Here is an ingenious design that while created with the blind in mind, I'm sure would make a great tool for people out there who simply don't like to read. Called the Voice Stick, it is an optical character recognition scanner in the shape of a small wand

The 2008 Peugeot Design Competition has produced yet another interesting concept car, this time in the shape of an omnidirectional pod that looks just like a water-drop. Called the MoVille, this single-seater pod designed by Woo-Ram Lee is compact in size

Remember AlterEgo's recent animated faces? Well, Image Metrics have come up with a computer generated facial animation system that blows them away. They have created Emily, a digital representation of actress Emily O'Brien which is so accurate, you'd swea

The high-tech toilet technology common in Japan is now set to make a splash in the West thanks to a company called Kohler. Their bidet technology is built into a simple seat which can be attached to your existing commode, providing a temperature controlle

Getting tired of jamming cell phone signals for kicks? Introducing the TV-B-Gone. Just like the name implies, it gives you the power to shut off just about any TV from up to 328ft/100m away, taking your hi-jinks to a whole new level.

A new image-based search engine called TinEye has recently been made available to the public, which may prove very useful to web authors, photographers and users of photo sharing sites such as Flickr. The search engine can trace the use of a single image

I don't know if the designers of this concept car are capital punishment zealots, but the two occupants look as if they're destined to be heading down a road crossed with razor-sharp wire - positioned, say, about head height. The helmets? All part of the

Designer Johan Brengesjo has come up with an interesting alternative to the modern alarm clock. His high-tech design incorporates a rubber ring worn on a finger that vibrates to arouse you from sleep.

London's Metropolitan Police have launched a trial website service, thanks to Boris Johnson, that aims to highlight the city's trouble areas. You can search by postcode to narrow down an area or view the map in its entirety to see how the different boroug

A Danish company called Kataka have come up with a range of impressive linear actuators that remind me of the Mary Poppins bag effect. They take segments of a metal rod stored in a small box and assemble them rapidly, piece by piece on the fly. The result