Kwikset, one of America’s premiere door lock companies, has unveiled its new keyless lock for your home. It scans your fingerprint and unlocks the door. It can be programmed with up to 50 different fingerprints, and has different security levels and “lock out” features.

While not available just yet, you can sign up to a notification list at kwikset.com.

Now where is my Hoverboard?! Mattel, I’m looking in your direction.

With nuclear and chemical warfare looming in mankind’s not too distant future, it will be important to have the right tools to survive.

The sensors found in this package include those for sniffing out oxygen, combustible materials, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide. The QRAE II has been certified to work in hazardous environments like “oil refineries, petrochemical plants, steel mills… and other confined space entry operations.”

Available alone or as part of a confined space entry kit, the QRAE II can be purchased for as little as $395 for a single sensor unit, but the mac-daddy four gas sensor model will run you $645.

It might seem a little pricey, but come the post-apocalypse, it’ll be well worth the investment.

There is no end to the iPod accessories flooding the market. Here is another one, which allows you to control your iPod while doing energetic activities outside.

SportCommand is weather resistant, and perfect to be exposed to elements that may damage your iPod.

Kloss Interactors has created this wicked cool table that has pressure-actived lights beneath the black surface. run your fingers across the table to leave streaks that disappear after a few seconds. Put a glass of clear liquid on the table, and soon the beverage has become illuminated.

Right now the table goes for $2400 dollars, and has been several years in the making. hopefully with a little time the price will go down,and this table will make its way into the homes of intergalactic basement bars across the nation!

Not all gadgets, inventions, and technological improvements can be great. The fine fellows over at Maxim have put together their five worth items the saw at the convention.

Here is an example:

Ambient Umbrella (Ambient Devices)

Ideal for: People who don’t trust the weatherman.

Holy-garbage, Batman! Here’s an umbrella that tells you it’s raining out. There’s a wireless data-radio embedded in the umbrella. You know, in case the drops of water falling down from the sky weren’t enough of a clue, the ‘brella’s handle glows blue to confirm that, yes, drops of water are falling from the sky. Best invention since “The Hamburger That Eats Itself.”
Damage: Another product still “in development.” You can stop now. Please.

Don’t Get Some: ambientdevices.com

For the full and complete list, check out the article here.

Mitsubishi Electric has completed construction of the world’s largest high-definition video screen at a horse track in Tokyo. The screen employs Mitsubishi’s Aurora Vision LED technology and measures 11.2 meters (37 feet) x 66.4 meters (218 feet), giving it a surface area of 744 square meters (8,000+ square feet), or the equivalent of 3 tennis courts. Mitsubishi manufactured the screen for the Japan Racing Association (JRA) at its Nagasaki factory in the town of Togitsu, Nagasaki prefecture. The screen was divided into 35 pieces for delivery to the Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo.

The bright, high-definition display is 3 times larger than what was previously installed at the horse track, and the screen’s three sections allow the audience to take in the action at other tracks. Total cost is reported to be 3.2 billion yen (US$28 million).

So this Japanese fella by the name of Masaaki Nagumo has created an 11-foot, 1-ton, air-gun-equipped mech. And it can be yours for the low price of 315,000 American Dollars.