TokyoFlash may have started the trend of overly complicated timepieces, but others have begun walking down the same road.
Try figuring out the time on this hi tech baby! To read the time, you gotta read the colored bands… Not for the faint of heart since you first must memorize what every color means. The clock is called the Chronochrome and on the bright side, you can use it as a memory enhancement project for the kids. Get it at for around 73 bucks.

I want one for sure.

So here’s the choice… fancy new computer keyboard or not too fancy used car. O.K. not really because I would never even imagine paying that much for a keyboard, but I guess some people are.

This is the HHKB handmade and super expensive keyboard from Japan. Each keyboard is made to order and there is a 3 month wait time between ordering the keyboard and it being shipped. I hope the 3 months is how long it takes to make one since the price tag on the HHKB is between $4k and $5K. This is not the $4.99 made in Japan plastic babies that I tend to shop for at all.

So here’s what makes this keyboard so expensive…

For one, HHKB stands for Happy Hacking Keyboard and I believe that name alone should be cause for a small discount. It’s just so wrong for a “luxury” product.  I would expect some exotic name or maybe even being named after its creator, but Happy Hacking? that sounds about as expensive as calling it the Acme 37069B.  If the name alone does not convince you to shell out part of your kids college fund, maybe these features will.

The HHKB is completely handmade by fine craftsmen and every key is individually laquered with something called Urashi. Urushi lacquer is made from the sap of a plant native to the northeast Asian forest called Rhus vernicifula. Items laquered with Urrushi can be traced back as much as 6800 years.

Each key receives as many as 10 individual coats of this laquer with a sprinkling of gold dust to finish it off. Now, personally, I would have a difficult time using this keyboard since the keys are polished smooth and left blank.

Oddly enough the website these are sold on is in Japanese only, maybe they skipped the english version of the site thinking the $5k wooden keyboard may not catch on in the U.S.

I must admit that as luxurious as the HHKB may be, I am much more excited about getting a really cool 50 buck flexible keyboard. Yahoo even makes them in purple! Somehow, I doubt the HHKB has any cool color choices.

Straight from the crazy tech  Gizmo minds of Mainland China we Have the “Super Cool Mobile Phone Wrist Watch” (their product name BTW)

For any watch collector this may just be the ultimate, don’t take my word on this techy watch, just read the specs below.

What could be better than calling friends with your new super cool mobile phone wristwatch? With any GSM SIM card inserted this unsuspecting watch becomes a fully featured power house of a cellphone, with bluetooth, MP3, camera and personal organiser. Easy charging is achieved via USB, as is data transfer. The watch itself features a durable rubber blend strap, gun metal gloss surround and chrome detailing. The kit comes with two batteries, 512 MB micro SD card, stand alone charger and a bluetooth headset, so you’ll be ready to go straight out of the box. You can easily make calls with the supplied bluetooth headset, or by using the watches built in microphone and speakers. With all of the features of a modern mobile phone slapped on your wrist you’ll never have to worry about losing your phone and you’ll lighten the load.

NOTE: This product is compatible with GSM at 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz only, please check with your local provider if you are unsure.

Yep, this be the powerhouse of all wrist watches, yes, its a cell phone / computer / audio / video contraction all slapped in a neat package to your wrist with accessories attached, go figure… ahhh, WOW, is about all I can say.

If in the market for this little number, it won’t cost you your first born, only a bit less then 200 Us from the crazy tech gizmo minds in ChinaVision.

Hey, its a I GOTTA HAVE gadget 4 sure.