Saw that Moto had won an innovation award for a new product, the IMfree wireless device.

[from Motorola product page: IMfree Wireless Instant Messenger]

Free up the family computer without putting a stop to the fun of instant messaging. The portable, convenient IMfree device goes where your kids want to go -- from their bedroom to the backyard -- without wires or additional monthly fees.

Best Innovations 2004 at CESIMfree lets instant messengers roam almost anywhere around the house -- up to 150 feet from an Internet-connected PC and base station -- so your teens can chat with up to six buddies at a time from the comfort of...wherever. Best of all, with the home computer in less demand, other family members can get their work done at the same time.

Although I am the sort of mental case that has PCs for both my kids, I want one of these for the living room... for me.