The myGrid USB Charger doesn't have a USB swing arm but instead comes with a short cable that ends in a micro USB connector, but also comes with a micro USB to mini USB adapter. This is definitely Road Warrior weaponry --  just don't try to boost the run time of your iPad (it's got a huge 3.7V, 6400mAh battery, which will suck down the charger in next to no time). I'll give the Duracell myGrid USB Charger a rating of 5 out of 5.

(Talking of being on the road, check out this about going through security at San Francisco airport.  Written by  John Tyner, it shows that just when you thought air travel couldn't get any worse, you find your security choices are either too much radiation or getting groped by the TSA.)

And finally, remember the computer display Tom Cruise used in the movie ""?  Wouldn't you like to have that as your computer interface? The recently released controller for Microsoft's may make this a reality. The Kinect consists of microphones with voice recognition software and a camera with face recognition software that also tracks your body movements. All of that data is used as input to games.

A company by the name of offered for the first person to develop open source drivers for Kinect, and within just a few days demos were -- the most intriguing being .

The Adafruit prize was won by . Awesome! Can you imagine driving your PC or Linux system with this interface?