Petapotty

The jury is still out on whether this thing is good or evil, but any way you look at it, it's pretty outrageous. The PETaPOTTY is the doggy equivalent of a kitty litter. It's basically a box of grass with drainage. Be sure to check out the video on their site– complete with a Greyhound giving a full demo. $235 at Hamptons Hound

SMS Chandelier

Nested somewhere between the techy opulence of the Vertu and the creative genius of Jenny Holzer comes Lolita the SMS enabled chandelier by Ron Arad. The piece is one from a series commissioned by Swarovski for the Milan Design Week. It consists of thousands of crystals and LEDs woven in to a stunning spiral display for whatever text message you send to it.

Cell Phone as Bank Card

Oki Electric and NTT Communications announced ATM that can be used by infrared port-equipped mobile devices. You'd think they would go Bluetooth, but actually IR is more secure because the device and the machine have to be so close– no risk of bluejacking your account information. While not a new idea, this is the first commercialization. With it, we're one step closer to the true …