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I thought I wanted an iPod Nano before, but with the addition of the iWood case, my technolust has reached a new boiling point. I also saw someone using one of these in person for the first time the other day (first though: what the hell is that? I’ve never seen a cell phone THAT small!) and it just makes my current iPod feel bulky and insignificant now.

Purty. Though still not quite as nice as this working all-wood handmade 4G iPod.

And to make this post at least somewhat informational and not simply crassly consumeristic, I’ll mention that the rumors are flying about Steve Jobs unveiling either a video iPod or some type of Apple branded home video device at October 12th’s “One More Thing” event. There almost certainly will be a pink Madonna iPod joining the black U2 line. Hopefully whatever he reveals it won’t be an utter disappointment like the ROKR phone.

(via Gizmodo)

Meant to write this earlier, but I think I actually want this piece of vaporware even more. It’s a wireless charging pad that will charge your electronic devices (cell phone, mp3 player, camera, etc.) by simply placing them on the pad. Hotness. This one I would pay big bucks for it it actually came to market.

Splashpower Ltd., established as the result of a business competition at Cambridge University, has developed a wireless charging system that uses electromagnetic induction to accomplish wireless charging of devices.

“It’s basically the concept of creating a magnetic field that goes parallel to the surface of the pad rather than out of the pad and this has many benefits,� said Lily Cheng, chief executive officer and cofounder of the company, speaking at a news conference. “It enables us to deliver a very uniform output across the pad and enables us to make a receiver coil that is very thin.�

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