Akiba PC Hotline's weird gadget roundup

Impress's Akiba PC Hotline can be relied upon to scour the streets of Akihabara looking for the oddest gadgets and PC parts for our delectation each week. They've now posted their reader-voted Top 64 (no, we've no idea) picks for 2004. The higher positions feature some obvious contenders such as the laser-light virtual keyboard we featured a while back and the SCOTTeVEST solar-powered jacket; but try lower down the list for a cheerful trawl through the year's ephemera, including cooling units shaped like V6 engine blocks (pictured right), PC keyboards that glow when your cellphone rings, and the obligatory USB gadgets.

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