Baby powder on the floor, a whoopee cushion in the fire place, knock-out drugs in the cookies — tricky ol' Saint Nick has seen it all. None of it comes close to showing that the most elusive delivery man ever has made his rounds. Well, this year, something just might: the Santa Claus Detector by Thomas Cane. It's even been awarded a patent!

Ten years ago, we would have never wasted our time taking photos of every ridiculous antic happening around us. Now, thanks to Facebook, Flickr and a wealth of other places to share our pics, we've all become photos sharing freaks. A new app for the iPhone called Camera Camouflage can now help us permanently capture moments without looking like we're actually taking a picture — by masking itself as a phone call.

A group of roboticists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are teaching robots to do something you wouldn't normally peg as a good thing: deceiving others. Why would a robot need to do that? It's a fine line, the researchers say, but it could be very beneficial.