Holy crap. Gimme

I am so buying this it is not even funny: I give you the Star Trek kitchen scale from Germany.

From Cooking for Engineers. Is that a lot to spend for a scale? Oh no, my friend, it isn't, nor is it just a scale. That sucker is an instant party consversation starter. You walk into a kitchen with that and next thing you know, you're discussing Portishead and where to find a good burrito wagon. It's a freakin lifestyle. It's cookin' in the future. Very, very precisely metered cooking in the future.

UPDATE: Alton Brown just called and he wants his dork-crown back.