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Puma tapped renegade bicycle maker Biomega to build the ideal two-wheeler for city commuters. Unfasten the heavy-gauge cable that serves as the down tube to fold the bike in half for carrying on cramped subway cars or storing in closet-sized studio apartments. When out and about, the same wire serves as a lock - just secure it around a sturdy object on the sidewalk. Should the cord be cut, the frame won't stay in riding position, rendering the bike as spineless as the thief trying to snag it.
Puma Bike: $775, www.puma.com
You've heard of wallet-sized prints; now there's a wallet-sized printer. This battery-powered Fotomat connects to infrared-capable phone-cams and spits out 2 x 3-inch instant Polaroid-like prints (don't forget to shake 'em). Stills can be scaled down from a maximum of 3 megapixels - plenty of capacity for America's resolution-challenged mobiles - and built-in software enhances backlit or underexposed images for better-looking hard copies. If only Fuji made a tiny photo album to go with it.
MP-70: $99, www.fujifilm.com
Turn crappy reality TV into electronic art. Inside this telly's radical polycarbonate shell is a 7-inch screen controlled by a processor that can warp video feeds into psychedelic eye candy. Pixels change color, and pictures twist into spheres, zigzag patterns, and waves. Effects are synced to a show's audio track, which pumps out of the 16-watt stereo speakers. It'll give NBC's Tommy Lee Goes to College artistic merit.
TeleBlaster: $1,499, www.electroboutique.com
Mission's new surround system looks as sharp it sounds. Each M-Cube comes dressed in one of five colors (ruby is shown). The underlying cabinets are made from an aluminum-and-mineral polymer that provides extra rigidity for improved sound clarity. And instead of normal driver cones, the satellites use NXT's flat-panel audio technology, giving the 3.5-inch blocks big sound. A 250-watt sub rounds out the package, rumbling low frequencies through dual 8-inch woofers.
M-Cube: $1,999, www.mission-usa.com
Go ballistic in your next squirt gun skirmish with the Balloon Bazooka. With it, you can shoot a single water grenade more than 500 feet, or launch a volley of up to 24 warheads a few dozen yards. A 4-liter air tank powers the smooth, 6-foot barrel. Pump it up to 150 pounds of pressure with a bike pump, CO2 canister, or air compressor - then flip the valve to fire.
Magnum: $200, www.balloonbazooka.com
Don't curse the muggy summer heat - harvest it. The Dolphin 2 transforms dank air into drinking water. The countertop purifier-dehumidifier works by sucking up the surrounding atmosphere, removing dust and pollen, and extracting moisture before venting it back into the room. The leftover H2O (up to 0.5 liters per hour) is deposited into a 1.85-gallon tank, where it's blasted with UV and filtered through carbon. Finally, the cleansed aqua is delivered to the tap. Now that's refreshing.
Dolphin 2: $899, www.air2water.net
- Brian Lam
credit Craig Maxwell, styled by Shannon Amos/Artist Untied
Puma Bike
credit Craig Maxwell, styled by Shannon Amos/Artist Untied
MP-70
TeleBlaster
credit Craig Maxwell, styled by Shannon Amos/Artist Untied
M-Cube
credit Craig Maxwell, styled by Shannon Amos/Artist Untied
Magnum
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