Hunter Digital NoHands Mouse. Put your pedal to the metal with this input device that completely eliminates the need for you to use your hands while you control your Mac. In-stead, you move the cursor by tilting one foot while clicking with the other. The foot pedals are interchangeable, so it doesn't matter if you're right- or left-footed. Expected to cost less than $125. 310-471-5852.
Sony Multiscan sfII Displays. Designed for home and office, Sony's new multiple-frequency monitor feature aperture-grille Trinitron CRTs. The $649 Multiscan sfII (viewing area, 13.9 inches) and the $1,099 Multiscan 17sfII (viewing area, 16 inches) each offer a .25-mm dot pitch and a maximum resolution of 1,280 x 1,024 pixels at 60 MHz. The $2,299 Multiscan 20sfII (viewing area, 19.1 inches) has a .30-mm dot pitch and a maximum resolution of 1,600 x 1,200 pixels at 60 MHz. 800-352-7669.
Proxima Desktop Projector 2400. Featuring 640-x-480-pixel resolution and the ability to display up to 2 million colors from a 24-bit color palette, this portable LCD projector weighs just 21 pounds. $6,295. 619-457-5500.
Epson ActionScanning System II. Targeted at first-time home and small-business scanner users, this 24-bit-color flatbed scanner offers a maximum interpolated resolution of 2,400 x 2,400 dpi. Bundled software includes image-editing and OCR packages. $499. 800-289-3776, ext. 3000, or 310-782-0770.
Hitachi 172. The 5.25-inch magneto-optical drives in this series use 2.6-GB media. Sporting a SCSI-2 interface, the drives are available in external ($3,100) and half-height internal ($2,600) configurations. 800-448-2244 or 415-589-8300.
Dataproducts Typhoon 40. The latest in the Typhoon series of high-speed workgroup printers, the Typhoon 40 is rated at 40 pages per minute at 300 or 400 dpi. Duplex printing is standard, as is an internal 80-MB hard-disk drive and 16 MB of RAM. The printer uses the PhoenixPage emulation of PostScript; an Ethernet card ($995) is optional. $30,995. 800-980-0374 or 703-860-8084 (fax).
Polaroid ProPalette 8000. This digital color film recorder offers 8,000 lines of resolution for 35mm positives or negatives. Able to print in 16.8 million colors, the ProPalette 8000 is equipped with a 35mm camera back that automatically loads and rewinds film. $13,995. 800-816-2611, ext. 972.
Software
The Native Americans. Based on the book and the miniseries of the same name, this CD-ROM looks at America through the eyes of the continent's earliest inhabitants. In addition to providing a view of the history of native Americans, this disc features hundreds of images; sound and video clips; the full text of the original book; and the miniseries' original soundtrack, composed by Robbie Robertson. $40. Image Smith. 310-325-5999.
SimIsle, Missions in the Rainforest. The latest in Maxis' series of Sim software is this simulation game set on a group of exotic islands. Each island brings with it several unique scenarios that must be dealt with in order to save the island. Obstacles include offshore oil leaks; illegal-drug producers; and that old SimCity standard, the devastating earthquake. $40. 800-526-2947 or 510-933-5630.
Reading SEARCH: In Search of the Lost Folktales. Aimed at improving reading comprehension for children ages 7 to 12, this CD-ROM game sends players on a time-travel adventure to gather clues, artifacts, and folktales in settings ranging from Mayan villages to a Tang Dynasty palace. $70. Great Wave Software. 408-438-1990.
Alien Tales. Was Shakespeare an alien? That's one question posed by this CD-ROM game, designed to improve children's reading skills. Players compete in a game show (complete with host and sidekick) against aliens who claim to have written famous Earth books. So does that mean Stephen King is really a Reticulan? $45. Brøderbund. 800-521-6263 or 415-372-4700.
CyberFinder. Available only online, this utility makes collecting Internet addresses -- from Web sites to FTP directories to e-mail addresses -- as simple as creating an alias in the Finder. Bookmarks can be stored as individual files or in folderlike Libraries. Double-click on an item to automatically launch the appropriate Internet program and go to the address in question. $30. Aladdin Systems. http://www.aladdinsys.com or info@aladdinsys.com.
