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Can you really cook an egg with a mobile phone?
Eggs. The most versatile of all foods (with the possible exception of potatoes). You can have them scrambled, fried, boiled, poached, in omelette’s, quiches, cakes, whatever. But suppose you…
Texts, drugs and rock 'n' roll...
Sir Francis Bacon once said that knowledge is power. Or was that Richard Bacon? We forget. Anyway, if that statement’s true then having a way of attaining (relative) omniscience at your fingertips…
The best of tech 2008!
This year I’ve been sent far and wide by the producers of The Gadget Show (for which I thank them very much) to root out some of the best new technology known to man (and woman). I’ve seen the…
The Gadget Show's TomTom
Sick of the posh lady who barks orders at you from your TomTom? Well now you can have a posh bloke barking orders at you as well – The Gadget Show’s very own Jon Bentley. If you’re not partial…
Killer robots and replicants? That’s not the future…
What does the future hold for us? We’ve had many a director’s vision of the future thrust upon us – take Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner and James Cameron’s The Terminator. If they’re to be…
Who's the Bluejacker?
Not many people know that Bluetooth technology was named after a Norse King from the 10th Century – King Harald Bluetooth. His actual name was Haraldr Blátönn, but I guess the guys who invented…
Christmas shopping solved!
Left your festive shopping until the last minute again? Well, if you’re a man, then the answer is probably yes. But don’t worry, there are still a couple of weeks before the big day, which is why…
Does your microwave emit electrosmog?
The microwave oven: a triumph of technology that’s been gracing our kitchens since the late 1960s. There’s no better bit of tech for reheating our pre-prepared TV dinners. Mmm, delicious….
The spiders are coming! So we got Dallas to ride one...
Ferrari? Too flash. All-terrain Land Rover? The WAGs can keep ’em. I prefer getting around in something with an open top. Something with a bit more grunt. Something with eight legs… ...
Can an onion charge an iPod?
Let’s be honest the iPod’s battery has always been a bit dodgy. So when I heard an internet rumour that you could charge it with nothing more than an onion, an electrolyte sports drink and a USB…
Getting hands-off with self-piloting helicopters
We can’t help but fear for pilots. Not in a physically harmful way you understand, but more in a professional sense. You see, we’ve glimpsed the future, and let’s just say it doesn’t have…
Dallas' Vlog - Can you reallly power anything with a AAA battery?
We can’t help but shed a tear for the trusty AA battery as it gradually gets elbowed into extinction by the rise of smarter, slimmer and cheaper lithium ion rivals. ...
