Batman, Dr. Evil and the X-Men all have something in common: a secret home filled with gadgets. At the recent 2004 Electronic House Expo held at the Long Beach Convention Center, aspiring super-heroes and super-villains alike were shown how to outfit their homes with the latest in gadgetry.

Pelham Sloane's PS1500 - Touchscreen Wonder

Build a computer into a 15" LCD monitor and you get the PS1500 by Pelham Sloane . This device is meant to be an unobtrusive and elegant computing solution for newer homes. It can be used as a normal computer, or wall-mounted in places like the kitchen or bathroom.

The PS1500 has all the normal PC ports that you would expect, and can even take PCMCIA or PCI cards. There is a CD/DVD drive built into the side as well. The top model has a Pentium 4 2.6 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM. Officials at Pelham Sloane demonstrated a model that had the ATi HDTV Wonder built-in, with the unit sending HDTV output to another monitor.

The screen has a touch-sensitive five-wire mesh that is rated for 35 million touches. For the traditional user, a wireless keyboard and mouse are also included. The PS1500 can display television and can even be used as a digital video recorder. It can also serve as your media server, holding media for other computers to display.

The PS1500 is available now and can be purchased at the Pelham Sloane website.