For years, gadget experts have tried to solve the age-old hunt for misplaced keys and wallets. Could a new hi-tech invention solve a common problem?
The microchip revolution brought the era of miniaturisation, but it also brought in an era of unprecedented lose-ability. The upside is that the era of lost things could soon be at an end thanks to the application of the same technology.
A new electronic gadget called the Loc8tor uses radio waves and multiple aerials, plus some fancy software, to locate postage stamp sized transmitters which can be attached to almost anything, within a range of up to 600 feet.
Along with a floating bed and "the crustastun" - a device to electrocute Lobster, pre-boil - it has been nominated as one of Time Magazine's inventions of 2006.
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