Tech Tuesday: Halloween Gadgets

Tech expert and the author Gadget Nation: A Journey Through The Eccentric World of Invention, Steve Greenberg, is back. This time he's getting into the spirit of Halloween with gadgets and gizmos to make your Halloween a little more festive.

Greenberg will be doing a Gadget Nation talk, book signing and give-away on:

Wednesday, October 22nd from 5:30 pm to 7 pm
The New York Public Library -- Science, Industry and Business Library
188 Madison Avenue (at 34th Street)
New York, NY 10016

For more information, visit www.gadgetnation.net.

VIDEO AND PRODUCT INFO AFTER THE JUMP...

- iChime Doorbell, www.ichime.com, $90
-very cool doorbell that has 6+ scary rings and even lets you create your own scary chime http://www.ichime.com $90

- Remote Controlled Tarantula, www.hammacher.com, $25

- LED T-Shirts, Goodie bags and socks, www.litewear.com at Walmart, $3.50-$14

- Trick or Treat Computer Protection VIPRE, www.sunbeltsoftware.com/rd/?id=081010EB-WPIX, Under $20 (special holiday price)

- Pre-carved pumpkins and stencils, www.masterpiecepumpkins.com
so you can carve your own pumpkin

- Pumpkin lighting options, www.pumpkinmasters.com

- Kid safe way of decorating pumpkin (no knife needed), www.pumpkinmasters.com
Sort of like Brightlites when we were kids--use a mallet to pound light sticks into pumpkin

- Skull Fountain, www.hammacher.com, $70

- Witch on broom, www.improvementscatalog.com, $50
motion activated, you make sound--she says something scary