You can post a video or e-mail message for other family members. Your juice and cereal will stay cool in the chilled glass and bowl, while toast and coffee stay warm on the heated plate and in the heated cup. You can read the news or your e-mail on the detachable computer screen. Best of all, it will be washable. It also has an archive of faces for easy dialing and functions as a screen-based directory.
Games can simulate gravity, friction and materials such as water, wood and gas.
The Home Medical Box is an interactive medical encyclopedia, with in-depth explanations and simulations. The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.