Well, even though the iMac has made translucent electronics all the rage, I still covet them, as I mentioned previously. At (the customer-service wasteland known as) Fry’s, I spotted the Harman/Kardon iSub. Wow. It is a completely clear subwoofer, designed by Apple and engineered by Harman audio engineers. Unfortunately, it only works with iMacs, so I won’t be getting one anytime soon. According to this review, the audio from most personal computers can’t reproduce anything lower than 250 Hz which is middle C on a piano. That’s pretty sad for the multimedia experience we expect from PCs these days.

After picking up, turning over, and poking at the iSub, I headed to the checkout line and spotted a see-through mini Swiss Army knife at the “impulse buy” display. It was translucent blue, and I suspected that Victorinox had other colors, but didn’t see any. So, I did the usual web research and found that they are offering three translucent colors: sapphire, ruby, and emerald. Also, their CyberTool comes in translucent red.