School estimates $1m to remove SETI@home software
Space-age collapsing lampshade looks like a fractal sun
Contest: Design an awesome GelaSkin, win an awesome GelaSkin
Luckily, only 500 of these ridiculous Pac-Man watches will be made
Confirmed: Michael Jackson composed the music for Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Convert a standard outlet to a USB outlet

Review: Assassin’s Creed 2
CrunchGear in China: Seeing Where the Tech Sausage Is Made
The Freedom Tray: Made in America, used everywhere
Presenting an apple pie molded after an Apple computer
Video: Black Friday, greatest country in the world edition: Manic scenes from a Wal-Mart show people fighting over plastic junk

Autom, the fat-fighting robot, is coming in 2010
Donkey Kong plus Star Wars equals the nerdiest shirt I’ve seen in a long time
Cabling as art form
It’ll linger for a week: Japanese security system sprays stinky smell on thieves
Wham: FlipShare video is handled by Mossberg

Electric skateboard features 600-watt motor, top speed of 19 miles per hour
Monopoly: Nintendo Edition
Celebrating Cyber Monday? Then join me in celebrating Awesome Tuesday tomorrow.
Custom Band-Aid dispenser for those foot-long paper cuts
Why the CrunchPad mattered

Here are some of yesterday’s stories on CrunchGear:

Awards: Best of Black Friday
USB eye-warmer
Mobile “Human Assist Guidance Robot”
Psystar, she is dead

Nerdbots: throwbacks to the tin toy era
The twee-est iPod speakers on the planet
This Horgan Becket media cart is somewhat expensive
Putting phones in the deep freeze won’t actually destroy them
Powered cooler to replace ice at picnics – and you ask why there’s an energy crisis

Life goes behind-the-scenes of the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Honda makes the ultimate Paperboy gaming system
Now blinking LEDs can transmit information to cell phones via light
Must-have: Illuminated JetBib Feeding System
Ringz: First (free) Android app with in-app purchase

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear.

It’s… a self-rolling ball
Customized streetmap clocks from FluidForms
USB-powered Alien figure with illuminated tongue
The Aptera 2e gets pushed back to 2010, millionaire tree huggers shed a tear
Udder pitcher makes me want a glass of moo

Shh! World’s largest radio telescope network goes live
Space adaptive HUMANITARY INVENTION detects things and then calls you about them
USB-powered Alien figure with illuminated tongue
For your holiday consideration: A little truck that poops dominoes
New PogoPlug adds four USB ports, and more

Last Minute New York Meet-Up: A bit of Holiday Cheer with Cali Lewis and CrunchGear
The Aptera 2e gets pushed back to 2010, millionaire tree huggers shed a tear
Review: ContourHD wearable 1080p camcorder
Music Card: Credit card-like MP3 player with built-in speaker (video)
This tiny sun-activated cannon would be a twee way to go

Contest: Win a Nikon D3000
The third day of Peek-Mas
Self-powered diaper monitor system automatically detects wet diapers
Review: Big Buck Hunter Pro TV Game
T3’s “Netpad” puts a few new twists on the tablet format

Udder pitcher makes me want a glass of moo
UV wand kills H1N1 dead — dead I tell you
USB shoe dryer, USB eyelash curler, USB toothbrush sanitizer, USB blanket (Thanko)
Clockman: Japanese alarm clock has its own personality (video)
Happy Holidays from CrunchGear

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear.

CrunchGear wants to kiss you this Holiday
NSMB Super Skills Trailer
Thanko’s USB powered, Dinosaur foot-shaped slipper keeps your feet warm
NASA: We found water on the Moon
Excellent idea: flat outlet pulls out to allow extra plug

Palm Pixi Review: Not for everyone, but it fits a niche
NASA: We found water on the Moon
Japan to operate solar energy station in outer space
Review: Alesis DM6 Drum Kit
Google Chrome OS To Launch Within A Week

Thanko’s USB powered, Dinosaur foot-shaped slipper keeps your feet warm
The Nintendo DSi Studio Kit takes it a little too far
An asteroid almost smashed into Earth, and we only knew about it 15 hours before it happened
The 5 best uses for the $229 Dell Zino HD
Fox News debates video game violence

It’s very easy to win a Tekken art book from us!
$150 Spy pen is probably good enough for “Mission: Impossible”
And our costume contest winner is…
Mouse and keyboard vs. Console controller: Let’s bury the hatchet
First review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii gives the game a 9.2 (and guess from who that number’s from!)

GamersGate has a virtual currency I might actually want to earn
Excellent idea: flat outlet pulls out to allow extra plug
USB-powered gloves that keep your fingers warm (but why?)
Finally, Roombas enacting a game of Pac-Man
Star Trek Blu-ray release earns a perfect score at Blu-ray.com
Trillions: a short film on the future of computing

Japanese company announces Dragon Ball headphones
Toyjector: Cute mini projector to be released in Japan
Choken Bako: Cute Japanese piggy bank
Video: Strange Japanese hamburger vending machine
The Electrobite makes it fun and exciting to be handicapped

Toyjector: Cute mini projector to be released in Japan
Does anyone in tech pay attention to unemployment numbers? Hard to buy that new gizmo when you don’t have a job, right?
Exclusive video of the Litl Webbook
You are not worthy of the 18-button OpenOfficeMouse (and it has an analog stick)
Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!

Wherein we discuss Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
The Beatles remastered catalogue will be released on an apple-shaped USB drive
The Electrobite makes it fun and exciting to be handicapped
In an age of free and abundant wi-fi, Starbucks takes a stand
My new watch podcast