RoboSteel is an Irish company that fashions sculptures from recycled scrap metal. One of their latest creations, shown here, is made from 4000 recycled steel parts, stands 8 ft tall and weighs in at 1200 lbs. The figure is based on the queen alien from the Alien movie franchise. Most of the parts came from Yamaha motorcycles and were hand-welded together to create this impressive sculpture. Three people worked full time for three months to complete this piece of artwork and a matching alien king figure. This piece is on sale at RoboSteel.com for $6000.

RoboSteel also sells smaller creature sculptures that are hand welded and created from steel parts.  See their full collection on the RoboSteel website.

The Wheely Talkie is a new walkie talkie concept from French designer Josselin Zaigouche.  Compact and sustainable, this round walkie talkie can be recharged without an energy source.  When the battery runs low, running the wheel against a surface (like your pants leg) will charge the battery.  Battery-level indicator shows how much power remains at any given time.  A belt clip makes this round walkie talkie totally portable.

This cool new piece of survival gear lets you take your tech along when you go camping. Eton’s Scorpion includes a digital AM/FM radio with NOAA weather band support. There’s also an LED flashlight, headphone jack and USB port for charging your other gadgets. The Scorpion can be  powered via a hand crank or solar panel. The rugged external case is splash-proof and includes a carabiner clip and bottle opener. The Eton Scorpion will be on sale this spring for about $50.

Wired’s Gadget Lab recently features a unique Apple MacBook sticker that incorporates Iron Man and the glowing Apple logo on the MacBook’s cover. The sticker is available on Etsy in the shop of vendor SkinAT, who sells MacBook sticker for $14.99 and ships them from Beijing.

Here’s another sticker from the same vendor that depicts Snow White and the Apple.

To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the game of Monopoly, Hasbro is bringing out a new edition that features a circular gameboard. Monopoly Revolution also does away with cash and provides players with scannable credit cards. The small game pieces have been replaced with rectangular plastic slabs. Fans of the original boardgame have nothing to worry about, the traditional format will still be available.

Monopoly Revolution will go on sale for $35 later this year.

HourFace is a 99 cent iPhone app that starts with a portrait photo and then performs some magic. First the photo is uploaded. In just moments, a 3D animated version of the face is downloaded. Then lines and wrinkles begin to appear and the face gradually becomes older looking. Turn the phone upside down, and time goes backwards. The face becomes younger.

See a demo of HourFace in this YouTube video. The app runs on iPhone or iPod Touch devices.

Ericsson Labs has developed a 3D landscape API that supports the creation of realistic 3D-rendered maps. The Labs have released a demo video showing realtime navigation through a 3D landscape on the yet-to-be-released Sony Ericsson X10 mobile phone. The video performance as the image pans, swoops and tilts is impressive. This proof-of-concept video promises more excitement to come in this area.

Check out the demo video on YouTube.

If you’ve ever tried to take pictures or shoot video while scuba diving, you know how hard it can be to juggle the camera and keep your diving mask and breathing tube in place. Now Etronixmart has created an alternative to the juggle – an Underwater Scuba Mask Camera. The $116.99 camera mask includes 4GB of memory and shoots 1280×960 videos an pictures. The camera also includes a snorkel. Activating the camera is done through a magnetic ring that you rub, and the mask vibrates to confirm that an image has been captures. You can find out more at the Etronixmart website.

It was 15 years in the making, but engineers have finally perfected the first transparent toaster. The Magimix Vision Toaster promises to put an end to the age-old problem of burnt toast. The challenge to engineers was providing heating elements to toast bread slices without obscuring the windows. It took several prototypes to come up with the current design, which uses hidden quartz elements to evenly distribute heat across the surface of the bread.

See Le Toaster Vision in action in this YouTube video.

Most Smart car owners have an eye for design, in addition to being conscientious about their carbon footprint. Now talented Smart car fans can show their stuff and possibly win some cash.  Daimler is hosting an online design contest for surface decoration on its Smart ForTwo auto. The “Style Your Smart” website provides design tools or allows designers to upload their own completed design. The contest runs until Feb. 23, when an independent jury panel will select a winner. The prize is 1500 euro.

The inspiration for the contest was Daimler’s exhibition of decorated ForTwos at a pop-up space in Sao Paulo, Brazil last summer. Visit the Style Your Smart website to view and vote on designs or enter your own designs. The site also has a community area for sharing ideas.