Philips takes the LCD photo frames to next level, where it showed a prototype of its latest model that trumps its previous frame by a few orders of magnitude. This one automatically changes the picture when you turn the frame, and has a feature that we've been waiting for, the ability to send pictures to it via email. It also has a touchscreen for easier editing, and lets you expand pictures across two or more frames.

How much are you willing to shell out for this stunning device?

You might still be reeling from that jarring alarm that scared you out of bed this morning, so here's a concept from Philips that could change all that, an alarm clock with a soft light that fades up over a half an hour. You can adjust its ultimate brightness, and we're assuming there's some kind of alarm at the end of that cycle, just to make sure you're awake.

Philips says this simulates a natural wakeup with the sunrise, when sunlight gradually begins to peek through your closed eyelids. That sends signals to your brain to stop producing melatonin, that sleep-inducing hormone that sometimes seems to kick in at the most inopportune times. The clock will be available in France this month, and everywhere else in 2007. Will this one work for you??

Galactic's SpaceShipTwo both inside and out, and now you can actually plunk down $1.76 million for a ride in it, blasting you and five of your closest friends 63 miles into space. SpaceShipTwo is expected to start launching paying passengers into space in 2008.

The latest Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog of exotic gifts is offering the trip, which includes four nights of winding down apres spaceflight at Richard Branson's private retreat in the British Virgin Islands.

Someday in the not-too-distant future we'll laugh at this $1.76 million price tag, but for now, maybe we could get Neiman Marcus to donate a charter spaceflight as a O WeP Blog contest prize J