The best products of 2000 IV

　　Cool Pencil

　　Germany's Faber-Castell has succeeded in improving the lowly pencil. The $1 Grip 2001, in cool silver and black instead of mustard yellow, sports an ergonomicall y designed triangular cross-section. Raised dots give t he pencil a nonslip surface that's easy on the fingers. (

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　　Little Blue

　　The T21 is IBM's thinnest, lightest laptop yet. At 5pounds, the $2, 649 ThinkPad offers up to a 14-inch di splay, a Pentium processor up to 850 MHz, and a running time of about three hours on a charge. Cool feature: a little light that illuminates the keyboard. (

　　Cultmobile

　　Before most consumers saw the retro-styled PT Cruis er in person, the waiting list was 300, 000 long. The c ar has achieved cult status, with owners who prize its raffish (花哨) looks. Chrysler (DCX) put off thousands of orders until 2001 because it can't keep up with demand. (

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　　Open Wide

　　Stents, those small coils that prop open arteries a fter angioplasty, are lifesavers. But for one out of ev ery six U.S. patients—100, 000 yearly—the stents become clogged with scar tissue. Both Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Novoste (NOVT) have a solution: a process to apply radiation around the stent to impair tissue growth and prevent those clogs.

　　Game On

　　The Sony PlayStation 2 not only plays rip-roaring g ames, but the $299 console includes an expansion bay fo r a hard drive, will eventually link online with other gamers, and will have a browser for limited Web surfing .(http://www.playstation2.com/)