Great news for all the fans of panda style gadgets liked the Panda Skull USB Drive from Solid Alliance and the Baby Panda USB Flash Drive – a new USB powered panda stereo speaker has now been released.

Product Specifications:

• Panda design
• Can be connected to computer
• On / Off switch
• Frequency: 50Hz-20kHz
• USB and 3.5mm audio plug connected to the speaker
• Powered by USB
• Size: 110*95*110mm
• Weight: 320g

The USB Big Panda Speaker is available from the Gadget4all.com website for $27.

This USB 2.0 compliant 2GB flash drive can be transformed into a jaguar and it will look great together with the Transformers USB Mouse that we covered earlier this year.

Features:

• Transformers Jaguar design
• USB 2.0
• Portable and easy operation
• Plug and Play
• Offical product
• Support Window 7/Vista/XP, Linux 2.4, MAC OS X or latest version
• Dimension: 28 x 65 x 10mm (approx.)
• Weight: 18g

The Transformers Device Label Jaguar USB Flash Drive is available from the USB Brando website for $45. They also offer a white Tigertron model for the same price.

Yes, it’s another one of those cute-until-you-rip-its-head-off gadgets. If you enjoyed the Monkey USB Card Reader, this 4GB USB 2.0 memory should be right up your alley.

Features:

• High-Speed USB 2.0 certified
• Plug & Play supports hot swapping function
• Mass storage compliant
• Support: Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and Mac OS
• Dimension: 35 x 32 x 58mm (approx.)
• Weight: 25g

The Baby Ape USB Drive is yours for $20 over at the USB Geek website.

Here’s something that would fit nicely in an updated version of the 10 USB Gadgets to Help You Through the Winter article – the rabbit USB hands warmer.

Just plug it into the USB port to heat up the hand warmer. Moreover, you can unplug the USB cable if you are not working in front of the computer.

Its separated USB cable design allows you to wear it freely.

Product Specifications:

• Cutie rabbit design
• Warm your hands while you are working
• Wrist support for supporting your tired wrist when using Mouse or Keyboard
• Built-in heating pad
• 5 mins up to 46 degrees
• Plug and play
• Powered by USB
• Suitable for hand size: 170*110mm (approx.)
• Cable length: 150cm (approx.)
• Size: 210*130*40mm
• Weight: 150g

The Rabbit USB Hands Warmer is available from the gadget4all.com website for $22.50.

This mini digital camera, rechargeable via USB, easily attaches to your pet’s collar and will then allow you to see what your furry little friend is up to when you’re not around.

Just clip the lightweight digital camera to your pet’s collar and you’ll be able to take up to 40 photos to document their shenanigans. The camera has an auto interval mode that can be set to snap pictures at 1, 5 or 15 minute intervals. At 640 x 480 resolution the quality isn’t too shabby either.

All that’s left for you to do is hook up the camera to your PC or Mac and check out what sort of mischief Rover and Tiddles have been getting up to in your absence. Small and light enough for most cats and dogs.

Features

• A mini digital camera that can be attached to your pet’s collar.
• Take up to 40 pictures of your pet’s secret life.
• Auto Interval setting allows you to set the camera to take shots at 1, 5 or 15 minute intervals. To conserve battery the camera will go into sleep mode between shots.
• The camera takes 4″ by 6″ shots in 640 x 480 resolution.
• The camera recharges via USB.
• Requires Microsoft 2000 or higher/Mac OSX and above.
• Includes Lithium Ion rechargeable battery.
• Suitable for pets, though may be best if it is put on said pet by a human, aged 8 years+.
• Size: 10 x 5 x 4cm.

The Pet’s Eye View Camera is available from the IWOOT for £39.99 (about $66 USD).

if you don’t like the soft touch of the Plush Monkey USB Speakers, here’s an alternative that might suit you better. Or, use them together with the Monkey USB Webcam with Pen Holder.

Features:

• Recharged by USB
• Built-in rechargeable Lithium Ion battery
• Simple, just plug-in, no driver install
• LED indicator
• Apply to any audio devices with 3.5mm audio jack, e.g. PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod, PDA, MP3 player … etc.
• Speaker output: 2W
• Dimension: 61mm dia. x 53mm tall
• Weight: 40g

The Ape Head USB Speaker is available from the USB Geek website for $10. There are two colors to choose from: yellow and orange.

(Craziest Gadgets via Coolest Gadgets, Geeky Gadgets and Hardware Sphere)

This cow inspired USB 2.0 compliant “moody” hub allows you to connect up to four of your favorite gadgets to the available ports while it is illuminating in blue, red and green.

Features:

• Cow design USB 2.0 4-Port hub
• Mood light with three colors (Red, Blue, Green)
• Plug & Play, no software required
• Support Wiindow Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS
• Dimensions: 85 x 61 x 26mm (approx.)
• Weight: 39g

The Moody Cow USB Hub is available over at the USB Geek website for $10.

This patented Cesar Millan in a jar device is said to be able to “quickly and humanely restore peace and quiet to a home vexed by a dog’s excessive barking”.

No special collar is required; when a dog barks within 25′ of the unit, it emits a harmless ultrasonic tone, inaudible to humans, that startles the animal into silence. The dog quickly associates its bark with the unpleasant sound, which conditions him to curb this undesirable behavior.

The unit can also be activated manually to help you correct a dog’s other bad habits, such as lying on furniture or foraging through the trash.

The Indoor Barking Dog Deterrent measures 3(H) x 5(W) x 2 1/2(D) inches and requires one 9-volt battery. The product is available from the Hammacher Schlemmer website for $49.95.

(Via Coolest Gadgets and The Red Ferret Journal)

These cute and shiny little 4-port USB hubs – available in white, blue and green – are designed to look like tigers. Unfortunately, they only support the old USB version 1.1.

Product Specifications:

• 4-port hub
• USB 1.1
• Cute tiger design
• Colors: white, blue and green
• Size: 96*53*40mm
• Weight: 50g

The Tiger 4-Port USB Hubs are available over at the Gadget4all.com website for $9 a pop.

Here’s a fun new USB 2.0 compliant 4-port hub for those of you who enjoyed the colorful USB cow speaker that we wrote about here at GeekAlerts late last year.

Product Specifications:

• USB 2.0 backward compatible with USB 1.1
• Cute little cow design
• It will sound 3 cow calls when you plug it into the USB port
• Size: 90*50*48mm
• Weight: 50g

The CowCow USB 4-Port Hub is available in white, blue, gold or yellow and the product can be purchased through the Gadget4all.com website for $12 a pop.

This “cyber fox” USB flash drive is another example of a cute looking memory device – cute until you rip its head off, that is. Just like the Koala Bear USB Card Reader.

He looks quite web browser Firefox-ish with his blue hair, don’t you think?

Features:

• Capacity: 2GB
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified
• Plug and Play, Hot-Swapped capability
• Mass Storage Device class compatible
• Support: Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and Mac OS
• Dimensions: 7cm x 10cm tall (approx.)
• Weight: 18g

The Cyber Fox USB Flash Drive is available from the USB Geek website for $20.

This buffalo inspired USB mini speaker will play your favorite tunes after you have hooked it up with the audio player of your choice, using a 3.5mm audio input cable.

Product Specifications:

• Buffalo design speaker
• Mini in size and portable
• Can be connected to computer, iPods, MP3 and MP4 players
• nvironmental-friendly gadget which embedded a rechargeable Li-ion battery
• Li-ion battery is recharged by USB power
• Battery should be charged at least 2 hours
• Blue LED indicator on horns and eyes
• Volumn control switch
• Size: 100*95*45mm
• Weight: 65g

The Buffalo USB Speaker is available from the gadget4all.com website for $14.

Fans of small animal inspired speakers, like these previous pig, penguin and sheep models, can now expand their audio gadget collections with this new cow version.

Product Specifications:

• Lovely cow design speaker
• Mini in size and portable
• Can be connected to computer, iPods, MP3 and MP4 players
• Environmental-friendly gadget which embedded a rechargeable Li-ion battery
• Li-ion battery is recharged by USB power
• Battery should be charged at least 2 hours
• Green LED indicator
• On / Off switch
• Volumn control switch
• Size: 85*73*58mm
• Weight: 60g

The USB Little Cow Speaker is available in blue or pink for $14 from gadget4all.com.

This two animal inspired gadget combos, available in the shape of a pink pig and a green frog, connects to your computer’s USB port and can help you with two things: heating up your frozen fingers and loosen those unwanted muscle tensions.

Simply press the ears on the animal of your choice to start your home spa treatment.

Product Specifications:

• Cute animal design
• USB hand warmer
• USB massager
• Powered by USB
• Massager On / Off switch
• Wamer On / Off switch
• Size: 85*85*45mm (approx.)
• Weight: 100g

The USB Animal Hand Warmer and Massager is yours for $14 from gadget4all.com.

The SureFlap is a hi-tech cat flap that recognizes the ID chip already implanted in your cat, allowing access to your pet while unwanted visitors won’t be able to get in.

Your home becomes a secure environment for your pet, leading to a happier, more relaxed animal. No need for a collar or tag which can get lost or even worse caught on branches, etc.

Here’s a video demonstration of the SureFlap cat flap:

More info about the SureFlap cat flap at the official website (no word on pricing).

(Via Pocket-lint)

The Japanese company Marubeni InfoTech has released a beautiful line of wooden USB drives that looks like animals – kind of like a playful version of those “realistic” looking Animal USB Drives that we saw earlier this year.

These drives features a 1GB storage capacity and there are five animals to choose from: dog, pig, elephant, hippopotamus and sawn – each available in maple or walnut.

The Wooden Animal USB Drives are available for 7,980 Japanese yen (about $73 USD) a pop from the Marubeni InfoTech website (the page is in Japanese).

(Fareastgizmos via Gizmodo)

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 cuddly lion from the WowWee “Alive” line of robot animals, displayed at CES 2008, is no available for pre-order (due to be released August 21).

Realistically textured and patterned fur combined with an animated face and advanced touch and tilt sensors deliver a highly authentic lion cub robot that is extremely sensitive to your interaction.

Pick up your lion cub by the scruff of the neck, for example, and watch your WowWee robot go limp in your hand, just like a real lion cub when its pick up by its mother. Left alone your pet lion automatically shuts off and goes to sleep.

Here’s a video clip of the WowWee Alive Lion in action:

Features:

• Realistic patterned, textured fur
• Animated mouth and blinking eyes
• Touch and tilt sensors
• Advanced interaction
• Life-like sound response include purr, mew and yowl
• Automatic sleep mode
• 1 motor
• 1 speaker
• 1 tilt sensor
• 2 touch sensors
• Micro-Controller with recorded LION CUB sounds

You can pre-order the WowWee Alive Lion from the Gizoo website for £49.95 (about $98 USD).

The latest example of those weird USB products – a “cute and friendly-looking wise little owl that’ll bring a touch of magic and wisdom to any workspace”.

With a clip that allows him to perch on top of computer monitors, as well as an optional tree-stump that he can sit on, the USB Owl from Thumbs Up will blink sagely as he provides inspiration and watches over your work. He’ll also move his eyes around and rotate his head as if he’s either appreciating or rolling his eyes at your office antics.

Here’s a video clip of the USB owl in action:

The USB Owl will available from Thumbs Up starting May 5, 2008. The suggested retail price is set to £12.99 (about $26 USD).

If you’re info gadgets designed to look like pigs, like the Pig USB Drive or maybe the Eco-Friendly Pig LED Flashlights, then here’ss the phone for you.

Features:

• Pig snore or regular ringer
• Tone / pulse switchable
• Two piece fully modular
• Last number redial
• FCC & MET approved
• Hearing air compatible
• Desk / wall mountable

The Pig Phone with Snoring Sound is available from 1-Novelty Phones for $22.

(Via Nerd Approved)