It looks like something you’d see on a spaceship in Star Trek or Star Wars, except for the fact that it has the word “Dell” imprinted on the back of it. Behold; the Dell Adamo XPS laptop. Long known as the company that delivers ho-hum design and modest performance to thousands of US mega-corporations, Dell has finally created a product that both looks stunning and has the horsepower to actually get some work done.

The first thing you’ll notice about the Adamo is its thickness, or lack thereof, actually. Claimed by Dell to be the “thinnest computer in the world,” it comes in an impossibly thin 9.99 millimeters, which, for those keeping track, is almost a full 10 millimeters thinner then the MacBook Air!

The next thing you’ll notice about the Adamo is its strange “uprightness” when it’s fully opened (I’m afraid the best way to figure out what I’m describing is to simply look at the picture). It may look awkward at first, but this design actually offers two benefits: 1) It has a full-size keyboard—this may not seem like a big deal, unless you’ve ever been lucky enough to have used any of Dell’s previous business laptops and their remarkably tiny keys—and 2) It has a stunning 13.4-inch High-Definition Display.

Lastly, for those who care to know, Dell has also managed to cram a 1.4GHz Intel processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB Solid State Drive into the Adamo, meaning it’ll handle Microsoft Office and pretty much anything you can find on the web with little or no effort.

Whether you’re a soon-to-be college student, who is always on-the-go, or a Youth Pastor in need of an ultraportable machine, the Dell Adamo XPS may just be a perfect fit for you. You can see more detailed pictures and purchasing options by visiting Dell’s custom-made website for the Adamo here: http://www.adamobydell.com/xps/us.

Perpetual Kid is a site that claims to “entertain your inner child”, and they really hit a home run with the iPod Building Block Speakers. These Lego speakers have a connector that is compatible with every iPod, including the iPhone. The speakers evidently run off of the iPod itself, so it doesn’t require any batteries. You can buy the speakers directly from the Perpetual Kid site for $24.99 in yellow, black, red, green, blue, or white. I think my Lego space ship could definitely use an iPod on it. Also, take a look around the site, and you’ll find a lot of innovative products like a cassette tape that is actually a tape dispenser. Enjoy! (www.perpetualkid.com)

We all know the GPS technology has been around for quite some time, and quite a few of us have either a phone or navigator with GPS on it. The only problem with traveling now, though, is that you have so many devices to look at. You have your iPod Video, your cell phone, your GPS, your stereo, and some of you may even have a PDA or portable DVD player. Well, Asus has a device that just came out that will compact most of your devices for travel into one. The Asus R700 is a GPS navigator that has 3D maps and real-time traffic updates, but not only does it navigate, you can also play MP3s, videos, and photos on a 1.3 cm thick unit. Of course it has a touch screen, but it uses Bluetooth to verbalize text messages and dial calls. It just hit stores and costs $400.

The E-notes use electric paper technology that has been under development for a long time now. These tiny pieces of e-paper are powered by a small solar captor that requires only one minute of light per day to work. One cool thing is that after you write or draw on the E-note you can clear what you wrote when you are finished. You can even change its color. E-notes are in the conception stages, but wouldn’t you like to get your hands on them when they come out?!