$500 for a record player...in 1968. No doubt a lot of money at the time, "Garrard’s new 301 turntable has an ingenious flywheel motor system that makes the platter impervious to needle friction." We can still see ourselves using this record player today, not to mention some of the other gadgets highlighted by New York Magazine.

• Do you have a digital picture frame? We don't and there are a few problems we are waiting to get sorted out before we do.

• Simple and functional. George's Green Genius.

• Old school protection. The Walkman iPod case.