HELICOR STRESSERASER

For:Anyone stressed out Nothing says I love you like home medical equipment.The StressEraser teaches you

how to relax and master physical,mental and emotional stress.It measures the activity of the Vagus nerve by

taking your pulse from your index finger. You learn to control your breathing by watching the waves and dots on the

monochrome LCD screen.Now you don ‘t have to use a $3,000 machine at your doctor ‘s,or go to an old woman in

Chinatown. from stresseraser.com

TIVOLI PORTABLE AUDIO LABORATORY RADIO

For:Simplicity buffs Remember when wireless meant radio? Tivoli Audio makes petite AM/FM radios with rich bass and sweet treble, which tune easily thanks to a fat dial,and have a 16 hour rechargeable battery. Now the rubberized skin comes in four new candy colors:sky blue,pink, orange,and lime green. The speaker is mono,

although with headphones you get full stereo,and an auxiliary input lets you use it to play other devices.

So rich you ‘ll want to take a bite. $149;tivoliaudio.com

SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC-T5 DIGITAL CAMERA

For:Fashionistas and blog paparazzi Sony ‘s latest shirt-pocket friendly camera shoots rich, clear stills and video at 30 frames per second.Reaction is everything in a digital camera,and the DSC-T5 ‘s tiny Carl Zeiss lens does not have to motor forward. Start-up is quick,less than a second.The 2.5 inch LCD screen takes up most of the back,and the Lithium battery tells you how many minutes are left.Just 7/8 of an inch thin and eye catching,especially the chrome version. $350;sonystyle.com

IOMEGA MINI HARD DRIVE

For:Data exiles,both Mac and PC Just what it says:a pocket sized storage drive that comes in 20 GB ($150)40 GB ($230)and 60 GB ($290) versions,it connects via USB so it ‘s fast and doesn ‘t require separate power.Only 1.8 – square and 3..5 ounces, it has enough space to back up the average PC and take it with you. Handy for divorcees and spies. $150 to $290;iomega.com

NIKON COOLPIX S4 CAMERA

For:Serious point-and-shooters With its swiveling body and 10x optical zoom,the latest Coolpix is the shooter of record.The swivel lets you shoot from odd angles,and the 4.4 x 2.7 x 1.4-inches,seven ounce body is genuinely pocket sized.The S4 ‘s also smart:it automatically focuses on faces in a crowd,fixes red eye and wrong exposure.Video comes at up to 15 frames per second,and you can do time-lapse movies. $400;nikondigital.com

JVC EVERIO GZ-MG70US HARD DRIVE CAMCORDER

For:People with a drawer full of unwatched video mini-DV tapes A camcorder that records straight to a 30

GB hard drive,without the need for tapes. That ‘s seven hours of DVD movie-quality video,which you can burn straight to DVD burner)without having to convert it.Plus it can take two-megapixel stills as you record. And it only weighs a pound! The hard drive is protected from jiggling with a floating suspenision and if dropped it turns off before hitting the ground. $1,100;jvc.com For:Light people on a short leash Google zillionaires,smiling venture capitalists…Silicon Valley is back! Everyone ‘s favorite scooter is back too, now with an electric motor and styling

like a Vespa.Riders age 12 and over and less than 220 pounds can go 10 miles at 15 m.p.h.- but not on most public streets.. Then it ‘s recharge time. $229;razor.com

NOISEBUSTER NOISE CANCELING AUDIO HEADPHONES

For:Budget minded music lover These noise canceling headphones cut out background noise,such as airplane drone.They work the same way as the $300 ones,by coupling low-frequency noise waves with their exact mirror image. Like reading glasses,headphones should be cheap because you know you ‘re going to either lose them or

sit on them. $69 ($50 until Dec.31);noisebuster.net

TOSHIBA SD-P1600 PORTABLE DVD PLAYER

For:Mobile movie buffs Soon airlines will be giving portable DVD players away with every ticket,but until then here ‘s a well made,name brand one in the supermarket price range. The SD-P1600 plays back all sorts of disks, including pesky home made DVDs and JPEG photos,and the seven inch (diagonal) widescreen TFT LCD display is crisp.

The speakers are tinny,but with dual headphone jacks two people can enjoy the 3- D Virtual Surround Sound.

$200;tacp.toshiba.com

HP PAVILION S7210N SLIMLINE COMPUTER

For:Downsizers, clutter busters Desktop computers are slimming down. Apple started it with the Mac Mini, and Hewlett Packard has made a good job of shrinking a tower down by two thirds to the size of a shelf-unit stereo.The HP Slimline comes with bells but not whistles: 1.4GHz Intel Celeron processor and 160 GB hard drive,media card slots, and Windows XP Home Edition,but you supply the monitor and make do with Microsoft Works instead of

Office. $449 after rebate;hp.com