Recently at BBG

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• Set your DVRs: Oprah will be tackling Skype today (5/21).

• Netbooks made from biodegradable cellulose are cheap. But will we think of them as disposable?

• A head-to-head review of the Jawbone Prime and BlueAnt Q1. Which headset wins?

• Microscale models of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture — in LEGO.

• An ionic-cooling laptop that may not set your crotch ablaze.

8bitone: a chiptunes synthesizer for the iPhone.

• The Myca set-top box reviewed; click here for the verdict.

• An infallibly polite alarm clock with the voice of Stephen Fry.

• The Gear of War: a gallery of war bots, UAVs, retina scanners, and more.

• HOWTO make low-inductance speaker cables.

• An inhaler for consuming cocoa powder: only .8 calories!

• Alarm clocks constructed from a 200-year-old barn in Switzerland and painted by a skateboard artist.

• A bottle opener shaped like an elephant.

• Buildings damaged during WWII get a makeover — with LEGO!