Steve Jobs, the creative genius behind Apple Computers, stated once that the “design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

Technology and design, ideally, should make our lives easier. The best products enable the time-squeezed businessperson to focus on essentials: growing the business, getting new clients and spending time on strategy, not tasks.

Here is short-list of fascinating gadgets that make organisation, planning and execution smoother for the 21st century entrepreneur.

1. The Blue Tooth Laser Virtual Keyboard is the cutting edge of user interface technology. It’s a laser projection keyboard, allowing you to type on any flat surface. Perfect when you are away on a business trip and want a full-sized keyboard without the full-sized weight. You can use it to compose an e-mail on your Bluetooth enabled PDA or Cell Phone. With 63 keys and full size QWERTY layout the Laser Virtual Keyboard can approach the typing speed of a standard keyboard. Size: a little larger than a matchbook.

2. The Vaio Zoom takes everything we know about holographic technology and squeezes it inside a thin glass form factor. When turned off, the screen is completely transparent and the keyboard goes opaque. Turn it on and the touchscreen holographic  wonders begin. Even the mouse buttons are holographic!