So film88.com – nee movie88.com – has finally gone. A short lived, but brave, exercise I must say.

The Bio Watch from Digital Square is an new health monitoring device which will develop over time. The first generation watch will monitor basic diet, body fat and general health via a PC and USB connection. Next generation models, however, will include blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar levels as part of the checkups. Eventually the company hopes to have the watch integrate with tele-medicine functions from hospitals and general medical practices, which should be interesting. The thought of…

The L3 Hybrid car, developed as a project by San Diego University in the US, appears to be a good example of an eco friendly car which can do 80 mpg and still look good. It’s a prototype of course, but little oaks and all that…. More details can be found here.

MPEG4 video playback in a tiny handheld, now where have I heard that one before? Oh yeah, the Sharp MT-VA1 of course. Anyway the Flipster is a 64MB or 128MB playback device which will handle video and audio on it’s tiny screen. The rechargeable Lithium Ion battery lasts for about 3 hours on video playback. There’s no mention of what frame rate this puppy supports, but if it’s anything like the Sharp it’s not going to be great. It runs…

The Laptop Desk is designed to let you work comfortably with a notebook computer on your lap. It costs $24.95, folds into a briefcase, has a mouse rest and features an adjustable rake for easier typing. I can see it being useful in airport terminals. Check out also the $29.95 PDA Office solution from the same company, which lets you type directly into your docked Palm PDA from your PC. Ideal for entering in that last minute information before rushing…