The Stuff Live show (Kensington Olympia, September 26-28) was an entertaining afternoon out, but boy could it have done with a few more big stands. Some of the stuff (no pun intended) was great. Apple was showing off its range of iPods while over at the Panasonic stand you could play around with the company's latest line-up of DSnap digital cameras. There was some big news at the Archos stand, and Palm seemed to be doing good business in tempting punters with its range of PDAs. There was also another chance to see a scaled replica of Subeo's two and three man yellow submarines (the Gemini and the Aquarius) - pictured below.

But for hardened hacks like us there were very few scoops. And many of the stalls around the edge of the show seemed to be showing decidely tacky-looking gadgets that wouldn't be out of place in the old Innovations catalogue. There were plants that doubled as table lamps (www.plantalamp.com) so when you touched the leaves the bulb would glow. And there was a brace you put round your neck (the U-Beat Vibrowoofer) that was supposed to generate bass sounds when listening to movies - sadly it didn't work very well and it looked stoopid...

It may not match the Berlin IFA or the Las Vegas CES show for sheer size and innovation, but Stuff Live is the closest we've got in the UK to a fully-fledged consumer electronics show where you can see all the latest gear. Taking place at the Olympia Exhibition Centre London from 26-28 September, this year's show promises several top names, including Sony, Panasonic, Xbox, Archos and BT.

Highlights at this year's show include:
* Yres Technologies Aveio PC and home entertainment system.
* The UK debut of the Eyetop Multimedia eyewear.
* The latest version of the Apple iPod.
* GPS from Kane Gear, Garmin and Navman.
* Debut of the wireless multi-room music system from Cyrus.

Says Tom Dunmore, editor of Stuff, the magazine behind the show. "Stuff Live is the UK's biggest tech show and it demonstrates Stuff magazine's commitment to support Britain's consumer electronics industry. To that end, we're celebrating the very best in technology with the announcement of the Stuff Award winners at the show - they will all be on display at the Stuff stand. There will be plenty of new gadgetry there too, and I'm confident the show will be a success."

For more information visit the official website. We will of course have a full report live from the show over the weekend.

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