Songs

Shimon is a musical robot that plays the marimba, sings, writes its own lyrics and composes some melodies

Robotics

Shimon the singer-songwriter robot to launch first album and tour

Shimon the robot is a marimba-mashing musical maestro we first saw back in 2017. Now he’s learned to sing, dance, write lyrics and compose his own melodies – and he’s about to go on tour to promote his first album.

Chord Dice songwriting and teaching tool

Music

Chord Dice give songwriters a chance

This clever songwriting and teaching tool dispenses with chord charts and hangs musical theory on the roll of the dice.

The Sansa Clip+ with microSD slot(Images: SanDisk)

Music

SanDisk slot in the release of the Sansa Clip+ MP3 player

The latest SanDisk portable music player, the Sansa Clip+ features a microSD slot, compatible with SanDisk's own preloaded music offerings.

The Concert Hands track and wrist guides in front of a piano, waiting for you to start learning

Music

Let Concert Hands teach you to play piano

Rubato Productions, makers of the Concert Hands teaching system, claim it will have you playing fluent piano in a matter of days

SanDisk's slotRadio gives you a stylish player and 1000 songs preloaded on an SD flash card for USD$99.99

Music

SanDisk slotRadio – a thousand songs for 10¢ each, player included

SanDisk has introduced a pre-loaded competitor for the iPod. Including a stylish player and 1000 Billboard chart songs loaded onto an SD flash card for just USD$99.99, slotRadio is great value but allows almost no choice.