group is positioning as the world's first lifestyle computer for teens. Although it'll be the poor parents coughing out the US$1,699 for this one-stop entertainment desktop with customizable keyboard designs--from fuzzy pink to leopard skin. What's actually cool are the speakers which can be removed and turned into a beatbox. But other than that, smart teens could rig up their own hip-e, Sim Lim Square-style, at half the cost, leopard skin paintwork included.

Click to see hip-e's leopard skin design | black

Price: US$1,699
Availability: Digital Lifestyle Group
Device: Lifestyle PC
Basic specs: 1.5GHz processor, 120GB hard drive, 512MB RAM, 17-inch display, built-in TV tuner, speakers, DVD/CD-RW combo, more teen-friendly front-end for Windows XP

Daiquiri Whacker

For some added "oomph" to your drink, Californian native Steve Reid's Daiquiri Whacker certainly revs up to the job. This petrol-powered blender fires up on a 25cc Homelite PowerStroke engine and comes with motorcycle-style twist grip throttle that's guaranteed to put some hair on anyone's chest. No electricity is needed, which makes this great for outdoor picnics and barbeques. Just prime it, pull the starter, and that next beach party at East Coast Park will never be the same again.

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Price: US$259
Availability: SR Leisure Time Products
Device: Blender
Basic specs: Unbreakable blender jar, MSR aluminum fuel bottle, Homelite two-stoke oil, instruction manual

V-UP Shirt

If you believe you are what you wear, then check out Fuji Spinning Company's vitamin-infused shirts. They won't make you smarter like some of the latest intelligent fabrics, but they'll guarantee you a daily dose of what amounts to the equivalent vitamin content of two lemons. A special fiber containing emulsified provitamin is dissolved upon contact with oil on the skin's surface and absorbed into the body as vitamin C. It's good for 30 washes though the company doesn't make it clear if this is hand-washed or chucked in the washer with suds. Where it gets interesting is the company's plans for vitamin-enhanced lace underwear. Wearable vitamin, anyone?

Price: N.A.
Availability: Gunze (marketed as Vitamin Plus) and Atsugi (marketed as Comfort), Japan
Device: Vitaminized fiber
Basic specs: Garment infused with vitamin C equivalent of two lemons

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