Could a new hi-tech invention solve a common problem?
Most people probably spend hundreds of hours of their lives looking for glasses, television remotes, keys and other personal possessions. And as CD collections and Rolodexes give way to MP3 players and personal organisers, there are an increasing number of household items ideally sized to be mislaid down the back of the sofa. The microchip revolution brought the era of miniaturisation, but it also brought in an era of unprecedented lose-ability. The upside is that the era of lost things could soon be at an end thanks to the application of the same technology. A new electronic gadget called the Loc8tor uses radio waves and multiple aerials, plus some fancy software, to locate postage stamp sized transmitters which can be attached to almost anything, within a range of up to 600 feet. Along with a floating bed and “the crustastun” – a device to electrocute Lobster, pre-boil – it has been nominated as one of Time Magazine’s inventions of 2006. Time-saver Other gadgets are springing up usin
