(Reuters) - A "Star Wars" inspired hover chair, a speedy electric motorbike and
stereo speakers that cost as much as a small house are among the attractions at
Britain's biggest gadget show in London this weekend.
Organizers of Stuff Live hope thousands of visitors will
forget their financial worries for a few hours and dream instead about the
latest high tech toys.
Scores of exhibitors
will show off everything from a pocket-sized DJ mixing desk, a solar-powered
mobile phone charger and a "robot guitar" that uses tiny motors to tune its own
strings.
Among the more unusual
items on show is the British-designed Lounger, a chair that uses powerful
magnets to float in the air.
Inventor Keith Dixon, of
Sussex-based Hoverit Ltd, said he was inspired as a child by the anti-gravity
Landspeeder vehicles in the "Star Wars" films.
"The sensation you feel
as you lie back and close your eyes is totally different -- like floating on a
cloud," said a Stuff Live spokesman. Its 6,000 pound ($9,620) price tag may
bring visitors back down to earth with a bump, however.
For those after
something less sedate, U.S. company Vectrix has a prototype of a high
performance motorbike powered by an electric motor.
The sporty aluminum bike has a top speed of 125 mph, a range
of 44 miles and costs nearly 40,000 pounds.
That's cheap compared to another star attraction: a pair of
limited edition curvy metal loudspeakers worth 70,000 pounds.
The Muon speakers, made
by Kent-based company KEF, are well over six feet tall and have a thick shell of
aluminum to minimize vibrations from the four-way
speaker system.
KEF describes them as "a
truly contemporary art form appropriate for 21st century living."
Computer maker Asus will show off a laptop covered in
laminated strips of fast-growing bamboo rather than plastic in an attempt to
make it more environmentally sustainable.
* Stuff Live 2008
(www.stufflive.co.uk), organized by the technology and gadget magazine Stuff,
runs from Friday to Sunday at the ExCeL center in London's Docklands.
(Editing by Steve
Addison and Paul Casciato)
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