Personal karaoke machine puts you on lead vocals
You're listening to your iPod Shuffle, when suddenly, out of nowhere, "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys starts blaring. Your inner seventh grader overtakes you for a second, and you begin belting out the lyrics as loudly as you can. You look around to find people staring at you with the perfect combination of amusement and disgust. And you wish you could just crawl into a hole.
Good thing someone other than you has burst into song in a similar way. Or at least thought of a solution to your plight. Introducing the miJam Stage Mic, which are headphones with a handy little built-in microphone. The headphones work like a normal pair; in fact, they look borderline old-school. Still, the microphone feature makes them pretty cool, since you can actually hear how horrendous (or amazing) you sound to your audience--and simultaneously look a little bit like Britney Spears onstage, during her pre-Federline days. You can also hook the headphones up to your PC to record a song or podcast.
The Stage Mic, which sells online at B2Lounge for $19.98, and also at Toys "R" Us, Kaybee Toys and Best Buy--can be used with other accessories by Black Box, like an MP3 guitar and drums that let you play to the music you're listening to, and also a product called the miFlower, which animates and moves its petals based on the music you're playing.
