Just punch your date of birth into Bandai’s new Human Relations Calculator, press a button, and it’ll tell you your fortune. And if you add a couple of birthdays together, you can find out what sort of a relationship you have with the other subject of your math problems. Divide, and you’ll get fortunes for your neighbors and family; subtract the dates and you’ll find out how you jive with co-workers; add ‘em and learn about your friends; or multiply and learn about your love interests.

I guess the good news in all of this hocus-pocus is that the Human Relations Calculator only works in Japanese, so you don’t have to worry about what it says – unless, of course, you happen to speak the language. There are also a handful of mini-games in case you grow tired of the forune telling shenanigans. If you’ve just got to try one of these, they’re available from Amazon Japan for ¥2885 (appx. $30 USD). There’s also a simplified web version you can play with here. It all makes perfect sense now, right?

The Mirai Scope starts out by asking its owner about fifty personal questions, which help to assign you one of 236 unique personality types (you can try out the actual test here, if you’re up for a little Japanese). Once you’ve been successfully pigeonholed by the Mirai, your profile is combined with some “biorhythm” BS to help triangulate your course in life.

You’ll be able to ask for predictions on specific topics such as health, wealth, employment and your love life. There’s even some sort of weird infrared profile-sharing feature which lets you predict the future for you and your significant other if you care to beam your information through the air.

It’s likely that the Mirai Scope will remain a Japanese exclusive, but if you’re willing to go the extra mile to fly one in, you should be able to come late March for ¥2,980 (appx. $28 USD).

The latest in the “Freshly Baked” series of USB flash storage devices from Vavolo, the fortune cookies come in both 1GB ($29.99) and 2GB ($49.99) versions.

I just opened mine up and it simply read “a fool and his money will soon be parted.”

The Fortuneball uses a computerized fortune prediction system that draws on the theories of astrology, numerology, the I-Ching and numerology to predict your fortunes. You input your date and time of birth and the ball can predict your fortunes in the areas of your love life, wealth or wellbeing, in five degrees of intensity by changing the color of its crystal orb.

While I do think all this is a bunch of new age nonsense, it’s still a fun desk gadget and a great improvement over the old “My sources say no” or “Signs point to yes”. The Fortuneball retails for