Machines that Go Bing! -- The Gadgets Blog

The iconic ‘figure-of-eight’ design of the orchestral violin has evolved little over the last 500 years so step up Hopfgartner Gerda to design a new form for the instrument based on the designs of ships and yachts of the 1950s as well as Baroque underwear!

Ovation has produced what it claims is the first guitar equipped with an MP3 recorder so you can capture what you play at any time. It will also play back a recording and can vary the speed of playback without changing the pitch.