Tengu US$40.00

Ok, so you are thinking: What have they found this time? But don't jump to conclusions, let us explain:

Milan in May was filled with big furniture and huge brands and in the middle of all the pushing and shoving was this little display. Well actually it was quite big. It was in a corner at Designersblock and it was a lot of iPod-esque little devices singing. Well not really singing, more lip synching. Yes, it is true, we haven't taken anything...

They were a bunch of prototypes, all designed by Mr Jones aka Crispin Jones and once we took a closer look, we saw cute little USB creatures (think Tamagochi all over again) that you plug into one of the many USB hubs you have sitting around, and when Tengu picks up music, it starts to sing (or sync) along... Tengu has 7 different facial (hmpf) expressions that it uses to lip sync, that are displayed in red LEDs over his white face... Well that was in May and now it's August – almost September – and Tengu is finally available. It has just been launched in Japan where it was a massive hit and we are happy to have Tengu ready to go this weekend.

What else is left to say? Nothing much, it works on any kind of PC (as long as it has a USB port) it is roughly 4" x 2.5" x 1" (10 x 6,5 x 2,5 cm) in size and requires no further maintenance or food. It will just entertain you whilst you are listening to whatever you fancy...

Oh, and if you want to see Tengu in action, click here and see some funny videos...