Navigon GPS Unit Looks Pretty, Takes Its Sweet Time

Navigon’s latest high-end, dashboard-mounted GPS unit, the 8100T, has some nice features — including a whizzy 3-D display — but also has road-rage-inciting sluggishness.

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This tidy little 4-GB SanDisk MP3 player records voice and radio, grabs music from your PC and tucks in an FM tuner. Clip it on and go.

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Most Dangerous Object in the Office: 17-Inch Hand Claws

The blades on this strap-on don’t give the satisfying snikt! that Wolverine’s adamantium talons do, but here at Wired they still strike fear in the hearts of, well, just about everyone. Three 11.5-inch stainless steel knives protrude from the wearer’s skull-bedecked knuckles, ending in needle-sharp points. After you factor in the metal claws protecting the fist, that’s a whopping 17 inches of handy weaponry—all for just $39 (available at trueswords.com). Too many people hogging the Gadget Lab’s Wii? No problem. Just give us 30 seconds in there with these blades of gory.