The Top 10 things you CAN'T have for Christmas 2008

9. Panasonic's gargantuan 150-inch plasma display

The size of nine 50" plasma screens combined, the world’s largest advanced high definition (HD) plasma display panel was unveiled by Panasonic at the 2008 International CES. The prototype 150-inch PDP features an 8.84 million pixel resolution (2,160 x 4,096), an effective viewing area of 11 ft (3.31 m) wide x 6 1/4 ft (1.87 m) high 103-inch PDP and boasts true-to-life color reproduction and quick response.

10. The autovolantor Flying Car

Multi-millionaires might have to wait a few years before this one becomes a Christmas option. Moller International has announced that it has designed a hybrid flying car. The two-seater autovolantor is fashioned in the shape of a Ferrari Drive-Like-a-Million-Bucks 599 GTB with wings and is claimed to be capable of lifting off vertically from a traffic jam and flying at up to 150 mph for a short distance (about 15 minutes). The autovolantor is designed to function on the road very much like a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) using one of its eight Rotapower engines to generate enough electrical power to drive for up to 40 miles.