Logic3 today unveiled their new line of portable speakers, the iStationGo range.

The fold-away iStationGo speakers come in pink, blue, silver and black, with rounded edges that should make the speakers go easy on the lining of your bag. The speakers ship with a protective cloth carry case and four AAA batteries.

Thanks to a 3.5mm headphone jack, the iStationGo speakers will be compatible with a whole range of MP3 players and mobile phones. The four included AAA batteries will power the speakers for 15 hours, a pretty reasonable amount of time for portable speakers. The speakers also feature a cradle to place the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPhone either vertically or horizontally which should be useful for movie lovers.

The iStationGo speakers cost £19.99 and are available here directly from Logic3.

If you're already dying to get into the Christmas spirit, and a festive desktop wallpaper just wont cut it, maybe this USB stick could be what you're looking for.

Dust proof, water proof, probably snow and reindeer-proof too, the Santa USB stick has it all. Except a shirt, it would seem.

The stick, from Power Quotient International is available in 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB models.

Sure, it doesn't do anything remarkable. But you have to enjoy life's portly little pleasures.

Check it out here.

Here's a 21st century version of counting sheep. LightSleeper works by projecting a light onto the ceiling in a controlled, circular motion. Following it with your eyes encourages the mind to relax and, according to the manufacturer, helps you fall into a good night's sleep.

It switches off automatically after 30 minutes and can be reactivated easily by tapping it gently. For the thousands of people who want a self-help solution, who can't or don't want to take prescribed drugs, LightSleeper's arrival into the consumer electronics market will be welcome news.

According to LightSleeper's research nearly two thirds of us (64%) have a bad night's sleep at least once a week, with nearly one in five having sleep problems every night of the week.

Developed by Quincom, LightSleeper has been designed and manufactured in the UK. It is the brainchild of Kate Evans, Quincom's Design Manager, who came up with the concept as a design student when she suffered from insomnia. She says:

"I had terrible problems sleeping. My final year project was to design a solution to a problem suffered within a 24 hour society. I naturally chose to look into sleeping habits. I learned that the way the eyes track a book when reading can be soothing but that reading itself stimulates the mind. I then looked for a solution that made use of the relaxing eye movement that reading induces, but without the mind whirring."

LightSleeper is available from www.lightsleeper.co.uk at £125. It will also be available shortly on www.boots.com

Why's it here?

So why do you need a voice recorder? Surely the one on your mobile phone is more than adequate? Well it might be if fine if you just want to grab a few seconds of a conversation here and there and there's at least one high profile occasion recently where mobile phone voice recorders have come in very handy.

However if you want to use a voice recorder regularly, or need to record long speeches then your phone probably won't cut it. It might not have enough storage and if you record for too long you won't have enough battery for other things.

Which is why there is still a strong market for devices like the Olympus WS-560M. Olympus has been making voice recorders for ages and these days is a clear leader in the market. These are nearly always bought by students and journalists but there are other professions for whom it makes sense to own one.

What's good?

I have to say that voice recorders have come a long way since I last played with one a few years ago. The WS-560M is ultra easy to use and has lots of very sensible features. The big step up for me is the inclusion of a flip out USB which means that you can hook the device up to your PC and not have to worry about finding the lead. The WS-560M also uses the USB as a charger too which means another lead you don't have to worry about.

Olympus has also kept the controls on the device very simple. There are nine buttons which are clearly marked and if you just want the basics and only want to edit or splice audio together it really is a case of record, stop and play with the sound coming out of the unit's reasonably good little speaker.

Other things we liked include storage levels of four Gigabytes, which might not sound like a huge amount but in reality grabs you more than 1000 hours in long play mode, though considerably less if you choose Stereo XQ which is the highest quality option. Use a higher mode and the Windows Media Audio files do sounds great.

One last little bonus is that Olympus has thrown in MP3 playback. So you can have a few of your own tunes on the device and then listen to them either via the speaker or though earphones.

What's bad?

Well it is hard to find fault with this product. If I was being picky I'd say that the screen is a little on the small side, but then it didn't really present a problem.

Overall

Coming in at over £100 this is still a little pricey for a voice recorder but if you want one i that is reliable delivers good quality results and is blindingly simple to use look no further.

If you're looking to get your MP3 player or iPod out of its civvies and into something a little more battle-ready, check out Headfunk's Sidefunk Speaker bags.

Powered by 2 AA batteries, the camouflage-styled speakers have a frequency range of 20-20,000 Hz, connecting up to your player via a 3.5mm universal headphone jack. A durable EVA lining should protect your player from scratches or other mishaps, whilst a karabiner belt clip lets the speakers hang hands free whilst you're out and about.

They're not the prettiest casings out there, but camouflage on the front line was always intended to be frightening rather than fashionable we suppose.

Headfunk's Sidefunk speaker bags cost £24.99 and are available here.

Rainy, windy weather can only mean one thing; time to get into the attic and dust off the board games. But we here at Tech Digest aren't satisfied with a musty box of Risk or Monopoly that's lost the Scottish Terrier piece. Oh no. We need a bit more bling for our pink £500 note.

Enter Pictionary Man, featuring an electronic Morph-alike to help you channel your inner Tony Hart. Click below to watch Shiny Shiny's Anna get rather excited in her video review.

If you're dreading the drive up and down the country to visit the in-laws this Christmas, speed freaks on a budget may get a real kick out of the SoundRacer.

The SoundRacer plugs into your car's cigarette lighter and uses an FM transmitter to play V8 or V10 engine sounds out of your car speakers. In a clever touch, the SoundRacer syncs up to your RPM counter to accurately scale the top-speed sounds to the top end of the speed limit. Your 30mph Robin Reliant all of a sudden sounds like a Lewis Hamilton-bothering Ferrari!

We suspect that this little gadget could entice some boy-racers to get a bit reckless, so we wouldn't recommend letting this into the hands of anyone but those with the cleanest of driving records.

You can pick up a SoundRacer here.