While at the Ideas Fest last week, I got a great new toy - its called a pulse smart pen by Livescribe. It is a little bulky - but really cool! Its essentially a small computer that has a microphone. The paper is very small dots and instead of taking copious notes, you can put a thought, or idea down and when you go back to that section of the paper, it will repeat the lecture begining at where you made a note. While you have to have the correct paper, it can be downloaded for free, using a laser printer.
The one I bought has 200 hours of recording time and the battery lasts for about 30 hrs of recording time. You can then upload the data from the pen and use search terms to find sections in the lecture. You can forward sections of the lecture to others and send as a text or audio file. Just cool as heck! AND only a hundred bucks.
http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/index.html
While I get it can be used for evil and not good, that pretty much sums up most things, doesn't it?
On that note, my favorite gadget for pleasure is recharchable Lilo. Can't get a picture to download, but this is the link; http://libida.com/lily_clitoral_vibrator.asp . It's simple, quiet and gratifying.
What are your favorite toys?