Oregon Scientific has announced the iBall, a wireless speaker that's the size and shape of a bowling ball (think ten-pin bowling, not pensioners on manicured lawns). Plug your iPod into the transmitter dock, which also acts as a charging station, and your music flows wirelessly to the iBall, which can be up to 30m away. You can leave your iPod in the living room and listen to your tunes to the kitchen, the bedroom or even the garden, without the hassle of stringing cables around the house.

Read more about the iPod speaker from Oregon Scientific at http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029432,39192635,00.htm.