The Gadget: A motion detecting bedside coaster that will make sure that your glasses (both eye and drinking) are bright enough for you to see in the dark, while at the same time not too bright to wake you up.

The Price: $25

The Verdict: Buy one! If you're anything like me and wake up multiple times in the middle of the night to drink water, you'll be glad you have this Nite Coaster to ensure that you can see the target clearly in your half-asleep haze.

Even if you can feel your way to your glass or glasses or phone with your eyes closed in the dark, the fact that it's illuminated means you can reach it much faster without the risk of knocking stuff over. Less grope time means more sleep time.

And if you're worried about this being overly bright or overly sensitive to motion—it's not. The light is just bright enough so that you can see in the dark, but not bright enough to even match something like a cellphone screen or something that can wake you up when you're asleep. Plus it makes your drinking glass look cool. [Nite Coaster]

I don't know if I've ever seen a more humanizing clip of Michael Jackson than this Access Hollywood footage from 2006 in which the King of Pop admires the crew's HD cameras.

A Sony F900 catches his attention first, before a crew member brings by what I'm pretty sure is a Sony HVR-Z1U. Jackson ogles the camera for a moment, asks its price, then walks away. But then he can't help himself, and needs to check it out again and make a comment to his handler. He also scores some street cred by referencing the competing Panasonic of the time, what I'm pretty sure was the HVX-200.

It shouldn't be surprising that Jackson was in to gadgets, but when your only real exposure to someone is the weirdest and most controversial of who they are, a little geekdom sure makes a strong case for inner humanity. [Access Hollywood]

I don't know if I've ever seen a more humanizing clip of Michael Jackson than this Access Hollywood footage from 2006 in which the King of Pop admires the crew's HD cameras.

A Sony F900 catches his attention first, before a crew member brings by what I'm pretty sure is a Sony HVR-Z1U. Jackson ogles the camera for a moment, asks its price, then walks away. But then he can't help himself, and needs to check it out again and make a comment to his handler. He also scores some street cred by referencing the competing Panasonic of the time, what I'm pretty sure was the HVX-200.

It shouldn't be surprising that Jackson was in to gadgets, but when your only real exposure to someone is the weirdest and most controversial of who they are, a little geekdom sure makes a strong case for inner humanity. [Access Hollywood]

Have you guys heard about Bing? It makes Googling stuff super easy.

[CollegeHumor]

Have you guys heard about Bing? It makes Googling stuff super easy.

[CollegeHumor]

Some kind of circuit board close up? No. A nuclear power plant's control panel full of gauges and labels? No, that's not it. The answer will probably amaze you as much as it surprised me.

According to NASA, these are roads and circular fields in the Egyptian desert, as photographed from the International Space Station. I don't know about you, but I swear I saw labels printed there. [Boston.com]

Some kind of circuit board close up? No. A nuclear power plant's control panel full of gauges and labels? No, that's not it. The answer will probably amaze you as much as it surprised me.

According to NASA, these are roads and circular fields in the Egyptian desert, as photographed from the International Space Station. I don't know about you, but I swear I saw labels printed there. [Boston.com]

Apparently Industrial Light and Magic is now inserting R2-D2 in every single movie they make. Before it was Star Trek, and according to film's visual-effects supervisor Scott Farrar, now it is Transformers 2:

There's an R2-D2 flying around in there somewhere. There's a little bit of space junk thrown in there; see if you can find it. It's a scene in the desert.

What's next? Bar2-D2 serving cocktails to Tony Stark in Iron Man 2? Hopefully, yes. [VH1 via Star Wars Blog]

Apparently Industrial Light and Magic is now inserting R2-D2 in every single movie they make. Before it was Star Trek, and according to film's visual-effects supervisor Scott Farrar, now it is Transformers 2:

There's an R2-D2 flying around in there somewhere. There's a little bit of space junk thrown in there; see if you can find it. It's a scene in the desert.

What's next? Bar2-D2 serving cocktails to Tony Stark in Iron Man 2? Hopefully, yes. [VH1 via Star Wars Blog]

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