Leica C-LUX 1

Combining superior Leica optics and design with the latest in digital camera technology, the new Leica C-LUX 1 is a compact, attractive device loaded with features. Including 6 megapixels, an ultra short shutter delay, a 28mm lens, a 2.5-inch display, optical image stabilization, a high sensitivity setting up to 1600 ISO, and measuring a mere 5 x 10 cm, critics point out it's nearly identical …

Braille Playboy

Although its funding was cut off for a time in 1985, issues of Playboy printed in braille have been published by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped since 1970. No, it doesn't include the pictures (reinforcing the old joke about reading the magazine for the articles), but it still might be the world's only government-sponsored conceptual art project. via MIT Advertising …

Tag Heuer Monaco Calibre 360 LS

This new concept TAG Heuer, recently introduced at Baselworld 2006, stands out for a couple of reasons—or a thousand. With dials that track 1/10th, 1/100th, and 1/1000th of a second simultaneously, the Monaco Calibre 360 LS (LS stands for Linear second) lends new meaning to Swiss precision and continues TAG Heuer's tradition of innovation. The nearly 150-year old company is the only watchmaker in the …