PARK ET.AL./2005/ TIME/ 11/21/69-131

There are numerous gadgets that are introduced here and they must run into the hundreds. We picked our favorites. They are:

METAL TIRES: THE TIRES HAVE A RUBBER RIBBON AROUND IT AND IT MAKES FOR AN EXCELLENT SPARE TIRE. MOST OF THE TIRE IS MADE OF METAL. IT MAKE S A LOT OF NOISE SO IT HAS TO BE A SPARE. HOWEVER IT IS RUGGED.

THE "I" CAR: IT IS A PERSONAL VEHICLE THAT WILL GO UP TO 25 MILES PER HOUR. IT IS 3 BY 6 FEET AND GREAT FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED AND OTHERS. IT IS GREAT OUTSIDE AND INSIDE WHERE THERE ARE BIG INTERIORS.

CELL PHONE/RADIO: IT IS ATTACHED TO YOUR EAR AND MAKES A GREAT CASE FOR COMFORT AND EFFICIENCY.

LIFESAVER SUCTION TUBE: YOU CAN DRINK THE MOST ROTTEN WATER AND THE TUBE WILL FILTER OUT THE BAD STUFF.

EXOSKELTON: THIS IS A MOVING COMPUTERIZED BRACE TO HELP HANDICAP AND ELDERLY WALK.

RECYCLEABLE CAM CORDER: IT RECORDS CHEAP MOVIES AND THEN IS SENT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER.

INFLATABLE TENT: THIS WAS MY IDEA. HOWEVER, IMAGINE A TENT WITH 4 BARS THAT KEEP THE TENT UP AND IS COVERED WITH CLOTH. THE TENT POLES ARE RUBBER AND ARE INFLATABLE WITH FOOT PUMP IN LESS THAN A MINUTE.

BOTS THAT DO THINGS: ONE ROBOT YOU CAN DANCE WITH IF YOU LIKE BALLROOM DANCING. ANOTHER YOU CAN TALK TO AND IT WILL RESPOND WITH VOICE AND FACIAL EXPRESSION. ONE WILL NUDGE YOUR DOG TO DO THINGS.

A TWO POUND PIANO: YOU JUST ROLL IT OUT ON A TABLE AND YOU CAN PLAY ALL THE INSTRUMENTS UNDER THE SUN. THE PIANO KEYS ARE ONE EIGTH OF AN INCH IN THICKNESS.

ROBOBOT: THIS WILL SCRUB YOUR FLOORS.

AND MANY, MANY MORE!