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I'm not the kind of person to drop a wad of money on jewelry, but there are buyers out there that will shell out millions for a necklace with a rare stone or earrings set with massive diamonds.

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As MP3 players keep getting smaller, cheaper, and more colorful, some of them have become fashionable enough to wear.

There are MP3 players you can clip to your shirt, hang from your neck, strap to your wrist, or even wear on your face. Most of these itty-bitty MP3 players are light on features, but no one ever said fashion wouldn't require some sacrifices.

Take a look at CNET's top wearable MP3 players.

Someone must have spiked the Calpico vending machines near NEC's R&D labs in Tokyo.

The company made a legitimate splash at Macworld with a giant curved-screen display, but then creativity began giving way to surreality a few days later with its liquid-powered "Flask" phone. Now things are getting almost Dali-eseque with an NEC concept gadget called the "Dew Life Recording Interface."

Apparently this dangling chrome sphere is meant to hang around the neck and visually record every moment of its wearer's life, according to Dvice, kind of like a portable video Twitter. … Read more

As MP3 players continue to shrink into nanodom, it only makes sense that they should be designed as wearable objects or even fine jewelry. Repackaging is a longstanding marketing practice anyway, especially when technologies begin to enter the commodity phase of their life cycle.

The latest MP3 player from Siren won't be mistaken for anything at Tiffany's, but it is easily wearable at just under 1 ounce--a tad heavier than the newest Shuffle (if you can call any of these tiny things "heavy"). And as Ministry of Tech notes, the DAP100 does have twice the storage capacity … Read more

Summer is coming, eventually, and bare necks bring an opportunity for neck decoration: scarfs, ribbons, necklaces....resistors.

For the chic geek in your life there is unique jewelry that actually looks fashionable.

The Green Resistor Triplets Necklace for $110 from Fractalspin at first glance resembles turquoise beads. Seven sets of tiny green resistors hang from a silver chain.

While unconventional jewelry made of tech parts and video game icons may be too quirky for some, Popgadget agrees that the Green Resistor Triplets Necklace joins the ranks of the sleek and chic.

This being the perfect storm for the gaming world, it's only natural that true aficionados would want to display their allegience to the virtual universe they inhabit. And believe it or not, there is actually more than one gender there.

No one understands this better than the good people of Popgadget, who suggest this joystick necklace to "show your geek pride." The charm isn't functional (it's only $7.99), but it serves its purpose nonetheless.