Sure R2-D2 doesn’t cook or make a mean margarita, or screen your calls, or even pay rent; but he has a knack for turning your living room into a deluxe movie theater or gaming-on-the-ceiling arcade. He even plays all the songs on your iPod so you can invite the neighbors over for a dance party!

If you haven’t been drooling over the R2-D2 Digital Audio and Video Projector yet, perhaps this techno-saturated, R2-D2 as a supermodel, demo video will do the trick.

VIDEO: R2-D2 Projector (via nikkoamerica.com)

INFO: R2-D2 Digital Audio and Video Projector (StarwarsShop.com)

(Luminous 360 SkyCeiling™
installed in the Star Wars-themed family room
of the Ruiz home in Frankfort, Illinois.)

Is your humble dwelling missing something? Maybe you need a sky light, or better yet a portal into a galaxy far, far away? Sky Factory is here to make your home redux dreams come true with virtual and programmable “SkyCeilings.”

BoingBoing Gadgets Editor Joel Johnson reviews these futuristic home decor sky lights with a couple of ideas that might make Star Wars fans take an interest:

I tried to blow Aaron’s mind with my idea of doing fantasy scenes, but he stopped me mid-blurt, telling me about the large number of installations they’ve already done in home theaters that feature deep space scenes full of nebula and shooting stars. One of Sony’s MMO groups apparently looked into getting one of their game’s sky graphics installed in a board room. Another client was an orthodontist redoing his basement as a tribute to Star Wars (including an X-Wing cockpit mock-up) who recreated the little table at which Chewie and C-3PO play chess. Above it? A custom window looking out into a spinning galaxy.

Read Joel’s full report here:
Sky Factory SkyCeilings: modular and custom drop-in virtual skylights (and spacelights!)
(via Boing Boing Gadgets)

Sick of commuting to work in that boring, old car? Perhaps you should make like Grievous and hop on a Motorized Monocycle from Hammacher Schlemmer.

Sadly, it’s top speed is only 25 mph, but you’ll be saving serious dough considering less than half a gallon of gasoline will give you around two hours of driving time. Plus, you can pretend to be outrunning Obi-Wan as you wheel around the neighborhood. It costs around $13,000, so start saving now.

Let us know if you get one! We want to see this baby in action!

For all your General Grievous Wheel Bike blogging needs, there’s the Monocycles Blog on Buzzfeed.com. This blog has news and reviews of monocycles in production right now. They might not be as advanced as Grievous’ sweet ride, but they sure do look cool!