Why settle for just a boring old block of wood to hold your knives when you can have this litle guy? (Literally, little guy…) This 14″ tall human figure comes with an 8″ Chef Knife, 8″ Bread Knife, 8″ Carver, 5″ Utility Knife and a 3.5″ Paring Knife, all protected by a 25 year manufacturer’s warranty. Knives are all held in place by a neat little magnet in each hole. Have a little fun when putting your knives away, for once! Get it from Wowzzers.

Today’s Around the World Gadget is from Japan. It’s called the Kinniku Mouse, cute huh? Well, not so cute when you see what this thing does! It apparently uses 4 little electrode pads to shock and stimulate your muscles as you work on the computer.

Translated to English, the name of the gadget is “Muscle Mouse.” It uses EMS technology (Electrical Muscle Stiumlation) to relax you for the long hard workday. From the translation it’s hard to see exactly how it’s powered, but it appears to either be from the movement of the mouse, or actually powered by the USB port. (Or a combination of both - the movement of the mouse activated the current which is powered by the USB port). The Japanese come up with some cool stuff!

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Digital picture frames are actually very practical, one frame to display unlimited pictures, instead of just one. Plus, most can play video, support expandable memory, and have RF remote controls. Until recently, you’d be setting up your 7 inch digital frame on a mantel or table, but now you can mount a 32 inch high resolution LCD on your wall dedicated to displaying your home pictures and videos at 1366×768.The frame can also playback video with sound, including MPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMA and AVI files, at their native resolutions with sound on it’s built in speakers..

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Now, I’m not sure who really needs support for 80 different storage mediums, but if you are, here’s your solution. iMONO’s 80-in-1 card reader not only supports like… every memory card known to man, but also has the ability to connect 3 other USB devices. Heck, if you wanted, you could buy a whole slue of these things and daisey chain them for a ridiculous amount of memory cards. It wouldn’t be all that expensive either since they’re cheap as dirt.

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We’ve seen touch screen remotes, and we’ve seen remote watches. It’s about time we see a touch screen remote watch! For some reason I always get a kick out of “mysteriously” changing people’s channels or randomly switching on the television. The watch can be programmed to a few different brands of TV’s at a time, and supports a wide variety of brands overall.

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People have spent years talking about portable projectors for their video games and cell phones. And until now, there has never actually been anything to back up the “prototypes” or ideas. Optoma has finally changed that by introducing their portable handheld projector called ‘Pico’ made for a wide range of mobile devices from iPhone, to many other smart phones and PDAs. They have a world wide release date set in 2009. Yeah, that’s right, a release date!

The device is based on DLP technology ensuring high picture quality and contrast, and uses LED lighting, guaranteeing a bright, colorful image. Plus, it’s tiny: small enough to fit in your pants pocket. The product will be first shown at Texas Instrument’s InfoComm 2008, close to it’s limited release in Europe, before it’s worldwide 2009 release.

Skin-tenna is a technology that can be used for today’s high tech medical devices or personal gadgets, or both! It’s based on the conductivity of the human skin. Ever touch those old rabit ears on top of the T.V., or a loop antenna from your stereo and notice improved clarity? Well this is sort of the same principal. It uses a device to transmit signals harmlessly over the skin.

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This stylish little USB Hub will surely spice up your desk. Another quirky gadget from gadget4all.com provides you with a figure in the shape of a man carrying a briefcase (which spins 180 degrees). One of his arms, his swiveling briefcase, his foot, and the front of the base all have USB ports, with the PC connection in the back of the base. Pick up this little guy for $10 at G4A.

Every man’s dream is to be a part of a heist, or at least a heated shootout! Now you can live that dream in the comfort of your own cubicle or room with this Downtown Classic Shootout Game. It comes with 3 x 7″ figures that you can place randomly throughout your room to have fun little shootouts with. They will raise their guns and actually shoot at you! Use your infrared gun to shoot the others before they shoot you! The buttons on the Al Capone replica’s coat light up to show you how man lives you have left.

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Earlier I posted about the 7-Port rotatable USB hub that allowed you to position the ports to your liking. This little gem is the sequel and features 4 ports, and on the reverse a digital clock. Another useful gadget to reduce the amount of stuff on your desk . Get it from USB Geek.

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