These coffee cup memory card readers from Green House(JP) definitely stand out from the crowd, and will look great sitting on your desktop alongside your real coffee mug. Though at just about 2.3″ in diameter, it’s more like an espresso cup than the big coffee mugs I’m used to drinking from.

They plug straight into your USB port, and can read a whopping 47 different media card formats (many of which are only slight variants and capacities of the same standard). For starters, it supports Compact Flash I/II, SD, SDHC, SDXC, mini SD, micro SDHC, Micro SDHC UHS-I, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, and Double Tall Half-Caf Cappucino. Just wanted to make sure you were still paying attention there. Clearly, you wouldn’t want to accidentally pour your morning cuppa joe into this thing unless you want to fry both it and your computer.

They’re available from GeekStuff4U for about $43 (USD), and come in the brown, green, violet or white colors shown above.

The R2-D2 Souvenir Cup is somewhat large, meaning that you can easily use it as a dessert cup or a pencil holder. It stands about 8.5″ in height, and the lid is hinged so you can check on its motivator unit if needed. It’s definitely something cool to have around on your desk, while you’re getting ready to re-watch Star Wars for the n-teenth time.

The cups themselves cost $11.49 (USD) which includes a chocolate parfait dessert – apparently something droids like to eat. It’s really a great deal since this cup features a lot more details than the previously mentioned Japanese version. If you want one, you’ll need to head over to Red Rocket’s Pizza Port or Tomorrowland Terrace at Disneyland.

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This mug stirs itself, so that you can enjoy your hot drinks, even when you’re super lazy. All you need to do is press a button on this mug and voilà! It works for cream, sugar, and hot chocolate. It comes with a handy spill-proof lid. It needs 2 AAA batteries to function.

It’s available on Amazon and ThinkGeek for $19. All that I need now is a self-heating, self-stirring mug and I’m golden.

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At one point or another, I’m sure we’ve all tried in vain to combine two or more flavors – most of the time turning them into an oddly-colored mush. By developing a special split compartment cup, along with a dual-source straw, you can enjoy two flavors from the same cup. Not only will you look cool doing it, you can decide whether they want to sample flavor individually, or to mix them to a degree of your choice. That’s thanks to the special valve in the middle of the straw contraption. You can expect to find the new double Slurpee cup and straw in 7-Eleven stores starting in June.

I know, I don’t know why I should be so excited by the prospects of mixing artificially-colored, frozen sugar water, but I am. I’m sure if this goes over well, we’ll see a tri-chambered Slurpee in 2012.

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One thing I’ve always thought strange was how the little paper bit just dangled off of the side of the mug. It’s practically begging to slip into your piping hot water, thus forcing you to fish it out and make a small mess. There are plenty of creative solutions, I’m sure, but here’s one that I’ve not seen.

This $25 Tie Tea Cup by designer George Lee has two special notches in the lip. You can use these to wrap the string around, securing the teabag in its place. Seems like a simple enough concept. I have to say though, the price does seem a little off-putting. I mean, if you’re someone that drinks tea often enough to warrant this purchase, you’ll probably want to buy a set of four, but I can’t imagine paying a hundred bucks simply so your teabag stays where it should.

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Starting this week, 7-11 is offering up limited edition collectible God of War III plastic cups for their frozen slushy drinks. And they’re also offering an accompanying blackberry/lime blue frozen beverage called “Kratos Fury”. Why blue? Because blood red was already reserved for my beloved cherry Slurpees.

Each cup comes with Slurpee point codes which you can apply towards cool GOW merch, including a GOW III videos, wallpaper, PS3 themes, and virtual costumes for PlayStation Home and Kratos himself. Here, I’ll start you out with a free code good for 2 points : BSBV MJTB DNQN.

You can find the God of War Slurpee cups at your friendly neighborhood 7-11, and you can redeem the codes over at SlurpeeRewards.

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It’s a great idea, though it defeats the purpose if you’re shipping one of these mugs. If you’re just picking one up in a store, I guess it makes more sense.

Unfortunately, the BEEP Mug isn’t yet available, so you’ll need to keep your eyes peeled on the Designboom store if you want one. Barcode scanner not included.

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And a damned fine R2-D2 coffee cup it is, complete with a removable dome that’ll keep your coffee warm when you leave it sitting on your desk. For the time being, CubeWorks’ ceramic R2 mug is only available in Japan, but I’m hopeful somebody will decide to import some so I can finally satisfy my Starbucks and Star Wars addictions in a single maneuver.

I found these over on Japan’s Tanomi hobby site for ¥1800 (appx. $20 bucks) each, but by they time to pay to ship something this fragile from Japan, I’m betting you’ll be paying more for shipping than the mug itself cost.

Technabob geek gift tip: Goes great with this Star Wars Coffee T-shirt.

[photo via Japan Star Wars]

That’s because these glasses aren’t actually filled with milk. Instead, they contain a white light-emitting diode and some AAA batteries – which I’ve been told have just as much nutritional value as dairy, especially if you’re a robot. The glasses light up when upright, and switch off when turned upside-down, and you don’t have to worry about crying over anything when you knock one of these over.

Even if you’re lactose intolerant, these whimsical light-up milk glasses are the perfect accessory for your kitchen or dining room. Okay, so they’re not actually made of glass (acrylic), they don’t contain milk (lights), and they’re actually a little too big to be a regular glass, but what really is what it says it is these days anyhow?

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Ready to down your recommended daily dairy allowance? Head on over to the Wholesale Forums and buy a batch for just $4.50 a piece.

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Photographer Dan Winters (from WIRED) saw all those cups, stirrers and other paper miscellany and was inspired to turn them into an awesome TIE Fighter model. Darth Vader would be proud. All in all, Dan used 1 tall lid, 12 small sample cups, 37 grande cups, 63 drink sleeves, 10 of those large 96oz. coffee boxes, and 216 stirrers to put his creation together.

…I’ve been looking for an excuse to dust off my Star Wars Coffee logo again, and now I finally have one.

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Designed by artist Amy Allison of Soda by Amy, each porcelain robot vessel features the likeness of a robot man, woman or child. Since each one is hand built, they’re all slightly different shapes, sizes and textures. Thanks to their simple design, you can use ‘em for sipping coffee, organizing pens and pencils or as a flower vase. And yes, they’re lead free and dishwasher safe, so drink up!

Amy’s robot cups range in price from $16 to $20 each. While they’re not shown on the Soda by Amy Etsy shop at present, I’m sure she’ll be happy to accept your orders if you drop her a message. Think of it as a secret club that only we know about.

The WMF1 Coffee Pad takes a single portioned coffee filter and can brew up a fresh cup of Java in about 1 minute. The compact coffee maker features a clean white design, with a choice of four accent colors: kiwi (green), mango (yellow), berry (red) and stone (dark grey). And yes, it includes the perfectly-fitted ceramic mug. The brilliantly minimal design even won a 2007 red dot award for its creators.

At this point, the Coffee Pad is only available in a European 220-volt configuration, so you’ll need a power converter to use it here in the States. It’s available now from French online retailer Singulier for €139 (appx. $198 USD).

The MusicMug from I.D.E.A. is a ceramic enclosure with a special (un-amplified) speaker that’s optimized for playback directly from the output of your iPod. Apparently, the china construction is key to the speaker’s sound reproduction. It’s available in the U.S. from the MoMastore for about 40 bucks. And no, you can’t put your coffee in it.