Some household goods caught our attention at the 11th hour to give the week a decidedly domestic bent, with high-tech turns of a couple of common appliances. Then there was that sleek TV that would look equally at home in either your living room or kitchen. But it was the rotating house that tracks the sun that really got our homebody juices flowing. And if you have any Halloween parties to crash this weekend, we have plenty of last-minute gadgety costume ideas. More top stories:

Saturday: Fusion controllers make Wiimote yesterday's news
Sunday: The Art-O-Meter: Judging art so you don't have to
Monday: New software could give PCs the gift of gab
Tuesday: Take your pad into the Twilight Zone with decapitated dog speakers
Wednesday: Alienware's new Media Center PC: the DHS A Series
Thursday: MagicSports makes baseball actually watchable
Friday: Robots get upgraded hands; humans get worried