Downtime

Downtime notes the sterling efforts of Electronics Weekly's Gadget Freak, in addressing the image problem associated with technology, by highlighting the eldritch weirdness going on in the garages of wannabe Dr Frankensteins across the country.  Blinking in the glare of publicity is the inventor of a machine which uses a lever arm to dunk a teabag for just the right time for the perfect cuppa (a commenter suggests a trebuchet function to lob the used teabag out of the window and onto a compost heap outside), and - finally! - award-winning designer Alberto Ricci Bitti brings us the PC thermometer.