The American band OK Go has earned viral video status on YouTube for their unique and creative music videos.  In 2005,  they danced to their song “A Million Ways.”  In 2007 they took it up a notch with an elaborately choreographed routine on treadmill machines for their song “Here It Goes Again.”  That video has racked up over 3 million views on YouTube. 

In 2010, OK Go produced 2 videos for their song “This Too Shall Pass.”  The first features the University of Notre Dame band and has also gained about 3 million views on YouTube.  The second video involved the creation of an elaborate mechanical Rube Goldberg machine (or a giant version of the Mouse Trap game) designed by Adam Sadowsky’s Synn Labs.  Sadowsky recently spoke at a TED conference about the creation of the machine and filming of the amazing music video, which currently has over 14 million views on YouTube.

The BBC’s Top Gear show recently put on a series of Football matches between 2 teams of cars. In the Car Football World Cup Final, Richard Hammond led the Toyota Aygo team against a Volkswagen Fox team led by James May. See the exciting match in this YouTube video from the BBC.

The GPS Angel V4e is a 100% legal gadget that will help you avoid red light cameras and speed cameras. Many cities have installed red light cameras as a quick way to write tickets. Being in the intersection even a hundredth of a second too late can result in a ticket with a several hundred dollar fine. Now this clever device uses proven GPS technology to calculate your position in relation to a database of red light can speed camera locations – risk areas – and warns you when you are about to enter into a risk area. No installation is required, just place the GPS Angel GPS V4e on your dashboard and you’re good to go.

Find out more about this red light detection gadget on the GPS Angel website.

Digital frames have been around for a while now, but the Kodak PULSE offers a new twist. The PULSE allows you to easily receive and display photos from friends and family. The PULSE is email enabled, eliminating the need to transfer photos from computer to frame. Imagine how exciting it will be to come home and find out your PULSE has mail!

Photos can be sent from any computer or mobile phone. Travelers can send pictures while on the go and you can also link to photo albums on Facebook and Kodak Gallery sites.

The PULSE requires no software installation and includes a built-in WiFi. You can also insert a memory card or USB and view saved pictures. Read more about the PULSE on the Kodak website.

For adventurers who try to maintain a green lifecycle, Casio has introduced a new digital watch in its Pathfinder collection. The PAG110C-3 is water resistant to 600 feet and features a digital compass, thermometer, altimeter and barometer. It has a stopwatch, five daily alarms and can display the time in 30 different worldwide cities. There’s also a moon phase calendar and tide graph. Best of all, this watch is solar powered.

The Casio Eco-Friendly Pathfinder Watch retails on Amazon for $200. Find out more on the Casio Pathfinder website.

Think Geek is selling what would have to be the ultimate green charging station. The Grassy Lawn Charging Station contains a nice crop of artificial turf that cushions all your gadgets while they’re charging. The charging station can handle iPods, MP3 players, smartphones, cameras – any gadget that needs a charge.

The cables are in a compartment under the grass. Just plug it in and you’re ready to go. The Grassy Law Charging Station is available for $25 at Think Geek.

At the recent CeBIT exhibit in Hanover, Germany, the Berlin Brain-Computer Interface (BBCI) group demonstrated the results of their research into brain control. The demonstration involved a user wearing an EEG that measured brainwaves. A computer interpreted signals from the brain in realtime used the signals to operate the pinball machine’s paddles. Find out more that the BBCI at their website.

This unique bronze lamp from Studio Job is styled after a crane and wrecking ball. Illumination comes from a handling light bulb as well as from small lights within the cab’s interior. This lamps and some other similar designs were commissioned by the Carpenter Workshop Gallery (CWG) in London, where they will be on display until May 20.

The CWG is a design-art gallery located in an old carpenter’s workshop. It showcases cutting edge contemporary design. Read more about on the CWG website.

The Rovio WiFi Roaming Robot is a robotic webcam that will stream video and audio to any web-enabled browser in the world. This little robot’s camera, microphone and 2-way audio can be controlled from a distance, allowing you to control the Rovio’s movement and take pictures from thousands of miles away. You can even tell Rovio to return to its docking station for a charge – with a single click!

Rovio’s head mounted camera allows you to see where it’s going, and thanks for a built-in LED highlight you can even guide it in the dark. See a demo of Rovio in action in this YouTube video. The Rovio is available for $180 at Think Geek.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Microsoft Research have taken touchscreens to the next level. They’ve developed the prototype for a revolutionary new tecchnology that allows users to turn their hands and arms into touchscreens. The Skinput system uses a tiny projector in an armband to display interactive images on the user’s skin. The armband also houses sensors that detect taps on the skin. See the system in action in this YouTube video and read more about it on ZDNet.