This year, Monster will be sponsoring Grizz from 30 Rock for the National Kidney Foundation Walk 2011 Season. The walks will take place in several cities across the country from May 15 to October 16. Monster’s hoping to get over 6,000 participats to wear the Monster logo on the back of their t-shirts as they show their support for the National Kidney Foundation by walking.

At CES this year, Monster announced a major Youth Empowerment Initiative for 2011. It’s an initiative that includes partnerships with Nick Cannon and Co. at Ncredible Entertainment and Dean Kamen in support of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics program. It’s all to help encourage youth to become interested in science, technology, engineering and math, and help them become the leaders in technology.

Today, Monster had their Press Conference to announce new partnerships and products.  here were the predictable headphone and cable announcements, and the unexpected car care products. Seriously. Let me tell you about the Apple related announcements. Monster admittedly doesn’t think you need another iPhone speaker dock, but they just couldn’t resist themselves when the opportunity to expand their Tron line presented itself. The Tron iPod Sound Dock is inspired by the Identity Disk. There are almost 200 LED embedded around the disk that are controlled by Monster’s first iOS app.

Quality is almost synonymous with Monster Cable. But the Beats by Dr. Dre Lady Gaga Heartbeats are about more than just great audio, they’re about style too. And just like Lady Gaga, this is style you can’t find anywhere else. Even if you fancy Lady Gaga to be too much to handle, I think you’ll love that the Heartbeats match their unique style perfectly with the great audio quality you’d expect from Monster.

When Monster first announced the Beats by Dre line of headphones, most of the world said “What? Why is Monster making headphones?” But I can assure you, they are much more than a high end cable manufacturer; they clearly know what they are doing with audio and headphones. And with the Beats line, they’ve created an amazing product that is not only an example of how good consumer audio can be, but continues to influence fashion and popular culture.

Monster Cable, like many other technology companies, is riding the wave of CES 2010. An updated line of in-ear headphones have made it to light, as well as a couple of new and exciting products that, if they’re successful, could feature in many homes as a valuable part of the Internet-access infrastructure. Let’s take a look at what Monster Cable have brought to the table this week.

Because I spend so much of my day with my ears plugged up with headphones, sound quality is obviously important to me. But for anything from around $100 and up, you’re going to get decent enough sound. Instead, you start considering things such as comfort, fit, accessories and construction. This is where Monster succeeds with their Monster Turbine High Performance In-Ear Speakers.

Today, Monster announced a slew of new headphones. Among them are their low end (for Monster anyway) earphones called the Jamz. These guys are basically indestructible. And just to prove it, they ran over them and some standard white earbuds (perhaps Apple’s) with a forklift. Take a look at the video past the break.