When we talk about going green, the usual suspects tend to come into mind – electric or hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius and the lesser known Honda Insight. Apart from that there are also items such as solar powered devices ranging from phones to netbooks, but how about timepieces? Of course, one could technically argue that since a phone is more often than not the primary timepiece for many young people these days, a green phone would make for a green timepiece. I’m talking about a dedicated watch here folks – and Sprout is a name that you should acquaint yourself with if you haven’t done so already.

You know that Star Wars is one of the most profitable movie franchises to date – just check out the kind of merchandise that this particular series boasts and look me in the eye, telling me that George Lucas isn’t one of the richer people around. The guy hasn’t milked this particular cash cow dry, with his latest (non-viewable) efforts resulting in the £32.99 R2-D2 Nutcracker . We all know that R2-D2 is one of the hardier droids around, having escaped from many a tight situation without missing a screw.

           This week on the Gadget Lab Podcast: The gang talks about the brand spankin’ new iPhone 4S and checks out a powerful laser from Wicked Lasers, some great gear for fun at the park, and a funky 10-inch Android tablet called the Grid 10. Our show opens with reviews editor Michael Calore and Gadget Lab editor Jon Phillips talking about all the excitement surrounding the iPhone 4S , which officially launched today. Jon can’t wait to check out Siri and start dictating his text messages. The duo then break out to a wicked ant-killing, plastic-melting device called the Krypton Laser.

Instacast now syncs everything, including your play position, between iOS devices ICloud, schmiCloud, right? Who cares about syncing boring old word processor documents anyway?

Try doing this with a desktop computer. Photo Veronica Belmont/Flickr As if any Gadget Lab readers needed to be told, the mobile Internet is taking off. What might be surprising is that almost all tablet Internet traffic comes from the iPad. “In August 2011, iPads delivered 97.2 percent of all tablet traffic in the U.S.” says a new Comscore report.