July 25, 2009
 
Consorcio Chicolero is a Mexican consortium that have taken their maxim directly out of an Italian Premier’s book: “make sure it don’t stick”. Their natural, biodegradable chewing gum, Chicza, does exactly that.
 
Made from naturally occurring chicle gum from the Mayan rainforest, Chicza is no stickier than a blob of Blu Tack and when disposed of crumbles to dust in a matter of weeks. Having already survived several corruption investigations, Silvio Berlusconi is equally adept at avoiding politically sticky ends.
 
The conventional, artificial, highly adhesive stuff, by comparison, is made from non-biodegradable …

July 14, 2009
 
The G8’s been accused of it.  The i-GO’s designed to fix it.
 
If you knew that i-GO is a revolutionary new brand of contact lenses you wouldn’t be surprised to learn that we’re talking about short-sightedness.
 
i-GO contact lenses miraculously correct your vision while you sleep, leaving you lens-free all day.  “Sleep, see, go” is their slogan (we understand the G8 are more prone to a “go, see, sleep” approach).
 
Thanks to the development of computer controlled diagnostics, they work by gently pressing on the eye to restore it to the shape …

July 06, 2009
Getting into hot water is not necessarily a bad thing – provided you carefully watch the level.
 
It’s an art that both the Eco Kettle and Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Bruno and Borat) are familiar with.  Although with his latest film, Cohen very nearly goes over the top.
 
The Eco Kettle, meanwhile, has turned the art into a science, using an internal reservoir to release just the right amount of water into a separate boiling chamber (simply fill to capacity and boil between one and eight cups as needed).  Bruno’s approach is …