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What Gadget Show is complete without some over the top pimped out car?

None that's what.

Stuff Live decided to have an over the top Hummer H2 to fulfil this requirement.

On Sunday Mighty Gadget had the pleasure to attend the Stuff Live show while there were dozens of exhibits to blog about here are some of the most impressive.

The worlds Largest LCD, the 108in Full HD Sharp being used to play a PS3. This picture does not actually do it justice, this thing is freaking massive.

The worlds first hovering chair. I am a little disappointed that people were not allowed to try this out, but it does cost £5k so I am guessing they don't want some Joe Blogs breaking their fancy chair!

A pair of Keff Muon Series Speakers. These bad boys cost £70k a pair. They are actually very large as well but larger than I thought they would be. These are fabricated from super-formed aluminium and are limited to just 100 pairs.

There will be more posts from Stuff Live to come.

I am finally back from London after the Stuff Live show. Unfortunately I seem to of come down with a virus, I guess as a result of my travelling further south than Manchester! So sorry for the delayed posts. Over the next couple of days I will be posting all the information and pictures from the Stuff Live event!

The countdown has begun for this year’s premier home entertainment and gadget show Stuff Live! 2008.

With just two weeks left to go before the show opens on the 31^st October at the ExCeL centre, in London’s Docklands, the gadget experts at Stuff, and What Hi-Fi?  Sound and Vision magazine are lining up this year’s best gadgets with exclusives and previews planned from some of the UK’s biggest and best brands including; the first look at TomTom’s new connected’ GO LIVE satellite navigation systems including the GO 940 LIVE, GO 740 LIVE and GO 540 LIVE models, the new Archos 7 portable video player, Universal Pictures’  Top secret product launch, SanDisk’s new range of Sansa Fuze’s and their new music technology, as well as Guitar Hero‘s brand new game ‘World Tour’, and Asus with their new eco Bamboo Eee PC.

If that wasn’t enough to wet your tech appetite, there will be a whole host of unmissable treats to see this Halloween including; the world’s first hovering chair worth £5,000. Playstation’s latest plethora of interactive games including;  ‘LittleBigPlanet’, ‘Motorstorm’, their game show game ‘Quiz TV’, and their combat game ‘Resistance2’, alongside the Nintendo Wii featuring ‘Mario Kart’ and Bespoke Arcade’s brand new, fantastic custom-built arcade cabinets, complete with your favorite arcade classics with classics like Pacman, and Streetfighter to Spacinvaders.

There will also be eco gadgets to feast your eyes on from the new Asus Bamboo range, the Kyto Wattson energy monitor, as voted ‘Coolest Gadget of The Year’ in 2007 by Stuff magazine, and the solar powered phone charger from Solio.

But if you’re more into sound than site, you’ll also have the chance to experience the wide range of revolutionary gadgets that will blow the most refined eardrums, from the Tonium Pacemaker, Cowan and Denon’s new range of products, and the Ultimate Guitar hero stage, with its Live competition of Guitar Hero’s amazing new game ‘World Tour’. In addition Stuff will have the incredible Gibson Robot Les Paul Guitar, the World’s first guitar with robot technology, giving visitors the chance to be taught how to play famous melodies, by professionals.

See our list of features are below.

FEATURES & ACTIVITY AT STUFF LIVE! 2008

• Hoverit Ltd - ‘The Lounger’, the unique suspended acrylic lounger the first in their revolutionary magnetic ‘hover’ furniture range.
• Goal Striker - There will be and interactive Goal striker, penalty shootout feature.
• Guitar Hero: World Tour –Public showing of Guitar Hero: World Tour, where people can get up on stage and sing, strum or drum through some of the greatest songs ever.
• PLAYSTATION – trio of gaming products including brand new interactive game ‘littlebigplanet’
• Bespoke Arcades - new range of the highest quality custom-built arcade cabinets, complete with your favorite arcade classics from Pacman, and Streetfighter to Spacinvaders.
• Tonium Pacemaker the first and only pocket-sized DJ rig.
• Gibson Robot Les Paul Guitar - Become a Rockstar for the day at Stuff Live with the Gibson Robot Les Paul Guitar. Giving visitors the chance to be taught how to play famous melodies, by professionals.
• SanDisk  - Showcasing their new range of coloured MP3 players, including the Sansa Fuze and the Sansa Clip, as well as their brand new SlotMusic technology, demonstrated to the public for the first time in the UK.
• MSI – MSI, will showcase their high-end gaming laptops based on Intel Centrino 2 and Nvidia 9800 graphics for the first time, ever
• Asus Eee PC –  Stuff’s Gadget of the year, plus see the Launch of new products including an eco Asus bamboo Plaptop
• Better Energy - Solio – the solar powered charger for your phone. The world's most advanced hybrid solar charger
• Wattson -The Wattson, portable energy measurement product helps you identify how much energy you use and could help save up to 20% on electricity
• EPSON - Epson will unveil a new range of home cinema projectors to UK consumers, for the first time to include; TW5000 – Home Cinema demo,   TW420 – AND PS3 demo (TBC)DM2 – Wii demo (TBC).
• Q-London, is bringing the newest in eyewear technology to the UK market at Stuff Live! 2008. with the Worlds Lightest Video Eyewear, Wibrain UMPC and Q-London’s advanced Retractable Bluetooth Headset.
• Archos  - For the first time since their launch earlier this August, consumers  have the chance to see the brand new Archos 7, in action, plus the: ARCHOS 5, ARCHOS 5g and ARCHOS 7.
• Tom Tom – Stuff Live! 2008 will see the first ever UK showcase of Tom Tom’s brand new LIVE Satellite navigation systems, the GO 540 LIVE, GO 740 LIVE and GO 940 LIVE, as well as the new IQ Routes system.
• Kef Audio - Kef Audio, will be presenting showcasing the incredibly sleek, and stylish Muon Series, worth £70,000.
• Chord electronics - the revolutionary Bluetooth device which allows users to transfer music from a Bluetooth enabled phone, PDA or personal computer to this portable Bluetooth receiver; The Chordette Gem on display at the show for the first time ever.
• Cable Clinic’- Future Shop - Attendees to the exhibition will get the chance to discuss their audio-visual connectivity issues at Future Shop’s ‘Cable Clinic’. 
• ‘Show Us Your Stuff Final’ - Stuff magazine’s ‘Show Us Your Stuff’ competition, Live final, which will see five finalists battle it out to become Stuff.tv’s next online Vidcast Presenter www.stuff.tv/showus.
• Stuff Stage – The editorial team from Stuff magazine will be on hand to give you their expert advice on the latest gadgets and tech

Put the dates in your diary for Stuff Live! 2008, incorporating What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision, from 31^st October – 2^nd November 2008.

Ticket sales

Tickets, which cost £20 for adults, and £10 for children under 16 years of age plus a £1 booking fee, on sale the website now www.stufflive.co.uk.

Further information can be obtained by calling 0870 040 0383. Or visit http://www.stufflive.co.uk

For a full list of exhibitors, see http://www.stufflive.co.uk

Just a reminder to anyone around London between 31 Oct - 02 Nov 2008, the Stuff Live show will be on. This is the UK's leading technology show and should have plenty of gadgets and tech to keep any geek happy.

Tickets cost £20 per day or £10 if you are under 16, and they can be booked via the Stuff Live Website.

Some of the features of the show include:

• Temptation Zone: Showcasing the most desirable consumer electronics products on the planet!
• World's 1st Electric Superbike - £40,000
• World's 1st Hovering Chair - £5000
• Guitar Hero Stage

Check out the Stuff Live site for more information.

Mighty Gadget will be attending on the show on the Sunday so if there are any features you would like us to blog about then please let us know!

We have just confirmed that Mighty Gadget will be attending this years Stuff Live! Event. It is still a couple of months away but we thought we would remind everyone that it is on. While the show wont be quite as big or elaborate as the likes of CES it should still be a great show.

The follow press release has been issued from Stuff.

The World’s best selling gadget magazine Stuff, are once again bringing the UK’s premier home cinema, gadget and technology show to London. Yes that’s right, put the dates in your diary for Stuff Live 2008, in association with What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision, from 31^st October – 2^nd November 2008.

But this year the organizers have decided to shake things up, with an impressive new venue at the ExCeL centre, in London’s Docklands, following the show’s substantial growth and success over the last few years.

This year’s show will host the Exclusive, first ever, UK Live competition of Guitar Hero’s amazing new game ‘World Tour’.

Guitar Hero will be hosting the first ever UK competitions throughout each day on their exclusive Guitar Hero Stage.  There will be great prizes for the winners so ROCK IT TO WIN IT! So come and show off your skills in front of a live audience at the UK's leading technology show!

Other incredible features include; the Gibson Robot SG & Les Paul Limited Edition Guitars. The Kef Muon Series, six-foot, four-way, eight-speaker solid aluminum speaker set-up, worth £70,000. This new range of Muon speakers, are one of 100 existing sets, designed by Ross Lovegrove designer of the walkman and the iMac.

The show will also feature a Chill-Out Lounge where the Games Room Company will be providing the best and most luxurious games equipment you can buy.  Challenge your friends at Pool, Air Hockey, Pinball, 'old Skool' Arcade games and much more in a specially tailored Chill-Out Zone.

There will also be the world’s first hovering chair worth £5,000, and the world’s first electric superbike worth £40,000 and product showcases from the likes of Canon, Sonos, Tom Tom, Tvonics, LG, Jolida, Asus, Archos, Pure Digital and many more.

In addition to all of this, other highlights include the Stuff Stage, home cinema demonstrations, game screenings, Goal striker penalty shootout, and Stuff magazine’s ‘Show Us Your Stuff’ competition, Live final, which will see five finalists battle it out to become Stuff.tv’s next online Vidcast Presenter www.stuff.tv/showus.

The winners of the What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision annual awards and the Stuff magazine 2008 Awards will also be exhibited at the show. The winners are announced at an annual awards ceremony in London, this October.

If that wasn’t enough, there is also a revamped our image creating a new-look for the show with a stylish new logo and fully interactive website.

The new website, www.stufflive.co.uk now live, and packed with more information on exhibitors, activities, competitions and show information than ever before. Highlighting the very best products on show this year, from hi-fi and home cinema entertainment packages, digital cameras to robots, as well as providing advice and tips on new product launches, and what to see and do at this year’s show.

With a wealth of exhibitors we guarantee there will be plenty to tickle your fancy.

Ticket sales

Tickets, which cost £20 for adults, and £10 for children under 16 years of age plus a £1 booking fee, on sale the website now www.stufflive.co.uk.

Further information can be obtained by calling 0870 040 0383. Or visit http://www.stufflive.co.uk

For a full list of exhibitors, see http://www.stufflive.co.uk