How many times do you check your clock before going to bed to make sure the morning alarm's been set? With Lexon's new Flip it should really only be once since the top and bottom of the alarm clock feature the words 'on' and 'off' in big, obvious letters.

In the early 1960's, the US Department of Naval Research needed a new way to study the acoustic targeting for submarine rockets. The ship had to be silent and stable—more buoy than boat. The design that met the requirements became the world's only vertically-flippable research vessel. Either that, or the lamest…

The Flip was an amazing gadget once upon a million years ago because it was stupid simple. So it's kind of mind-blowing Flip creator Jonathan Kaplan's next project is a weirdly techno-gimmicky grilled cheese restaurant called The Melt.

We knew Cisco was killing off the now-obsolete Flip cam, but did they really have to dump them into the trash can, like a used condom or empty box of Lucky Charms? And why'd they toss the globe paperweight?

The Olympus LS-20M is a handheld HD video camera in the line of the deceased Flip. It shoots 1080p, comes with a 2-inch LCD screen and looks sorta like what we thought futuristic technology would look like in the 90's. Which isn't bad, just a little more gaudy than necessary. One good thing: the LS-20M places a heavier …

Samsung's new W200 digital camcorder is very, very similar to the recently murdered Flip. It looks the same, functions the same, and has about the same quality (1080p at 30 FPS). But it's got a trick—it swims.

Here are the first photos of Flip's never-to-be launched FlipLive.

Today, we pay our respects to an old, departed, obsolete, redundant friend. Here lie the remains of Flip, a product nobody needed anymore or cared about. So, its creator decided to destroy it. Now let us bow our heads. Phew!

Taking your camera out on your outdoor adventures lets you share your feats with friends and look x-treme on the internet, but be sure your hardware's strapped in snug!—Flip's Video Action Tripod claims to do just that.