If you’re in the market for a compact beer dispenser, you’ve undoubtedly come across the Krups/Heineken BeerTender.  The BeerTender is a great product, however, it’s only configured to work with Heineken and Heineken Light five-liter draught kegs.  For those who’d prefer a little more variety in their beer, we’d recommend going with the Wunderbar, a versatile beer dispenser compatible with four, five and six-liter kegs.  With Wunderbar’s optional uni-keg, the beer machine also chills and dispenses wine and other beverages.

The Wunderbar beer dispenser comes in three models:

• Wunderbar Cooler Professional, which uses compressor cooling, and comes recommended for intensive use (€ 278, $400);
• Wunderbar Cooler Thermo, which uses Peltier cooling and is recommended for home use (€ 222, $320); and
• Wunderbar Cooler Party, a battery-operated version suited for outdoor use (€ 186, $268).

Simplistic in style, each Wunderbar carries a slick European look that’s guaranteed to impress, whether it’s sitting behind the bar or outside by the pool.
Available through: Wunderbar [via Appliancist]

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Today lock-maker Schlage announced the LiNK, a new series of Z-Wave wireless locks that will allow homeowners to control and monitor access to their cribs by way of web-connected mobile phone or computer.

The new Schlage LiNK, which will come in deadbolt and standard lock varieties, allow keyless entry through 4-digit access codes that can be entered, activated, deleted or disabled on the lock’s 11-digit push button keypad, or via the Schlage LiNK web portal or mobile application. Through the Schlage LiNK online portal, homeowners also have the ability to set up user codes for specific days and times, track codes that have been used over the past 90 days and receive text or e-mail notifications when certain codes are used.

Available through Fry’s Electronics and select builders in late October, Schlange LiNK starter kits will run $299 with each additional lock costing $199. For its online portal and mobile application, Schlage will charge a $12.99 subscription fee.

Note: the lock pictured above is the Plymouth, a similar keyless-entry deadbolt lock from Schlage.

For more information: Schlage

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Looking to add a flight simulator to your game room?  But not ready to drop $105,000 on a professional helicopter simulator? For the recreational gamer, the SX02 combat flight simulator is a far more cost-effective flight simulator solution.

Equipped with three 19″ LCD’s, Microsoft flight SimulatorX, Saitek and Logitech controls, and Air Force paint and graphics, this state-of-the-art flight simulator package runs $9,500.  Not bad, considering it will immerse you in Dolby sound and graphics, providing you with a nearly 3-D combat flight simulator experience.  Follow the jump for more images and resource links.

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Rather listen to music in the kitchen than watch TV on a built-in refrigerator LCD? Slovenian appliance maker Gorenje has a new “Made for iPod” fridge/freezer combo on the way, announced over the weekend at IFA 2008, a large international consumer electronics fair held in Berlin, Germany.  Simple in design, the iPod fridge features an attached iPod dock on the top half of the unit, with the fridge drawing style cues from the portable music player.

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We’re a big fan of unique hidden doors and cool home theaters, and the Home Theater Ticket Booth Door from Creative Building Resources (CBR) combines the best of both worlds. CBR’s elaborate hidden door features a programmable, scrolling LED sign built into the top of the frame, while the interior of the hidden door functions like your traditional ticket booth, complete with recessed lighting. On the front of the ticket booth, a detailed wood inlay displays the high level of craftsmanship involved in constructing this hidden passageway, although we’d recommend ditching the frosted comedy and tragedy faces on the front ticket booth glass. For those who intend to staff the ticket booth, or at least fill it with a costume-draped dummy, the interior is accessed through a full sized cabinet door at the back. As this hidden door is a custom creation from CBR, we’d recommend ordering yours to match your own home theater decor.

Available through: CBR

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