this WEEK in GADGETS!

#brain CRASH! A deafening roar and the cinema screen explodes with light. The scene is certainly startling, but is this movie stirring up the right emotional reactions deep down? Rather than ask your opinion, it's now possible to cut out the middleman and go straight to your brain for the verdict. More »

#iphoneapps Apple's iMovie iPhone app has received an update in honor of iOS 4.1 being released. It's now compatible with the new iPod Touch, allows you to split video clips, and more: More »

#apple Everyone tends to get excited whenever Apple wins a patent, but this latest one has folks scratching their heads because it's rather slim on details. What we do know is that Apple managed to improve on a composite laminate. More »

#privacy Airport security scanners that literally see through your clothes are contentious. Because ... well, think about shadowy TSA guys peeping at your bits. Hence some firms are now tweaking them to anonymize your "x-rays" to protect your decency. More »

#games The iOS 4.1 update added the Game Center to our iPhone and iPod Touch devices, but we've been struggling to find games which let us take advantage of this feature. Here are the ones we've discovered so far. Updating. More »

#hilarity We've seen plenty of app-promoting clips, but none has ever made us laugh and laugh and laugh like this one for the upcoming game Steve Young Football. Whether you know the original or not, all this does is win. [SteveYoungFootball] More »

#apple We'd heard that the newest iPod Touch comes with a built-in vibrator for FaceTime notifications, but there was no such thing to be found when the gadget was torn down. And even worse? There was only 256 MB of RAM. More »

#science This is the Concavenator corcovatus, a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cuenca, Spain. This weird 20-feet-long predator could be the predecessor of the meat-eating titans that dominated the Cretaceous. But what's that hump? It could be his battery. More »

#google Today we got Google Instant, a fairly radical overhaul of Big G's homepage that delivers predictive search results as you type. That's crazy! But do you think it's crazy cool or crazy stupid? More »

#scary We've heard the promise: in the future, everything's connected. But when Cleveland rolls out its new RFID-enabled recycling bins next year, ones that know if you're using them and report you if you're not, you might long to disconnect. More »

#iphone Now you can put your iPhone into field test mode, which will allow to easily and precisely test your cell signal reception quality. You just need to follow these two easy steps: More »

#kinect The awesome Kinect object scanning is missing from all incoming titles, as well as of any hardware controller support. But fear not, because Kinect's big honcho Kudo Tsunoda has some answers about this and more. More »

#leds Marc DeVidts went from Miami to Atlanta to attend Dragon*Con 2010 and show off his party-in-a-suit custom, which is loaded with LEDs that are controlled from his iPhone. That's at least +259 courage points right there. [Makezine] More »

#blockquote Today, Google's founder Sergey Brin said that they want to be your third "brain half". Yesterday, Eric Schmidt said Google knows where you are, what you like, and will suggest what you should do next. And that wasn't all. More »

#shows Our friends over at Splitsider have compiled a comprehensive guide to where on the internet you can (legally) watch every last comedy on this fall's teevee schedule—as well as some regrettably bygone favorites. More »

#awesome Have you ever lazily wished you could just use a tractor beam to grab that out-of-reach object? Apparently, you can. Using only light, Australian researchers say they are able to move small particles almost five feet through the air. More »

#dogs My bulldog already emits enough nocturnal pleasure spackle when sleeping on a normal dog bed. I can only imagine what he'd do with a bed made from tennis balls. Fortunately, at nearly $300, I'll never know. [HughHayden.com] More »

#downloads Android and Mac/Windows/Linux: If you don't want to deal with your phone while you're at your computer, free app Android Notifier will send all your phone's call, SMS, and battery notifications to your desktop. More »

#charging Inductive charging: a hell of a lot more convenient than plugging your controllers in or replacing their batteries all the time. An inductive charging station that looks like a spaceship: a hell of a lot cooler than one that doesn't. More »

#iphone4 The iPhone 4's best new feature in iOS 4.1—besides not hanging up on people with your face—is its ability to capture HDR photos. But you've gotta use it correctly. More »

#earth You are watching the lungs of Earth, the producers of much of the oxygen in the planet, accounting for half of all the photosynthetic activity. They are not trees. It's phytoplankton. It's blooming now, in the Barents Sea. Zoom out: More »

#bookexcerpt Clifford Nass is a Stanford professor specializing in computer interaction. In this excerpt from his new book, The Man Who Lied To His Laptop, he talks about how he made Clippy lovable. Cliff will be in the comments, answering Q's. More »

#dealzmodo Today we have for you some hot deals on a 15.4" MacBook Pro, a 16GB SDHC Flash Card, and a free 3-month Amazon Prime Membership for Parents and Caregivers. Isn't that nice? More »

#powerbricks Power bricks! They're cumbersome. They're heavy. They're ugly. Until the Cooler Master USNA 95 walks into your life, a sleek 95W power adapter that looks to be just a bit bigger a deck of cards. UPDATED: More »

#science In a recent study, researchers at the University of Utah successfully translated brainwaves into words, a huge breakthrough that could eventually give paralyzed patients a new way to communicate. More »