I find inspiration in many places, from googling things I've heard about, tumblr tech tags, and especially burning man. Here are some links to things I find awesome and make me want to learn or just spend tons of money on cool tech toys.
A project that the community helped build with donations.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/303126302/the-superconductor-interactive-led-art-burning-man
Many people know the cubatron, it is beautiful and simple, and looks amazing with some refraction glasses.
http://www.3waylabs.com/projects/
if you've never checked out tumblr tech here is the general link, many hours shall be consumed here. A lot of new products, reviews, and tech statistics on companies.
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/tech
ceramic 3d printing- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-yv-IWdSdns#!
new inspiration:
this book I want cause I'm getting a kinect
http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/book/978-1-4302-4167-6
more kinect projects: