office pods Dilbert meets the New Work Era. German company Konig+Neurath is offering what looks like an office in a suitcase, a foldable, mobile work unit that can be moved around easily in that warehouse your company just took over for office space. Called the St@ndby-Office, these practical steel, aluminum and wood units—an improvement over rows of tacky cubicles—can be converted quickly from a sit-down desk arrangement to a standup work station by using a built-in motor. They come with integrated Wi-Fi and cost $6,312 each. www.koenig-neurath.de.

TV to go If you travel a lot for business, both in the United States and abroad, you probably already take a laptop computer. Toss in a V-Gear MobiTV Global plug-in and you can watch television broadcast in both U.S. and European standards (NTSC and PAL). You can record your favorite show on your laptop's hard drive and view it later, using the mp2 encoder that comes with this gizmo. The V-Gear plugs into a USB2 port on the laptop and costs only $85. Believe it or not, it even comes with a remote control. www.vgear.com.

wet sounds Why blare music from speakers around your backyard swimming pool when you can be among the first to do so from underwater? Aquasonic Underwater Loudspeakers float or sink, or can be built into the pool wall. They are said to have been built originally to entertain marine biologists, the U.S. Olympic swim team and Navy divers. The sound they boom out resembles "tactile sound transducers" used in home theaters to feel vibrations. The sound a person underwater hears is not high-fidelity, for sure, but a "feel-it-in-your-bones rich sound," the manufacturer suggests. The speakers are available from www.inyopool.com for $595 each.

baby baggage No traveling mother should have to control a baby in a stroller, a rolling suitcase and a backpack full of supplies as she navigates an airport. But many mothers do. What they need is this special baby chair, invented by a flight attendant/mother, which converts a rolling suitcase into a stroller-suitcase. A five-point strap harness secures your child, and the headrest flips down to become a picnic tray. The chair folds flat to fit in an airplane's overhead bin. Kids up to 40 pounds can use it safely. $31.95. www.onestepahead.com.