Sweet Spot

Tennis elbow hampering your game? Pick up the Kinetic tennis racket and get back on the court. One hundred tiny chambers filled with lead micro-granules embedded in the racket's frame react on impact, dispersing the vibration and force of hitting the ball. It's much easier on your joints and the design actually provides a more powerful and accurate strike on the ball. And with its wide-head design, you shouldn't miss many balls.

Kinetic rackets: £149.50 to £250. Available from most major sports retailers.

  Left, Right?

We've all had those times on the road when we arrive late, become nervous and sweaty, or even risk an accident while looking at a map and driving simultaneously. Now the totally wired road warrior can pack a Trimble GPS system connected to a laptop. Working in conjunction with one of Microsoft's route-planning products, you can download maps for the desired region, plug in a PC card or serial-connected antenna, establish contact with the satellite and plan our route as well as track our progress.

Trimble Mobile Locater 110 and PC Card 110: each for around £500. Trimble Navigation UK: +44 (1256) 760150.

  Step on it

Crouch low, hold on tight and slice into a new dimension on the GSX-R750. It'll be decades before virtual reality can come close to replicating the flying sensation on this four-stroke, four-cylinder, 750-cc production motorcycle. Stable even in raging headwinds, the ram air-induction system helps the engine pack more power, while a draft-buster tail section increases top-end speed.

GSX-R750; £8,999. Available at local Suzuki dealership. Suzuki GB Ltd.: +44 (1892) 535411.

  Squintless

Small camcorders have tiny viewfinders, right? Not if you get your hands on the new Sharp Digital ViewCam, which features a 13cm (5 inch) colour LCD display. It records both digital video and audio, and the built-in 1:5 compression allows you to record with the same quality as "commercial-use" cameras. You can plug it directly into your PC to cut, copy, paste, manipulate and generally mess about with your footage from the safety of your desk. Isn't life in the '90s great?

Sharp VL-DH5000 ViewCam: About £2,150. You'll have to pick it up in Japan; it's not yet available in the UK. Sharp Corp. (Japan): +81 (6) 625 3007, fax +81 (6) 626 1667.

  Someday PDA

Guaranteed to catch the attention of any technophile, the Sensu PDA is a concept for the future of personal communications. The graceful design blends form, function and portability. The Sensu features audio and video recording and playback, a CCD camera and an exquisite thin-film colour display that folds out like a hand fan. Judging from the progress of LCD and plasma display technology, this device might be available sooner than you think.

Sensu: not for sale. Design Edge: +1 (512) 477 5491.

  Eye of the Eye

Creating a VR world is anything but easy. If you fancy a go, get hold of the Kaidan QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head. The optional tilt head, base and precision levelling indicator capture perfectly calibrated panoramic photos used to create QuickTime VR content. Five adjustable click-stop settings ensure perfect support for 360-degree rotations on any 3-D axis. Different lens options and camera orientations are also available, all maintaining the necessary image overlap required for QuickTime VR.

QP-1A QuickPan Panoramic Base: £149.50. QPT-1 QuickPan Adjustable Tilt Head: £71.50, Full Moon Software Dist. Ltd.: +44 (1628) 660242.

  To Infinity!

You saw Toy Story, and think that you can do a better job yourself. What you need are a few of Sun's new Ultra workstations. Based on an innovative 64-bit architecture that skillfully co-ordinates processor, input/output, graphics, memory and networking functions, Ultra offers a tight system without performance lags. The top-of-the-line Ultra 2 Creator3D sports a 200-Mhz clock speed and will render so fast you might start to hyperventilate.

Ultra 2 Creator3D Model 2200: £48,400. Sun Microsystems: +44 (1252) 399570.

  Wet Scream

Here's your chance to be an outlaw of the waterways. Sea-Doo has developed a high-performance, single-rider racing machine designed for those who get their thrills on the edge. The 85-horsepower HX is the only water craft with a direct-action supsension system embedded in the seat to help cushion the ride. By adjusting the turning force and centre of gravity, the suspension also improves handling. The faster you go into a turn, the better the suspension works. Great - if somewhat expensive - news for speed demons everywhere.

Sea-Doo HX: £5,999. Sowester Ltd.: +44 (1202) 667700.