

Wired ‘s wish list is our annual roundup of the gadgets, appliances, accessories and toys that we want: 100 of the year’s coolest, most interesting, most exciting products.

The product editors of Wired put together this list, which appears in our December issue. But this year, thanks to our sponsors, you can also get some of the stuff from our wish list without paying a dime of your own money.

All you have to do is enter the One Wired Wish contest, and you’ll have a chance to win a $10,000 prize package, including these cool prizes:

* BlueLounge StudioDesk

* BuckyBalls

* Casa Bugatti Vera Electric Kettle

* Cuisinart Vertical Rotisserie

* Dyson Air Multiplier Fan

* Fuego Element Grill

* JVC LT-42WX70 HDTV

* Kästle FX 84 Skis

* Kensington SlimBlade Trackball

* McIntosh MXA60

* Powermat Cordless Charger

* Seagate Replica Hard Drive

* Shure SRH440 Headphones

* Spot Personal Tracker

Visit the Wired Store: www.wired.com/wiredstore

View the full sweepstakes rules and regulations.

Want to know what all those cool things are? Click through the gallery here for photos of the wish-list prize package — or head over to Wish List 2009 to see all 100 glorious products.

BlueLounge StudioDesk

So many staffers stopped by to gawk at this laptop desk that we thought it was giving away liquor. It wasn’t (we checked). The clean, understated look is what made everyone pause — and that’s before they discovered the sliding center panel. Move it back to reveal a space for hiding your power strip, cables, or, of course, booze.

$600 • bluelounge.com

Dyson Air Multiplier Fan

You could scar your brain trying to figure out what Dyson’s latest invention is. Satellite antenna? Desktop atom smasher? Nope, just a household fan. The Multiplier sucks air in through its base and shoots it out through an aperture in the circular wing, creating a vortex of negative pressure that amplifies the breeze by a factor of 15. Eventually, Sir James is going to reinvent the wheel. For now, he’s just engineered the blades off the common fan.

$299 • dyson.com

BuckyBalls Rare Earth Magnets

Named after the infinitely imaginative Buckminster Fuller (and the buckminsterfullerene molecule), these addictive magnetic spheres undo the ennui of cubicle dwellers and anyone smart enough to keep the choking hazards out of their mouth. Applications are endless: Shape them into a geodesic dome, form a deliciously perfect cube, stick ’em on your friend’s metal-plated skull. One thing they are not good for, however, is getting your work done.

$30 • getbuckyballs.com

Kensington SlimBlade Trackball

Ergonomic design is typically a mess of swoopy visual tomfoolery, but this gorgeous trackball makes up for that checkered past with elegant, understated lines. It looks more like a hand-polished stone slab than a mass-produced hunk of plastic. A worthy companion to your modernist workstation, the SlimBlade glides you through documents, Web sites, even 3-D renderings without locking your limb into a set of repetitive carpal-tunnel-crippling motions.

$130 • Kensington.com • Full Review

Spot Satellite Messenger

Push a button, sit back, and wait for the rescue helicopter — that’s how easy it is to get out of sticky situations with one of these gadgets. The second-gen Spot is a huge improvement over its predecessor: 30 percent smaller, better satellite reception, and — finally — a safety cover over the SOS button. Do your worst, natural selection!

$169 • spotsatellitetracker.com

Kästle FX84 Skis

So you’re not one of those yahoos who seek out gnarly chutes and powder-loaded backcountry bowls. But you want to be. Step off-piste with Kè4stle’s new FX84s. They’re a 7.7-pound cinch to port in untracked terrain, and the tips and tails are hollowed out for quicker turns between trees. Just be sure to accessorize with a good insurance policy.

$1,080 • kaestle-ski.com

Fuego Element Grill

If R2-D2 were reincarnated as a barbecue grill, he’d be the Element, with its tubular good looks, zippy wheeled undercarriage, and handy attachments — like swappable cooking surfaces, including a pizza stone and a griddle. But this droid’s most special powers are its propane burners: one kicks out steak-searing, 24,000-BTU heat for grilling; the other provides low, indirect heat for slow smoking.

$450 • elementbyfuego.com

McIntosh MXA60 Stereo

For $7,500 you could buy a used car. Or you could pick up the Lamborghini of shelf stereos, the MXA60 — a compact music mover with serious audio horsepower. Its processor compares input and output waveforms to detect distortion. It’ll even dial back the volume so you don’t blow the speakers. And its tube preamp warms up digital music. Why drive when you could stay home and listen to this?

$7,500 • mcintoshlabs.com

Casa Bugatti Vera Electric Kettle

So you don’t have a couple million dollars to drop on a Bugatti Veyron. That doesn’t mean you can’t show some automotive flash in the kitchen. The Vera electric kettle by Casa Bugatti sports an LED display on the handle, along with controls to set timers and dial in precise temperatures. It’ll even let you know when your water hits the desired level of hotness — no need to watch this pot. Not quite as much fun as driving 253 miles an hour, but a lot easier on your insurance.

$300 • casabugatti.it

Shure SRH440 Headphones

Hell is populated with telemarketers and brewers of bad beer. But heaven, as they say, is a place on earth — specifically, between the soft vinyl earpads of these affordable headphones. Shure has pulled off a tricky balancing act with the SRH440s, faithfully replicating sound while still adding its own personality: a warm overtone that softens bass and smooths treble. But the best feature may be the price tag. Audio gear of this quality for a C-note is nothing short of a miracle.

$100 • shure.com

Seagate Replica Hard Drive

On the fun scale, backing up a hard drive ranks somewhere between cleaning grout and paying bills — it’s awfully easy to put off. Unless you have the 500-GB Seagate Replica. Plug it in and it mirrors your computer’s data without asking you to do a thing. All you’ll hear is the quiet, reassuring sound of 2009 being safely salted away.

$200 • Seagate.com

JVC LT-42WX70 TV

It’s about time someone made a big screen for photographers. JVC’s studio-friendly 42-incher displays 100 percent of sRGB and 96 percent of Adobe RGB color space, letting you blow up that masterpiece until you see its soul. But this high-def screen isn’t just for your day job. The same startling colors — in 1080p — make movies look fabulous too.

$2,400 • JVC.com

Cuisinart Vertical Rotisserie

Forget those after-work dashes to the prepared-food aisle and enjoy a home-roasted chicken. It doesn’t require any more effort. Cuisinart’s countertop cooker will beatify a bird in about an hour while you kick back with a cool one. And cleanup is simple: A nonstick pan catches drips, and the interior wipes down infomercial-easy.

$199 • Cuisinart.com

Powermat Cordless Charger

Wouldn’t it be great if your gadgets would charge themselves? Keep dreaming. In the meantime, the Powermat gets you halfway there. The device transfers juice to your gear by magnetic induction — no tangle of cables on the kitchen counter. Just slip your iPod (or whatever) into the special case and place it on the mat. By using advanced power management, it rejuvenates most gadgets faster than the chargers they came with.

$99 for mat, $30 and up for cases • Powermat.com