Do you need a new keyboard? How about a $700 super heavy duty keyboard? If so, you’re in luck, because Stealth has made just that. This keyboard is cased in stainless steel, and has an optical trackball included. Cool, but why is it $700, other than the stainless steel? Well, this keyboard is freaking tough! You can douse it in water and it will still work. And that steel case insures that it won’t be easily destroyed. It also has some neat backlighting too. I wonder how many of these they’ll sell? I can’t imagine too many. But you gotta give them credit for being original.

Source: Stealth

Not really earth shattering news here, but it’s pretty neat. The Nmap security scanner team did a scan of the top million ranked sites on Alexa, grabbed their favicons, and put them on the map in proportion to the amount of traffic they get. The result is a neat mosiac type image. Since the image is far too big to be displayed in full resolution on the web, Namp has set up an interactive version on their site that allows you to search for your favorite site and zoom in extremely close. Check it out at nmap.org.

I hope he did. I only saw a small bit of the show when the robot sidekick debuted, and it seemed like Craig was having fun with it. I hope he keeps it going. It would be a shame to something like that for only one episode, with the work and effort that must have gone into preparing it. That robot is the kind of thing you see as part of custom tradeshow exhibits in Japan. I personally would love to have my own robot sidekick, but instead of programming him with punchlines or zingers, I would probably have him follow me around the house saying stuff like, “I could really go for a byte right now.” Or maybe have him say to my computer, “I know which buttons to push darling.” Or even, “I am Apple and Microsoft’s love child.” There weould be no shortage of laughs in my house.

These are not being mass produced yet, but the fact that someone desinged these is nothing short of amazing. You are looking at a fully functioning keyboard built into a pair of jeans. These jeans can connect to a computer via a wireless USB and even have peripheral devices like speakers in the knees. What’s next? Will we see lab coats for doctors with stethescopes built in?

OK, this is just me being silly, but as technology gets more sophisticated, it also seems to be getting smaller. Apple’s recent iPad reveal aside, cell phones started off as 20 lb. bags and now are a few ounces that clip to your belt or rest in your purse. How much smaller can they get? Will be able to walk into some orange county jewelry store and buy a necklace, bracelet or ring with an AT&T nationwide calling plan? I gues it would give new meaning to the term “ring tone.”