Space Jams
If you're really seeking a clear channel, look to the stars. Tivoli Audio has unleashed the first high-performance tabletop satellite radio, delivering more than 100 stations of commercial-free music, sports, and talk right to your nightstand. The Model Sirius, based on audio legend Henry Kloss' award-winning Model Three clock radio, features Tivoli's signature wood finish, classic dial controls, and outstanding sound. With crisp highs and deep lows, this little 4.25-pound base station will send you into orbit.
Model Sirius Satellite Table Radio: $300, plus $13 monthly subscription, www.tivoliaudio.com
Plug In, Peel Out
If Nascar went green, drivers would race Toyota Voltas. Italdesign-Giugiaro (of Alfa Romeo fame) crossbred a rear-mounted 3.3-liter V6 with two - yes, two - electrical engines (one for each axle), creating a hybrid capable of rocketing from 0 to 60 mph in less than four seconds. With a top speed of 155 mph, the all-wheel-drive Volta may not outpace a gas-guzzling Ferrari, but it'll pull ahead in the stretch - at 32 miles per gallon, it goes 435 miles before needing a refill.
Toyota Alessandro Volta concept car: price not yet determined, www.italdesign.it
Ear Ring
Lose the telemarketer look and get the 2.4-GHz cordless phone that gleams in your ear like a diamond stud (the base shimmers, too). Developed by BellSouth, the entire Earbud Phone is built into a compact 1-ounce unit that attaches comfortably to either ear, leaving your hands free for mixing drinks in the kitchen or sipping them by the pool. Just don't forget to take it off before you go for a swim.
Earbud Phone: $99, www.getxact.com
Big Wheelin'
Ride a road bike through the Big Apple and you're begging for a bang-up that'll leave you with a hockey player's grin. Worse, you're missing a killer freestyle course. Take advantage of the potholes and guardrails on your commute with the Biomega Brooklyn. Its superfat 15-inch wheels add bounce to your moves while the chrome-moly frame, disc brakes, internal cables, and leather saddle help you save face even if you eat asphalt in front of the suits.
Brooklyn: $700, www.biomega.dk
Shady Character
Shed some light on your obsession with retro. Crafted from solid pine or walnut, a 69-inch Sundayland lamp will declare your flair for the '70s, whether you shack up in a mahogany-paneled bungalow or a minimalist urban loft. When light glows through the veneer shade to show off the natural grain, you'll see its ambience is anything but wooden.
Woody (walnut) or Naughty (pine): $1,400, www.sundayland.com
Sucker for Fashion
No one dons Versace before cleaning house, but the Alessi Handheld vac may make you consider it. Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni transforms the boring beige dust buster into a stainless-steel, mirror-polished objet d'art. It might even inspire you to keep your whole place spotless - or at least get the crumbs out of your bed.
Handheld vacuum cleaner: $110, www.alessi.it
- Seth Feman
credit Photo by Craig Maxwell
Model Sirius Satellite Table Radio
Toyota Alessandro Volta concept car
credit Photo by Craig Maxwell
Earbud Phone
Biomega Brooklyn
credit Photo by Craig Maxwell
Sundayland lamp
Handheld vacuum cleaner
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