Unfortunately the 2007 iF Award-winning stove is only a concept for now -- meaning you won't see it on sale at Target anytime soon -- so if you want a real bonfire whose flames kiss the forest's leafy canopy, a crew of indentured campers is still your best bet.

ENGADGET: Bonfire, the Tripod Burner: all the fun of a cookout with none of the work

Knowing that it can take years for academic papers to translate to real products, we're not holding our breath for T-ray routers anytime soon.

ENGADGET: T-rays produce 3Gbps short-range wireless, make WiFi pout in the corner

What Americans are longing for most--relief from the country's economic woes--won't be coming anytime soon.

FORBES: Election 2008