Kids love to hide under tables. Problem is they don’t make great forts, since every side is exposed and the adults occasionally like to eat on it. The “Daily Shelter” by artist Ingrid Brandth is a dining-room table that kids will love. It converts to a secret fort. First, it’s an ordinary table. But it can secretly turn into a shelter where kids can hide from scary ghosts or just use their imagination. Ask any kid, there’s nothing cooler than a fort. A table that turns into a fort? Pure awesomeness. [BoingBoing]

Lots of kids and more than a few adults are instant gratification sorts. It’s hard to get some people to save money and teaching kids to save can be a bigger challenge. A new bank from a company called Ekomini aims to make teaching kids to save a little easier. The bank plugs into an internet connected computer via USB and lets the kids keep up with how much change they put into the bank. The bank connects to an online virtual world letting the kids play games that encourage investment and saving. The device has a sensor built-in that reads coins as they are inserted

L5 Technology has launched a new accessory for your iPhone and iPod Touch that will turn it into a universal remote to control your HDTV and the rest of your home entertainment equipment. The L5 Remote is a small infrared dongle that plugs into your iPhone or iPod Touch, it comes with a free application that features everything you need to control your home entertainment setup. “With the fast pace of innovation in the smartphone market, handhelds are becoming the consumer electronics platform of choice, causing disruptions across many markets. We see peripherals that

Even though it may be digital, looking through a gallery of someone’s photos on an LCD picture frame can be just as tedious as flipping through an actual photo album or sitting through a slideshow. But Casio hopes to make things more exciting?, interesting maybe?, with their new Digital Art Frame which essentially lets you apply a small collection of Photoshop-like filters to your photos. The effects include water color painting, color pencil sketch, pointillism, gothic oil painting, oil painting, pastel painting, airbrush and fauvist oil painting, and are cheesy enough

A company called L5 Technology introduces the L5 Remote, an accessory that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a universal remote control. In fact, this is not a new thing as we’ve seen two similar products, the RE from New Kinetix and the RedEye from ThinkFlood. Basically, the L5 Remote is comprised of a small hardware device that plugs into an iPhone or iPod touch dock connector and a free app to be available from the iTunes App Store. The hardware device serves as signal transmitter while the app allows users to customize remote control interface. Using infrared

Chances are that the current iPhone and iPod touch steering wheels still don’t have your attention. Maybe PosiMotion’s recently announced Helix gaming grip will be the one for you. It’s ideal for “virtually any game,” and as a bonus, it puts your device into the cockpit of a mini Tie-Fighter. The Helix will house your iPhone or iPod touch in either portrait or landscape mode, with a “grip-enhancing” soft-touch coating to keep your hands from slipping. There’s no word on a release date yet, but it will cost you $20. You can

The latest iPhone app to turn your phone into an instrument is the String Trio, an air violin, viola and cello application for the iPhone. 20 classical and folk songs are included, while the greySox app plays with strokes of the virtual “bow”. The iPhone’s motion sensor is used to detect the angle and length of the strokes and adjusts the playback of the music accordingly. String Trio is available at the iTunes App Store for $1.99. Good luck on your first concert. [Technabob]

There isn’t much that sets one laptop case apart from another. Typically, as long as you can cram all your gear inside the bag and it protects your machine all is good. Everki has a new case for netbooks called the Camber that has a cool feature. The feature isn’t more pockets or flashy colors. The special feature is that the case can double as a lap desk for your machine with an angled lid that holds the screen at a higher level for more comfortable use. The bag is sized for netbooks, which I would take to mean it works with machines up to 10-inches or so in screen

DLO introduces the WallDock, a wall-mounted adapter that turns any outlet into a charging dock for iPhone or iPod. The WallDock features a cushioned top to support your iPhone or iPod without the need for fit inserts. The top hides the dock connector when not in use. DLO WallDock charges your iPhone/iPod faster, thanks to the higher power output from AC wall outlet. It is compatible all current iPod and iPhone products such as iPhone 3G/3GS, iPod touch, iPod nano (all gen) and iPod classic. The WallDock is priced at $24.99. [dlo]

The Asus Eee T91MT turned up a while back and its best feature is certainly the multi touch capability it offers. The machine is a netbook that uses a convertible tablet form factor and has a capacitive touch screen. The netbook has an 8.9-inch screen and runs an Intel Atom Z520 CPU. It also has 1GB of RAM and stores data to a 32GB SSD. The machine runs Windows 7 Home Premium and is available for pre-order at a price of $549. A video turned up today of the custom Asus interface for the touchscreen device and it looks fantastic. It’s hard to believe that the 3D graphics