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 Gadgets Apple iPodMarch 2007 | Apple
What more can be said about the iPod? It'd be considered a mere pop icon were it not for the fact that it's actually a very capable piece of technology.  Equa Light DelightOctober 2006 | Equa System
Italian company Equa has found a cunning use for LEDs in its new range of faucets, called Light Delight. Inside the spout is a series of coloured LEDs that beam their light through the stream of water, lending it an eerie glow.  Seiko E Ink watchOctober 2006 | E Ink
The Seiko and E Ink watch is only a prototype at this stage, but interest is already stirring worldwide, so it's only a matter of time before we see electronic paper watches hit the stores.  Nike+iPod Sport KitOctober 2006 | Nike
Now you can have more than just tunes in your ears as you run. The Nike+iPod Sport Kit links your shoes and iPod together to help monitor your progress as you run.  Altec Lansing iM7October 2006 | Altec Lansing
Sure, we can now carry our tunes with us in our iPod, but we can no longer share them with those nearby like we did back in the 1980s. Well, the boombox is back, care of the Altec Lansing iM7.  V-MODA Bass Freq modaphonesOctober 2006 | V-MODA
Bass has always been an issue with small in-ear headphones, but V-MODA claims to have sorted all this out with the Bass Fréq.  Intel mobile conceptOctober 2006 | Intel
These concept notebooks also have every kind of wireless you can imagine, including Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G mobile, the upcoming short range Wireless USB and the long range WiMax.  QuadskiOctober 2006 | Gibbs Technologies
The Quadski is capable of travelling at up to 72 kilometres per hour on land or water and you can make a snappy transition between the two media via the flick of a switch.  Nintendo WiiOctober 2006 | Nintendo
Nintendo, ever the cheeky underdog of the console market, has taken a different approach in the battle of the games console. Focussing its attentions on creating something small, simple and above all, fun.  Philips Streamium WAK3300October 2006 | Philips
You can program the WAK3300 to wirelessly stream your favourite tunes from your PC each morning at wake-up time to help ease you into your day.  Varilux PhysioOctober 2006 | Essilor
Now the same wavefront technology that adjusts the lenses of telescopes to account for atmospheric aberrations can be used to create glasses that take into account the imperfections in your eyes.  Nikon D2XsOctober 2006 | Nikon
The Nikon D2Xs is the latest update to the already successful D2X, and will be a popular choice with photographers who have already invested thousands of dollars in Nikon professional lenses.  Sony HTDDW1500October 2006
Sony's new HTDDW1500 HTiB system uses a new technology called DCAC (Digital Cinema Auto Calibration) that detects each of the speakers in the system and adjusts the volumes to give a balanced sound.  Hitachi DZ-BX37EOctober 2006 | Hitachi
The DZ-BX37E represents the sixth generation of its DVD technology and includes some new features to make shooting even easier.  Samsung YP-Z5September 2006 | Samsung
You can more or less sum up the portable music player market with two categories: Apple and everyone else. For a non-Apple portable audio player, the YP-Z5 is impressive, but can't quite trump Apple in terms of style and panache. 
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