The CES Trade Show would normally be unveiling gadgets and devices but the event does showcase some of the advanced home improvement technologies one would certainly be interested. Among them include this Samsung Smart Digital Windows which should be a neat alternative over the traditional transparent windows.

The window is actually a monitor of sorts in disguise, something that allows users to check the weather outside and browse websites as well. The window measures about 46” diagonally and has a pixel count of about 1366×768.

The window can double as a TV of sorts as well, allowing you to check the news or your favorite TV programs at any time. For a better example, check out the video.

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It is 2012 and while we do believe in the phrase out with the old and in with the new,however we still heart all things retro. If you like us also love everything vintage or a big fan of retro inspired gadgets, then do check out the compilation of cool retro gadgets from Zedomax. My absolutely favorite from the list? The  Mini Rechargeable USB Turntable, which is the perfect mesh of old and new. Check out the list here.

Coolest Retro Gadgets of 2011

Sony HID-B7 and HID-B7 DASH Alarm Clock

Japan-based Audio Technica has been known to come up with the high-tech and expensive gadgets to pamper the luxists such as their initial Swarovski crystal headphones and the Sovereign Wooden headphones. Now they unveil the Soundscape Sofa which could very well be a great addition to plugging in those headphones and relaxing in style.

The sofa can accommodate multiple audio devices and are eco-friendly as well. They are made from 100% recyclable materials with 66 layers of Eco Panels for the necessary support and comfort users will be looking for. Since this meant for the Audio Technica retail stores, the customers can sit on each of the sofas, listen to music and test the different other products from the Japanese audio device maker.

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Audio Technica Soundscape Sofa

Beat the sweltering heat by drinking loads of chilled drinks. And the best way to enjoy a chilled beverage is to fill it up with lots and lots of ice. The Best Countertop Ice Maker is capable of making  18 1/2 lbs. of ice in eight hours–56% more than a lesser model and takes only eight minutes to  make a 12-cube batch. The Best Ice Maker has also This ice maker earned The Best rating from the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute  and is very easy to use. Just  fill it with water, select an ice cube size, and push the start button. You can order it online from here.

The Best Countertop Ice Maker

Domestic chores  are no longer mind-achingly numb and one can actually enjoy doing them thanks to the wonderful world of technology. Don’t believe me? Then head over to Zedomax and check out the coolest five kitchen related gadgets. My personal favorite? The Pop Up Hot Dog Cooker which ensure soy don’t have to rush to the street vendor overtime you crave some hot dog.

Must Have Kitchen Gadgets

There are times that you may want to place your home theater entertainment gadgets outdoors but the problem is that pain of having to transport them and placing them back. Then again, if you want something made for the outdoors without having to ruin your current setup, the Outdoor Inflatable Theater could be a great solution.

The Outdoor Inflatable Theater is made of 72” bright, white vinyl where it will inflate entirely in 5 minutes with the help of a built-in electric pump. They also feature water-resistant PVC which should make it ideal even near the swimming pool. But as far as video quality is concerned, this outdoor inflatable theater has limits. The projector that it comes with maxes out at 480p resolution, sporting 16:9 aspect ratio, a contrast ratio up to 600:1, with 900 lumens for optimal brightness.

It comes with the usual connectivity options (HDMI, VGA, and component) and can be yours for $999.95.

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Outdoor Inflatable Theater

This is one shelf that carries an odd design but functionally, it does address the clutter problem you may want to deal with. The SpaceJunk Sculptural shelf is flexible and versatile which can double as a decorative piece other than holding your stuff.

Outside that of being a storage option, the shelf offers a stylish and functional option for the people in need of putting their thing in order. This includes books, toys and some gadgets that may be lying around and are not really being used. They are available in any choice colors and come in plywood or composite wood panel materials. They retail for $935.

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SpaceJunk Sculptural Shelf

Smartak Audio Wireless Waterproof Shower Speaker with Dock Transmitter

The Goodnight Sleep Trainer

Car-themed chairs have been coming out like crazy the past days. After seeing the 1957 Chevy Chair and the Aston Martin Sofas, today we have a Mini Cooper Gaming Chair for you. The chair was designed by David Gawthorpe who spent two years putting it all together.

David decided to integrate his entertainment gadgets onto the chair which is made from a front of a black Mini Cooper he owns. The chair comes with features that include a chilled beer dispenser, a remote controlled smoke machine, an iPod dock and headphones, a 500 watt amplifier, strobes and lasers. Wow!

This juiced up Mini Cooper Chair is valued at around $12,930 in case you are interested in buying it from him.

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Mini Cooper Gaming Chair for Gamers

You would think that gadgets would be the only ones you would see at the CES 2011 in Las Vegas but it seems there are some mattresses in the mix too. Things like the Vivon Prestige luxury mattress line were likewise there, a product in collaboration with Brookstone.

The mattress comes with a built-in massage system that can be used in five modalities with six different motors to provide an enriching full-body massage covering the critical parts of your body. There are three models available. They are the Prestige III, Prestige II and Prestige I priced at $899, $749 and $599 respectively. The mattresses are now available for pre-order.

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Vivon Life Mattresses with Built-in Massage System launched at CES 2011

With the cooler weather ahead, the best way to stay warm is though gadgets or turning on the home heaters you have installed. But in case you are a techie geek, here is something you may find handy. The device is a USB Cushion Pillow which generates warmth once you plug it in via USB connectivity.

The USB Cushion Pillow can be a wrist pad when working on the computer so it has double benefits. It should be ideal for women thanks to its pink colored theme and can be purchased for about $30. It could be a great gift idea as well for the coming Christmas season.

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Keep Warm with the USB Cushion Pillow

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As most clocks, here is an alternatively designed desk clock for your room or maybe even your office. The Cubert Clocks from designer Luis Luna offers a three-dimensional look which should more than make it stand out among the common desk clocks.

They may not be much of a need but for people who want some classy designs and gadgets in their home, the Cubert Clocks are certainly one that can capture the fancy of the home folks and even their visitors.

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The Cubert Clocks

When you think of a sofa or a chair, you would often think about straight-forward and smooth fabrics that give out that inviting look. But as far as the “Lost in Sofa” chair is concerned, it is all about accommodation and flexibility, coming with built-in cracks which should allow people to easily place their gadgets and stuff without worrying about losing them.

The chair was designed by Daisuke Motogi Architecture, the little spots offers some handy and functional places where you can squeeze in your things. Unfortunately from the looks of it, better watch where you drink your coffee or tea since it may leave a mark if you drop one on it.

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The Lost in Sofa Chair

For the people in need of an efficient console table, here is one made of composite material from Paul Kelley. The Composite Table will fit right in to your home and provides just the right amount of space for your gadgets and stuff.

They are made from HI-MACS and 70% natural minerals and pigments with acrylic resin. It comes complete with a smooth white finish and sharp ends that make it perfect to house those techie stuff everyone practically has these days.

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The Composite Table

Unleash the talented DJ inside you by getting the super cool iPad DJ Station. Designed by Psychic Factory, the console is ideal for amateur DJs that enjoy mixing and experimenting with music from the comforts of their home. You can also stream your work of art to wireless speakers ensuring you never leave the couch!

iPad DJ Station For Amateur DJs

Here is something out of the Honey Collection by Sooyon Park. The Honey Chair is made up of stainless steel legs which carry a sort of plug and play feature for people who have a lot of gadgets to use around.

The stainless steel legs can be switched with any of the other legs in the Honey Collection. The legs have the soft shape of a drop of honey with the feel of string due to the materials used. A cool potential piece you can surely add to your home furnishing needs.

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The Honey Chair Stool

For the obsessed Apple Fans, here is a chair to cap of your slew of Apple gadgets. Taking the shape of the familiar Apple logo, the Apple Chair comes in a familiar red apple color paired with a tempting and cozy looking seat.

The Apple Chair seems fit for you to enjoy playing or listening to tunes on your iPod. A sure winner for people who want something authentic although it would look better with a white color theme.

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The Apple Chair

In some sort of a twist, here is a clock that makes use of odd looking clock hands in the form of batteries. Batteries are normally used as sources of power for gadgets and clocks but this is one instance where some creative minds tweak common designs like clocks a bit.

The only twist here is that the batteries are dual purpose. While they do act as clock hands, they still power the whole thing. A neat clock to have for a unique type of a home don’t you think?

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The Wrong Project Uses Batteries as Clock Hands

In this era of mobile phones, we hardly use our landline. Those who miss the retro styling of their home telephones should get the Iretrofine by Freeland Studios which turns your iPhone into a classic rotary phone. Just dock your iPhone onto it and chat away in retro style.

Iretrofine By Freeland Studios

DIY: Figurine USB Drive

For the people who find comfort and solace resting by pools, the Floating Sofa should do the trick. This floating sofa measures 68” in diameter, is inflatable and can actually seat three adults. The sofa is perfect for use in pools and comes with a trio of inflatable pillows to complete the collection.

It is made from PVC materials which is puncture and UV-resistant and can support a maximum of 350 lbs. It also comes with a battery-powered pump and will cost you about $179.95 to own.

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The Floating Sofa

Whether you are in the office or have made it a habit to sleep on your arm, here is a pillow that should make it all comfortable for you. The Arm Sleeper Pillow is a perfect tool that features a center groove and a recessed front edge which allows you to fully extend your arm without it having to support the weight of your head and neck.

This results in a comfortable lying down position, without causing any muscle stiffness the next day.The Arm Sleeper’s Pillow can be yours for $99.99.

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Arm Sleeper’s Pillow

The Star Wars fever is not yet over. We have yet another desk clock, the Darth Vader Desk Clock. It is one awesome looking clock made for the Star Wars fans, showing a large statue with an itty bitty clock at the bottom.

The clock stands 13 inches tall, so it’s not so bulky that it’ll take up a lot of room. It requires 2 LR44 watch batteries to run. You can purchase the clock for $14.99

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Darth Vader Desk Clock

What happens to a table if you embed it with many LED lights? Well it will certainly render some bright lighting and that is exactly what this Light Beam Coffee Table seems to be. This table is packed with LED lights which provide a different kind of glow.

The table is made of reclaimed teak and was actually inspired by railway sleepers. It was created by a Netherlands designer, Egbert Pos. It seems that this table is still in the concept stages as there is no word on when it would be available or how much it would cost.

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Light Beam Coffee Tables

With the heat being a problem for most home bodies, turning up the air conditioning may not necessarily be the best solution to beat the warm weather. Hence, the search for efficient cooling gadgets has become evident and that is what the Personal Evaporation Cooler aims to provide.

This is a portable cooling system that is energy-efficient and combines water evaporation with an air moving fan. It has a 4 gallon capacity with a remote control for easy operating whenever you need it. It also features a timer, low water shutoff, 3-speed motor. The Personal Evaporation Cooler retails for only $199.95.

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Personal Evaporation Cooler

Here is another idea for people who want to turn garbage into something useful. This time we have an old record that has been turned into a neat looking wall clock. Turn those old 45 vinyl records into something handy, place some numbers or even paint it in whichever theme you would like.

Or if you don’t want to go through the trouble, you can get one of these 45 record clocks at the Urban Outfitters for only $30. None of the clocks that are sold will be quite the same, since they have an assortment of records. These clocks will require a AA battery to keep up and running and the clock itself measures 7” in diameter.

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45RPM Colored Clock

Here is another lamp for you from Super Mario fame. The Mushroom lamp comes in black and white colors, which should fit in comfortably with the usual modern interior designs. The lamp doesn’t come cheap though. It costs about $1,543 but that shouldn’t be a problem for the Mario game addicts out there!

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Mushroom Lamp for Super Mario Fans

Here are some romantic lanterns to consider. With Valentine’s Day weeks away, make the occasion memorable with these Love Heart Sky lanterns. Each flame-retardant Flying Heart Sky Lantern can glow for as long as 20 minutes, traveling for miles and rising up to 1500 meters.

Simply light the special wax fuel cell, wait for a flame to form, make a wish and watch in wonder as your biodegradable lantern gradually ascends to the heavens, glowing as it rises. Each one costs £9.99.

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The Love Heart Sky Lantern

Here is something retro and functional to have in homes. The Phonograph Clock Radio comes with a built-in lamp that should put three separate home devices in one piece. It has a 3W speaker and comes from China. This should be a logical clock-radio-lamp to have in rooms, especially the ones who hate many devices by their side.

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Phonograph Clock Radio

The Brionvega ts clock and radio should be a great addition for any room. Sporting an interesting make, this clock also has a built-in indoor thermometer which are shown on a bright LCD display with backlight. It comes with a snooze button as well and should be a great alarm clock with a contemporary look.

It comes in Sun Orange, Snow White and Night Black. This clock retails for about £289.00 or $462.

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Brionvega ts Cube Clock

Here is another bedside lighting solution you can consider for your bedroom. This time, a lamp that comes in the form of a bedside house-shaped booklight and makes use of an 11 watt bulb which means it will not burn the book on top. The dim light would be great to help slow your brain down a little.

This booklight retails for about £39.95 but is unfortunately out of stock.

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Bedside House-Shaped BookLight

Here is something for the snooker addicts. Though some may have problems fitting a snooker table into your home, here is one that transforms from a sofa into a snooker table. This actually a vintage 1970 Snooker Sofa made by Accrington and snooker table manufacturer Riley. This couch was really around on a limited edition basis during the 70s. It should be an ideal solution for small pads and here is wishing some good furniture manufacturer would think of copying the said concept.

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The Snooker Sofa

Here is a table that is bound to light and rock your world. Especially for people who have occastional gatherings in their home, the Disco Table is made up of LED lights in a multicolored fashion. You can actually make one yourself using a $50 IKEA table and then just add on the LED lights for style. Once you properly place the LEDS, it may all look like you have a virtual lighted flooring from discos, the same ones you may have seen from Saturday Night Fever. Certain to add life to the party!

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Disco Table with LED Lights

The Parrot Digital Messaging Switch Plate adds another technological dimension to your home, particularly for the forgetful ones and the hard-headed ones who have a problem with authority. This is one messaging and switch system that should be annoying for some but can be useful especially if you want a message across. It can be easily installed and runs on 4 AAA batteries for power. It offers a 20 second length of recording time which should add some interactivity and advanced for people who want to conserve or leave a message for their household members.

Price: $9.99

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Parrot Digital Messaging Switch Plate

Here is a lighting solution that can do more than just set the mood. The Mathmos Soft Lighting Mini Lamp is a lamp you can bank on at times, particularly if you are tired of using that same old bedside lamp. It changes colors and should provide soothing ambiance in your room if you don’t want the bright lights spoiling your relaxation time in your home. They are operated by touch-technology. You just touch the top of the lamp and they automatically turn on.

Price: £27.95

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Mathmos Soft Lighting Mini Lamp

If the design is awesome to your design, you haven’t discovered the rest of it. This Star Trek lamp also plays the actual theme from the sci-fi series. There is a button located at the base which you simply push to play the Star Trek Theme. It also comes with a quartet of changing LEDs to go with the whole lot. It only costs $99.95.

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Musical Star Trek Lamp

Here is another lounge chair that should draw the interest of gamers out there. The Pyramat PM450 Wireless Sound Rocker should cater to your entertainment needs. It comes with a built-in 50 Watt booming 5” subwoofer and two full-range 12 Watt high performance speakers. So if you are looking for some neat media-based seating, this is one for you.

Price: £299.95

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Pyramat PM450 Wireless Sound Rocker

Our posture when we are sitting down should not be taken for granted. Depending on age, we often feel the pinch of awkward sitting once we grow older. That is one reason why many seating cushions have been coming out and here is one which should be portable enough to use. The Orthopedic Seat Cushion helps relieve pressure (especially for our backs). It is made from furniture grade foam and is wedge-shaped to ensure proper sitting posture.

Price: $9.95

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Orthopedic Seat Cushion

Now, you don’t have to worry about carrying the right adaptor once these rotating power sockets become standard. For most countries, we all have different socket configurations and apparently this is one solution that should fit in well with commercial places such as hotels or motels. Homes should benefit as well since we do get some gadgets that often come with different plugs that often need adapters to use.

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Rotating Power Sockets

With the Holidays enticing everyone to put up their Christmas decors, add something different this year. Dress up your chairs with a giant Santa hat which should really get you in the holiday mood! The Santa Hay is not hard to place. All you have to do is slip it in and you get some good Holiday covering on your chair.

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Santa Hat Chair Cover

For some of us, these massage chairs may look familiar. Regardless, it is what they can offer that is important. And for the Pure Lady Portable Massage Chair, it offers a feature that no other massage chair may be able to provide; portability. This massage chair is foldable and easy to put away when not in use.

When the seat is folded open it will massage your feet and calves with the foot air bag with the back acupressure stimulation Gui Innovation calf. It also does pelvis and thigh massages with a rocking mechanism from side to side. The chair itself is upholstered in antibacterial synthetic leather.

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Pure Lady Portable Massage Chair

Here is something you can use for your child’s crib. These days, monitoring your baby is essential and gadgets have been coming out on how to closely monitor your toddler. And among them include this Voice Activated Crib Light with Womb Sounds.

Strap it to your baby’s crib and it will monitor for noise coming from your child. Enough cranky will turn the unit on – and that’s when the magic happens. Soothing womb sounds (actual recorded womb music) and three colored lights cycle on for ten minutes the moment it hears your baby cry. They’re the perfect combination to ease your baby into slumberland.

Price: $14.99

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Voice Activated Crib Light with Womb Sounds

Here is bound to get you up in a hurry. For the people who have a hard time getting up, the sounds of this Screeching Siren Alarm Clock is bound to get you on your feet. The full function 12/24 hour clock is easy to read and use and the clock can be attached to any smooth surface using the suction cups on the base. Choose between a red and blue strobe. This alarm clock runs on 2 AA batteries.

Price: £9.95

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Screeching Siren Alarm Clock

Sleep is vital and for the people who are quite sensitive to the temperature that their mattress or pillows are in, here is something timely for the cold season. The heated mattress pad is thickly padded and boasts of a 200 tread count cover. It is a heated portion that is wireless and has dual LCD controls. It automatically shuts off in 10 hours just in case you forget to turn it off. It retails for about $59.95 to $119.95.

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Heated Mattress Pad

For the people who want to change a particular part of their home, start out with a fancy light switch such as this one from Basalte. The Mona Light Switch is a customizable switch that illuminates in the dark. It makes use of low voltage and is touch sensitive, something fitting to the world today as far as shifting to the touchscreen era. No word on pricing or where it can be bought but you can check out their site for possible retailers.

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Mona Light Switch

Here is something that should allow you to toast a wider variety of bread shapes and numbers. The Slotless Toaster is practically a heating plate which allows you to simply place bread or bagels on this unit which has a 700-watt heating element which warms up your bread on its stainless steel surface.

You can select your preferred level of browning with the turn of a dial and the under-mounted crumb tray slides out for fast, easy cleanup. When not in use, the slotless toaster can be stored on its side, freeing up valuable counter space.

Price: $89.95

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Slotless Toaster

Home security is quite important these days and for some of us, home alarms or even having a dog to watch over our homes may not necessarily be present at times. However, here is a handy gadget that should keep those burglars away. The Alarm Security Bar features an alarm that goes off when the door knob is touched or pushed. You can choose from an alarm sound of either a powerful siren or barking dog sounds. Useful in these hard times especially if you live in an unsecure neighborhood.

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Alarm Security Bar