I don’t know about you, but I would prefer not to be buried alive and so it is nice to know that if a doctor’s slight misdiagnosis results in me being buried in error then, thanks to a chap by the name of Vitaly Malyukov, all I have to do …

If you are one of those people who need to have the television set on twenty-four hours a day – perhaps because you are lonely, or perhaps because you don’t want to go out because there are lots of people outside and they never speak to you because they don’t …

Although we have featured a number of remote controlled aircraft and helicopters in Thoughts from the Sidelines there can be no doubt that this device, manufactured by the South Korean company Neuros, is a little different from your standard flying model as it is neither a plane nor a helicopter.

No, …

We have previously featured the world’s most expensive cell phone and even the world’s most expensive house but this is a little different – and its one aimed squarely at the ladies or, I suppose, to certain men of a particular leaning – in that it’s the world’s most expensive …

Coming from a house where the washing machine seems to be perpetually on (and, yes, regular readers can be assured that our washing machine does have blue lights and a large screen) I read about this product with great interest.
Designed to remove up to a stated 75% of surface water …

Personally I am not one for exercise, but I respect that there are people out there who like to run around aimlessly and pick up heavy things for no reason over and over and, for those to whom this applies, I present you with one of the most seemingly pointless …

They say (whoever “they” are) that looks aren’t everything and, whilst I wholly agree with the sentiment, I think most of us have come to the stark conclusion that on the whole this is complete and utter nonsense. For as long as I remember, certainly, it would seem that looks …

On the whole, the gadgets and technology featured in Thoughts from the Sidelines, whilst invariably not to everyone’s tastes, are at least desirable and functional. However, technological development sometimes results in items that frankly, at best seem rather bizarre and, at worse, seem wholly futile. Of course, this does not …