The Ambient Orb - Track your stock portfolio with a lamp

This has got to be the hottest innovation in 'lamps'.

The "Ambient Orb" is a small earth-shaped lamp that glows different colors depending on how your stock portfolio is doing. If you are one of those people (like me) who are continuously checking on their stock portfolio during the day and feel compelled to sit on the computer and hit the refresh button, this product would be a good time saver.

The light operates via a wireless network. So there is no need to turn on your computer. The lamp can be moved around to any room in your house. It will glow various shades of green if your portfolio is rising or various shades of red if it is falling.

The lamp would work immediately right out of the box with no configuration necessary. It just needs to be plugged into any standard power outlet like a regular lamp. But it is preprogrammed to receive continuous updates in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. If you would prefer to program it for your specific portfolio, this is easily done through Ambient's website or an 800 number.

Stock portfolio tracking is just one possible application. You can also use it to get automatic weather forecasts or web traffic numbers.

The Ambient Stock Orb light is made with frosted glass housing and the long-life LED's glow in millions of colors.

It costs $149. If you choose to customize it to track your own personal portfolio, it costs an additional $ 7.00 per month for a subscription.

Check out more about this very funky lamp at Amazon .