Whoever thought data storage could be innovative and exciting? Okay, maybe this thumb drive with a speaker isn't as groundbreaking an invention as the telephone, but this 160-GB flash drive is pretty awesome. After all, who wouldn't want lighter, quieter, more durable drives in their red-hot sexy laptops? And if the data you're putting on your drive is really sensitive, the IronDrive will keep it safe — even from nuclear attack (maybe).

Speaking of security, we saw a couple of real-world gadgets that can take yours to the next level: a voice-activated safe and the Tesla coil vehicle protector, which is easily the coolest car-security system we've ever seen. All this and we still found time to review Nikon's D40 digital SLR camera. More hot tech news from the week:

Saturday: SMS Technology M300: The cell-phone watch arrives
Sunday: Bionic Eyes 2.0: Retinal implants go high-def
Monday: Insane six-screen monitor: buyer beware
Tuesday: Brand your bread with skull-and-crossbones toaster
Wednesday: The ultimate RSS feed: Twingly screensaver shows global blog activity
Thursday: Shape-shifting modular SuperBots evolving into our future overlords
Friday: Top Gear builds its own space shuttle. Awesome.