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MiFi 2200 Portable Hotspot Teleconglomerates are evil — no doubt — but Novatel's MiFi 2200 may be enough to cleanse the corporate souls of Sprint and Verizon. Just turn it on, connect to its mini wireless network, and keep the pocket-size portable cloud within 30 feet of whatever device you're using. The most complicated part of the MiFi experience? Buying it. $100 with contract • VzW.com/mobilehotspot •
Mountain Hardwear Refugium Jacket Leave the bulky Michelin Man outerwear to ice fishermen. This lightweight quilted jacket keeps it sleek with a flexible, eight-cell lithium-ion battery that can maintain the garment's internal temperature at 100 degrees F for three hours. The 25-watt output can also be used to revive a dead cell phone in two hours. You'll be toasty and connected! $230 • mountainhardwear.com
Photo: Zachary Zavislak ContourHD 1080p Helmet Cam Thrill-seekers, meet your new partner in crime. It's a hi-def videocam that weighs 4.3 ounces and can be strapped to your head or handlebars. The laser-assisted aiming and multiple mounting options will make you forget it's recording — until those 1080 lines show you details you were too freaked out to notice at the time. $330 • vholdr.com •Video
Photo: Zachary Zavislak Neuhaus Laboratories T-2 Amplifier Digitizing your CD collection was a sound decision. But those beautiful lossless files really get chewed up as they grind through your computer — when a sound card converts a digital file to an analog signal, audio quality suffers. Solution: Sidestep the sound card and pump your tracks through this push-pull vacuum-tube amplifier. It takes a clean digital signal from your USB port and converts it to warm analog music. And it looks as badass as it sounds. $795 • neuhauslabs.com •Video
Photo: Zachary Zavislak Kensington SlimBlade Trackball Ergonomic design is typically a mess of swoopy visual tomfoolery, but this gorgeous trackball makes up for that checkered past with elegant, understated lines. It looks more like a hand-polished stone slab than a mass-produced hunk of plastic. A worthy companion to your modernist workstation, the SlimBlade glides you through documents, Web sites, even 3-D renderings without locking your limb into a set of repetitive carpal-tunnel-crippling motions.
$130 • Kensington.com •
Leica Monovid Monocular What's a monocular? Basically, half a binocular — a compact spotting scope that's easy to slip in a pocket. Leica's elegant 8x20 magnifier boasts superior optics, a nitrogen-filled aluminum body, and a beefy focusing ring for easy fine-tuning. It even has a close-up attachment that turns it into a portable microscope. Which makes it twice a binocular. $550 • Leica.com
Bossco Hi-Beam Light Wrenches Ever wish you had an extra hand to hold the light while you work under the hood? If so, Bossco's Hi-Beam wrenches are going to make your weekend. Recessed LEDs built right into the jaw of the tool can be set to high or low brightness, depending on how far back that bolt is. There's even a blinker setting to warn oncoming traffic about your stranded clunker. $100 • bosscointernational.com
Gitzo Fleece Jacket Modern air travel has so many luggage restrictions, it's almost easier to stay home. Instead, distribute your gear among the nine pockets in this fleece. Able to hold two pro camera bodies, four lenses, a netbook, and all the memory cards and batteries you can muster, it'll leave enough space in your carry-on for you to actually pack some clothes. $350 • gitzo.com
Star Wars Force Trainer We lack a midichlorian test on this planet, but you can use the NeuroSky headset on this contraption to measure your brain waves. When you reach a state of relaxed concentration, a Ping-Pong ball levitates on a column of air. Warning: Thinking about Princess Leia's metal bikini has been known to launch the thing through the roof. $100 • unclemilton.com
Spot Satellite Messenger Push a button, sit back, and wait for the rescue helicopter — that's how easy it is to get out of sticky situations with one of these gadgets. The second-gen Spot is a huge improvement over its predecessor: 30 percent smaller, better satellite reception, and — finally — a safety cover over the SOS button. Do your worst, natural selection! $169 • spotsatellitetracker.com « Wish List: 21 to 30Wish List: 41 to 50 »