Gadgets
Finally, a use for ‘restless leg’ syndrome [body monitors]
USB monitor spews out useful stats
If you can’t sit down without your knees bobbing up and down like a buoy on a restless sea, then you probably need this Yurex leg monitor from Japan.
It can be hooked up to your laptop via USB so you can work out how many leg jerks you do a [...]
Would you like to be a kangaroo on an airplane?
The Skylino in-flight baby harness from Yanko Design sounds like a great idea until you read the crazy description. Kangaroos? Explosions? Really?
What is it that makes an Apple event so special?
Steve Jobs’ keynote at Macworld 2009 is likely to be one of the most eagerly anticipated of the tech year. But is there more to these events than fanboy hysteria?
How to… choose your next satnav
The key features you should look for… and which ones to avoid
High tech toys that are too just good for kids
If you think youth is wasted on the young, then you should look at the toys they get to play with - every one of these is a stone-cold classic, from tiny tanks to radical robots. The worst thing about any of these high-tech treats is prising them away from the young ones in the first place. Don’t be a cheapskate, buy your own
Has Apple become the world’s most important company?
Survey says yes
101 nanotech products you can buy today
Prince Charles may have once claimed that nanotechnology threatened the very existence of life on this planet, but the reality is a lot more prosaic. Chocolate-flavour chewing gum, anyone?
Apple store goes offline. Again
Yes, Mac fans, the US Apple Store is currently offline, suggesting yet another round of giddying hardware and software updates. Or it could just be maintenance
iPhone reception problems? Here’s an easy fix
Bet they’d never show you this on Blue Peter
iPod to get ‘podmap’ podcasts
Concept will enable you to find your way around - even without GPS satnav
