This interactive table, created by the Australian Lightwell company, is currently at display at the Australian Museum as part of the “Surviving Australia” exhibition.

It features interactive screen applications and atmospheric/informative video programs to let the visitors explore some of Australia’s most dangerous animals.

Here’s a video showing the “Dangerous Australian” table in action:

The largest and most ambitious multimedia element in the exhibition is a six-metre long interactive table exploring Australia’s deadliest top ten. The saltwater crocodile, funnel web spider, box jelly fish, brown snake – what happens if you encounter them and what should you do to survive? Scurrying across sand or lurking under rippling waters, the table’s inhabitants respond immediately to prying visitors in a scarily life-like way.

Created using custom software running on Mac OS X, visitors can interact directly with these ‘dangerous Australians’ and enjoy an immersive and informative experience. As well as risk being bitten or attacked, visitors can use a magnifying glass tool to get a closer look, or find out more about each creature’s habitat and behaviour, or first aid treatment. Multiple users can interact with the table at any one time, making the experience all the more fun and lively.

Head over to the Lightwell website for more photos and information.

This seems to be the day of mini gadgets - first the Solar Mini Clip Fan, then the USB Mini Gamepad, and now this cute little USB mini penguin speaker.

The actual speaker is located at the back of the flightless bird and you can connect it to MP3 and CD players, PDAs and other digital products using a standard 3.5mm stereo audio plug.

The USB Mini Penguin Speaker measures 2.83 x 2.36 x 2.99 inches and the product is available from the DealExtreme website for $9.90.

Here’s a handy USB computer accessory that is easy to bring along during travel, when you want to be able to play your games using a gamepad.

Features:

• Mini size game controller
• Includes mini detachable steering wheel
• Ideal for travelling
• Easy storage
• Support Window Vista/XP/2000
• Dimension: 101 x 65 x 34mm (approx.)
• Weight: 89g

The USB M.A.D. Game Pad can be pre-ordered from the USB Brando website. The product will ship in mid of August and the price is set to $20.

This clip-on fan will help you to keep cool during the hot summer days. It’s all solar powered, so you don’t have to worry about dead batteries.

They have decided to call it “mini”, but in comparison to the size of the hat, I’m not sure all would agree of that minimalistic feeling once wearing it.

Features:

• Solar Mini Clip Fan
• Fan Diameter: 7.3 cm
• Light weight

The Solar Mini Clip Fan is available for $10 from Gadget Brando.

The Japanese video game developer Taito is giving you a chance to light up your room in a way that would even make Fox Mulder jealous, using a flying UFO inspired radio-controlled lamp.

A pair of rotary-blades on top of the toy provides the lift to take to the air and control is handled through a handheld remote control.

The UFO-One Light can be pre-ordered from the NCSX shop. The product will ship in November 2008 and the price is set to $22.90.

The “Daily System” whiteboard from Pottery Barn is equipped with an iPod dock, allowing you to play music through the board’s integrated speakers and charge the player at the same time. It is also possible to charge laptops, cell phones, PDAs and other devices.

This new modular component, designed as a single unit, has a whiteboard on one side and storage cubbies with a power cord on the other. Each Daily System modular component slides onto a wall-mounted stainless-steel rod (sold separately), so you can easily move or add each piece.

The corkboard displays photos and notes. The letter bin doubles as a magazine rack. The magnetic chalkboard and whiteboard calendar organize to-do lists and important dates. The magnetic chalkboard comes with eraser, chalk and six magnets. The office organizer has three hooks for keys, plus a slot for pens and office supplies and a ledge for photos and collections. Crisscrossing ribbons hold cards and notes in place on our linen pinboard.

The Smart iPod Speaker Station with Whiteboard is available in black, white or espresso stain for $149 over at the Pottery Barn website.

(Gizmodiva via Ubergizmo via Likecool via Prylfeber)

The Santok SP500 is the first visor mounted speakerphone to feature caller ID that automatically synchronises with the contacts list in the phone it’s being used with, displaying the caller’s name instead of just their number.

It features advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) with automatic echo cancellation using a technique similar to that found on high-end noise cancellation headphones. Additionally, it also has the benefit of an extra long battery life between charges - up to 600 hours standby time, or eight to ten hours talk time.

Attention has been paid to the little details to set this aside from other similar products too. For example – it has charging sockets located on both sides of the unit. This means that if it needs to be plugged into a 12v socket to charge whilst driving, it’s far easier to ensure that the cables don’t get in the way. In addition, the LCD caller display is adjustable so that it can be tilted to the most useful angle.

Compatible with all Bluetooth handsets and with no complicated installation procedures necessary, the SP500 offers a convenient way to safely take or make phone calls in a car, and is also a great way to go hands free in the office or at home too.

Read more about the STK SP500 Bluetooth Handsfree Speakerphone at the Santok website. No word on pricing or availability.

The pig-shaped speaker comes with a green LED light placed in its mouth and it connects to MP3 and CD players, PDAs and other digital products using a standard 3.5mm stereo audio plug.

You can adjust the volume up and down by gently touching its ears and a knob at the back of the pig lets you control the amount of bass.

The Piggy Loudspeaker is available in two different colors, pink and white, for a whopping $105 over at the gadget4all.com website.

Fans of the 80s action adventure television series “The A-Team” can now get their hands on a radio-controlled model of the vehicle used by Hannibal, B. A. Baracus and the rest of the crew.

Get to grips with the twin toggle transmitter and you’ll soon be whizzing around shouting ‘I pity the fool!’ as you attempt to outrun the imaginary forces of Colonel Decker.

With its characteristic red stripe and fabulously pointless rooftop spoiler, the A-Team R/C Van is more than a souped-up mercenary mobile; it’s an icon of vehicular pop culture.

The fully-licensed The A-Team R/C Van is available from the firebox.com website for £29.95 (about $59 USD).

Art Lebedev, the team behind the Optimus Maximus keyboard, has announced the Optimus Pultius; a 15-key addition to any keyboard.

Optimus Pultius uses the same principles as Maximus, has the same display keys and the same set of ports on the back (using one instead of two additional USB hub slots).

Visit the Optimus Livejournal for a larger image of the Optimus Pultius.

(Via Engadget, Gizmodo, OhGizmo and Prylfeber)

If you’re looking for a non-wireless alternative to last week’s Estilo GT Bluetooth mouse, this 800dpi Super GT model might be just the ticket.

Features:

• 2-button mouse with scroll wheel
• Red break lights
• Combo connector (USB, PS/2)
• 800dpi resolution
• Accurate positioning
• Compatible with Windows Vista/XP/2000
• Dimension: 103 x 57 x 36mm
• Weight: 72g

The USB Super GT Mouse is available in metallic blue or silver for $15 from the USB Geek website.

The 5-megapixel retro style Rolleiflex digital mini camera is a modern take on its 1920s namesake, developed by the German Rollei company.

A 5 Mega Pixel camera with autofocus technology, the Rollei Mini allows you to shoot from a distance of 4 inches to infinity, saving each image to a Mini SD Card. Still the undisputed choice for portraits, the camera features an up-facing 1.1-inch square display for waist level shooting, which encourages your subjects to go on looking and acting naturally instead of posing for the camera.

Crank lever ‘film advance’; JPEG image format; 4.9mm F2.8 Lens; 1/15-1/2500s Shutter Speed; Automatic While Balance and Exposure Control; Auto power-off.

The Rolleiflex Mini Digital Camera is available over at the UrbanOutfitters.com website for $399.

(Geeksugar via Gizmodiva)

This nice looking USB 2.0 compliant flash drive is designed like a light bulb and small enough to hang on a keyring, but still powerful enough to carry up to 8GB of your most important files.

Product Specifications:

• USB 2.0 interface
• Internal memory: 8GB
• Small in size and portable
• Size: 60*28*28mm
• Weight: 25g

The 8GB Light Bulb USB Flash Drive ($54) is available from gadget4all.com.

The Ur.Frog wrist rest is made of silicone and features built-in LEDs that will make the frog glow in the dark when it’s connected to a USB port.

The other part of the USB connection is that you can use the frog for various interactive games, where you will have to hit the poor little thing to catch flies and so on. Catching a fly will also make the LED lights twinkle.

Read more about the Ur.Frog at USB Relax. No word on pricing.

I’m not sure how many keychains have been covered here at GeekAlerts, but if could only choose one, it would be this beautiful piece of art.

Each of these unique bricks is precisely machined on a computer controlled mill. Each brick comes with a removable eyebolt fitted with a key ring. You can use the brick as a keychain or build it into your favorite creation. They fit with LEGO® brand bricks!

The Aluminum 2×4 Brick Keychain is created by Bram Lambrecht and available from the BLDesign Web Store for $11.99.

(Via Geekdad)

For sleepyheads who have already tried dumbbells, puzzles, V8 engines, sonic bombs and other alarm clocks without success, here’s a rocket alarm clock that might just do the trick.

The launch pad doubles as mission control, where you can set the time and the alarm from the LCD display. When it’s time to get up, the red LED lights begin to flash and the countdown begins. 10 – 9 – if you wake up now you can abort the launch – 8 – 7 – 6 – you can still stop it – 5 – 4 – come on you space cadet get up – 3 – 2 – 1 – LIFT OFF!

If you’ve failed to abort the mission by now, your soft-headed rocket has launched itself across the room – and the only way you’re going to stop the alarm from sounding is by getting up and retrieving it.

The Rocket Alarm Clock is available from LatestBuy for $29.95.

(Via The Red Ferret Journal)

This colorful video game device plugs into your TV, no console needed, and lets you to bring back some good ol’ 80s arcade game memories.

It’s equipped with a joystick and two buttons, and you can choose from arcade classics like Mappy, Galaga, Pole Position, Xevious and Ms. Pac-Man.

The Arcade Games Kit requires 4 x batteries and you can get the product from the fredflare.com website for $30.

Robot maker CrabFu is using spare servos from R/C aircraft to create his cool little robots. One of his most recent creations is this tortoise.

The plastic used for the legs is called Shapelock, a material which becomes moldable after you heat it up to at least 150 degrees.

Here’s a video demonstration of the radio-controlled tortoise:

R/C Tortoise is a very simple r/c tortoise “bot” with direct control, using a 4 channel radio system. It uses 4 sub micro servos, and each axis of the transmitter stick controls a servo.

See more photos of the R/C tortoise and other creations at crabfu.com.

(BotJunkie via UberReview)

The front of this black Star Wars themed MP3 player features a big close-up of Darth Vader with glowing red eyes and a shiny helmet. So far, so good…

But the even darker side of this product is its specs. The MP3 player only features 512MB of memory and a display that looks like it’s from the 80s.

A small bonus is that it comes with a built-in radio.

The Star Wars MP3 Player is currently out of stock over at Amazon.co.uk, but the ForbiddenPlanet website will release a similar product (see image above) for £39.99 (about $80 USD) at the end of this month.

If you got hooked on huge digits after having read about the Professional Bingo Calling Box, this wall clock might be right up your alley.

Measuring 1 metre by half a metre these clocks really are BIG, but whilst massive they weigh in on the trim side at just a few hundred grammes.

What’s more they are also virtually flat and flexible, which means you can just roll them up to transport or store them.

The Huge Digital Wall Clock is available in red, blue, green or white for £49.95 (about $100 USD) from the Gadgets.co.uk website.

(Chip Chick via Hardware Sphere)