This week we took a look at the 10 best useless iPhone apps for less than a dollar, the 8 ridiculous James Bond gadgets that should be forgotten forever and 14 examples of cutting-edge lighting design. Our sister site, Fidgit, also brought us 10 things you don't know about Halo.

Meanwhile, in Shift, our Captain Peter Pachal took a hard look at what e-readers need to do to succeed.

Some of our top tech stories from the week:

MIT tapped to design cleaner, greener, and quieter aircraft of the future
2030 is quickly becoming the target for the "Better Tomorrow" of today.

Plasma plants to vaporize trash and create new energy
10,000 degrees of plasma could vaporize 1,500 tons of trash every day.

Handheld SNES brings back fond retro gaming memories
An SNES in your pocket? This guy beat Nintendo to the punch.

Star Trek Switchplates, the logical addition to a well-appointed Trekkie abode
Make it so.

Air Force One club juices up your golf game — with nitrogen!
Is it cheating to launch golf balls high than the Air Force One can fly?

Email pictures straight to Parrot's Specchio wi-fi digital frame
A frame that may be prettier than your pictures.

LED watch doesn't have a face, is as simple as can be
A watch with a face hidden right in its band.