Men's Ring Turns Up Heat (So Wives Don't Have To)

A concept "Remember Ring" GETS HOT 24 hours before your wedding anniversary or wife's birthday, starting with 120 degrees Fahrenheit, for ten seconds. Every hour thereafter for the rest of the day, the ring gets hot again, each time a little hotter. Miniature electronics keep track of the date and control the heater. Cleve Oines, who runs the Web site for Goldsmith Gallery, a jewelry store in Alaska, initially posted the ring concept as a joke. Oines has received so much interest that he's decided to make it happen for real and is reportedly "in talks" with an engineer -- wow, an engineer! -- to bring the ring to market next year for an estimated $800 or so. I'll believe it when I see it. For starters, Oines still hasn't explained what he's going to do about a battery, although hints that it might end up as a signet ring make the idea more realistic -- existing watch batteries might actually fit. (props to Coolest-Gadgets.com and Real Tech News)