Karaoke

This year, Japanese engineer Shigeichi Negishi passed away, aged 100, but his legacy lives on, thanks to his 1967 invention – the world's first karaoke machine. Now, the new SonicPlay box shows just how far both karaoke and technology have come.

Sony has announced a new super-slim addition to its iconic Walkman range of personal media players, the S750

The Waistband Amplifier is perfect for teachers, tour guides, in-store spruikers, scout masters, construction site supervisors, soap box orators, sidewalk religious zealots or maybe even personal outdoor karaoke.

The USB Karaoke Mute-Mic features a soundproofing cup around the head of the microphone to keep the neighbor’s rendition of My Way cupped between the singer’s mouth and the microphone.

WowWee Toys has released a touch-sensitive range of guitars and drums that lets kids play like rock stars by strumming or tapping the paper surface on the instruments.

The Aiptek International T30 lets you easily extract those great images and video from your iPod, iPhone – no apps, no drivers - with a special cable. Just find a blank wall and gather your friends around.

July 18, 2007 Ancient Zimbabwean wisdom suggests 'if you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing' though we're sure it is also true that if you can