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 Gadgets Apple iPodSeptember 2006 | 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.  Dark Shadow MP3 SunglassesSeptember 2006 | New Universe Technology
Some pairings, unlikely at first - like maple syrup and bacon - can have an uncanny synergy. Then again, others, while logical, can end up suffering the reverse Gestalt: the whole is less than the sum of the parts.  Creative Zen Vision:MSeptember 2006 | Creative
It might not be as funky as an iPod, but for features, the Vision:M is up with the best.  SanDisk Sansa e260September 2006 | SanDisk
The Sansa e200 series, with capacities up to 6 GB in a form factor reminiscent of the iPod nano, is a series of portable audio players from a world leader in solid-state storage technology.  Toshiba Gigabeat XSeptember 2006 | Toshiba
When it comes to tackling Apple, competitors can't really hope to beat the iPod in outright style. Instead they can try for a 'unique' look and then try to best the iPod with features. This is precisely the route taken by Japanese technology behemoth Toshiba.  Alsa Eclipse heat-sensitive paintSeptember 2006 | Alsa Corp.
Remember Hypercolour? You know, those T-shirts that signalled to observers whenever you were sweating? Well, now you can get it as a paint. Materials specialist, Alsa Corp, has developed a new multi-coat paint that goes from black to white or from blue to white when exposed to heat. Furthermore, by painting over it with a special, transparent topcoat called a "candy", you can create heat-induced colour changes from black or blue to virtually any hue that takes your fancy!  e-Solex environment-friendly mopedSeptember 2006
The Solex 3800 moped is as characteristically French as baguettes and berets, but it's taken the famous Italian automotive design company Pininfarina to 'reimagine' the classic 3800 for the world of tomorrow. The new prototype e-Solex bears a striking family resemblance to the classic Solex 3800 of the 1960s, but has an electric motor in place of the old petrol engine.  Roll Up PianoAugust 2006
All musicians, particularly drummers, tuba players and pianists, envy singers. While all the musos in the former list are required to invest in an expensive musical instrument and buy a large van for carrying it around, only to end up with back strain from hoisting it about, singers just waltz up to a microphone and they're off. Well, pianists rejoice, because this is your equaliser: the Roll Up Piano.  Altech Maestro Pro Blu-rayAugust 2006 | Altech
Blu-ray is the other type of DVD disc made for storing high-definition movies, which take up much more space than regular DVD movies. And in excitement not witnessed since those heady days of the '80s when Beta took on VHS, it's out there competing with HD-DVD.  Colour-Changing LEDAugust 2006 | LED Shop
LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have also been around for a few decades, but only recently has their cost and brightness been at a level to compete with Edison's tungsten light globe.  Qosmio G30August 2006 | Toshiba
It begins. Until now, the battle between the two high-definition DVD standards (HD-DVD and Blu-ray) has remained mainly in the realm of hyperbole and backroom corporate deals. But now the battlefield has moved to our living rooms. Or, in the case of the Toshiba Qosmio G30, our laps.  Microsoft Ultra-mobile PCAugust 2006 | Microsoft
The UMPC falls between a phone, a PDA and a notebook. The question is: is it trying to do too much? We'll see when it's released later this year.  Candy Grabber Arcade machineAugust 2006
Few people are alive who haven't suffered the gross indignity of being outwitted by a toy-grabbing-claw machine (do they have an official moniker?). But now you can have your revenge by inflicting said indignity on friends and family, with the Candy Grabber machine.  Skype WiFiphoneAugust 2006 | Netgear
Netgear is not the first company that comes to mind when you think of cutting-edge mobile phone technology. Yet Netgear, a networking company, is in the perfect position to kick off a revolution in mobile telephony.  Aquos LC-65G5XAugust 2006 | Sharp
When one thinks of high-definition flat-panel televisions, one usually thinks of plasma. LCD screens have been gaining in popularity in the lower size categories, but for the really big stuff you're stuck with plasma, right? Not any more. 
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