Archive for August 4th, 2004

Prior-Art-O-Matic

ckd is a burglar alarm that works upside-down, never gets tired and looks like a fish.

Amusingly, I got a Google Ad for alarm monitoring services on that page. Not quite as much fun as the Boston Globe article about Bill Gates that tried to sell me wrought-iron fencing, but hey.

DVD playing shopping cart

Trolley treat in store for stroppy kids

Tesco is working on a shopping trolley that plays DVDs and games to keep children amused.

It’s called the “Tantrum Tamer”.

A survey of 3,000 parents conducted by Tesco found three-quarters thought shopping with children was stressful and nearly half believed youngsters had tantrums in the supermarket because they were bored.