The mad geniuses over at LG just don’t stop do they? Next up? A pair of passive clip-on 3D glasses that actually function as, well, your regular glasses. It’s true. All you have to do is clip them on to your regular glasses and you can watch and experience 3D like the rest of the world. No need for that whole humiliating “double glasses” thing.

These dead-simple, yet completely life-changing specs were almost certainly overlooked by the 20/20 vision-abled, but for folks like me who can’t stand sliding one pair of glasses over another just to watch Kung Fu Panda in three dimensions, those clip-ons you see above are the absolute best swag I could ever hope to find. There’s really not much to them. The 3D experience was identical to what you’ll get with traditional passive glasses — these simply clip on top of your eyeglasses, rather than resting on their own.

It’s not just 3D, however. The clip-on goodness also extends to UV protection and something the company calls “seamlessly interacting with your TV.” Not sure what that one entails.

The LG AG-F220 can be purchased online at an astounding price of just $20 for a pair (or $10 on eBay, if you dare). That’s pretty darned cool if you ask this bespectacled freakazoid. Now you can say bye-bye to those dreadful large yet dark 3D glasses at MBO.

Monday Stem Innovation launched the iZON Remote Room Monitor, an app-controlled video camera that enables live streaming of audio and video to an Apple iOS device. Don’t have an iPod Touch, iPad or iPhone? No problem. The device will even send the feeds to a private YouTube channel for viewing on a Windows-based desktop, laptop, or Apple’s Mac platform.

“iZON gives our customers an engaging way to stay connected,” says Gary Bart, President and CEO of Stem Innovation. “The combination of its incredible ease of use, automated features and affordable pricing is a game-changer.”

The iZON camera has a built-in wireless adapter, so it can be easily integrated into most home and business networks without much of a fuss. Resembling an external hard drive (or a fancy air freshener), the camera can be placed anywhere within the local Wi-Fi network, whether it’s on a horizontal surface or mounted on the ceiling. It won’t activate until it detects motion or hears a noise within the surrounding area, and will send push notifications to the iOS device once it becomes active. Users can access the feed locally or from anywhere around the world

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So much for going out to the movies on Friday night: now everyone can watch theater-quality 3D movies at home by wearing headgear seemingly ripped right out of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Forget the Viewmaster: Wednesday in Tokyo, Sony announced the upcoming launch of the “world’s first” head-mounted personal 3D viewer, the HMZ-T1. Looking like head gear ripped straight out of a sci-fi movie (pew pew eyes like Scott “Cyclops” summers), the 3D visor offers both 2D and 3D content up close and personal, spread out across a theater-like virtual screen, or rather, the equivalent of a 62.5-foot (750-inch) screen viewed from about 60 feet away.

That’s right: the days of actually going out in public to see a movie are rapidly drawing to a close. “The hardest part for us was to make it as small-sized as possible, while maintaining high definition, but we succeeded,” Shigeru Kato, a Sony vice president, told Reuters. “People can enjoy watching a favorite movie or play a videogame on their own without bothering other family members.”

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Energizer has introduced its new iSurge Travel Charging Station for the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and other devices. The iSurge provides a top-mounted 30-pin dock for the iPod and iPhone, a couple of USB ports with 2.1 Amp output for fast charging of the iPad, a trio of surge-protected AC outlets, a 180-degree rotating plug, and an integrated nightlight. The Energizer iSurge Travel Charging Station will be released in October 2011 for $59.99.

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The Logitech Solar K750 wireless keyboard is now available in a Mac-compatible version. Available in five colors, this keyboard integrates on-board solar cells that power the keyboard using ambient light. This input device does not require well-lit areas to work effectively, powering itself with ambient light in a room. When fully charged, the Logitech Solar K750 works for at least three months – even in total darkness. The Logitech Solar K750 wireless keyboard for Mac is currently available in the US and Europe for $59.99.

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The Garmin Edge 200 is ideal for daily training, and touring rides or any adventure you want to relive later at Garmin Connect, the company’s free website for data analysis, mapping and sharing. This GPS-enabled cycling computer tracks time, distance, speed, location and calories burned. The Garmin Edge 200 features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFix satellite prediction to calculate your position faster. The device alerts you if you’re moving but the timer is not running. The Edge 200 has an Auto Pause feature so it will stop the timer when you’re not moving, then restart automatically when you’re rolling again. You can also set alerts for distance, time or calories to make it easier and more fun to achieve your goals. The Garmin Edge 200 Cycling GPS is priced at $149.99 a pop.

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Any college student or workaholic would be able to tell you how unfriendly their sleeping schedule is. In a perfect world, we would all be falling asleep when it’s dark outside and waking up when the sun comes up, but our lives never seem to sync up with our body’s natural sleeping schedule. For those of us that don’t get to wake up to a nice sunrise, the LUMI Sleepmask might be the perfect alarm clock.

All you have to do is set the time you would like to wake up, and the Sleepmask will wake you up with a nice simulated sunrise, regardless of the time of day. Created out of neoprene, the LUMI Sleepmask leaves just enough room to comfortably move your eyes and blink normally, while blocking out all light.

Half an hour before your wake-up time, small LED screens placed inside the mask will begin to simulate a sunrise, slowly increasing in light allowing you to wake up naturally. Of course you can also adjust the intensity of the light and the amount of time it takes to reach maximum brightness. The Sleepmask is a great way to wake up with a sunrise, but if you’re likely to sleep through that, perhaps a backup audio alarm will be a wise choice.

An $800 bracelet that counts the calories that you consume? Sounds like a dream, or sounds like a dreaded jail? Well, it ain’t cheap, but it’s going to help you get into reality as to how much calories those nasi lemak and karipap you had for your ‘buka puasa’.

It’s the retro-lookin’ lovechild of two Clemson University researchers that helps its hosts approximate caloric consumption by counting how many bites they take. Color us skeptical, as the meatbag wearing the gizmo has to — gasp! — actually remember to both start and stop the device each time they feast. Ah, so there’s cheat code after all.

The duo is hopeful it’ll glean useful data for future research, as the contraption can be used “anywhere, such as at restaurants or while working” — you know, places where scribbling how much you eat in a secret diary is frowned upon.

Then again, does hardcore diet-monitoring method need to cost that much?

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After spending countless hours slaving away at your work PC, or pwning noobs in WoW and CoD, your eyes are probably fairly strained, especially if you are doing so with a large, high-resolution display. In these cases, taking a break or grabbing some eye drops could provide some relief, but sometimes you just can’t be bothered to get out of your chair. Thanks to Japanese eyewear maker J!NS, there may be a perfect solution on the way.

Dubbed the J!NS Moisture, these glasses feature an innovative water reservoir on each side of the frame, keeping your eyes moisturized with water or your preferred eye drop solution. A single filling can keep your eyes moisturized for up to 2 hours. When the fluid inside the reservoirs run out, the glasses still function as a regular pair of glasses, so there’s no urgent need to go and refill them every couple of hours.

Expected to ship in October, the J!NS Moisture glasses will retail for ¥3,990, or approximately $50. In addition to the Moisture glasses, J!NS will also be releasing the PC model, which features special lenses that reduce the glare and straining effects of a computer screen.

When you hear Canon, your first thoughts may be of a multi-function printer or D-SLR camera, but the renowned leader in digital imaging has created an interesting new line of products to enter the market of business accessories.  On Tuesday, the company announced its launch of two new business-targeted desktop accessories, the X Mark I Mouse Lite and the X Mark I Keypad.

Designed by the team behind the company’s cameras, the X Mark accessories come in a black or white color and feature a sleek look that would be the ideal extension of numpad-less notebook keyboards. Executive vice president and general manager Yuichi Ishizuka explains, “Canon recognizes that business professionals are always on the search for tools that help improve work efficiency and we feel these new products will certainly accomplish this task.”

Although there are dozens of virtual calculators integrated into software or available for download, Canon’s new accessories could reduce workspace clutter by removing the need for an additional physical calculator. With Bluetooth connectivity and AAA battery usage, the devices also cut down on wire clutter. Since having a calculator attached to your mouse could mean a lot of accidental numbers popping up everywhere, the keypad may be a better choice for some.

The X Mark I Mouse will begin shipping in August with an estimated price of $59.99 while the X Mark I Keypad will ship sometime in September at the same estimated price. This could be a bit pricey for just an additional calculator, but for business professionals who are constantly punching numbers into their calculators, it could be a worthwhile investment.

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