The idea people at Toto have come up with the perfect gift for people who have everything – a £3,000 remote-controlled toilet.  The state-of-the-art Neorest toilet, from Toto, is sleek, compact and automated

A German church group has caused controversy by releasing a calendar using nude models to portray bible scenes.

Lost dog? As of next March, pet owners will be able to drop the photocopier and staple gun and pick up the phone instead. That’s when PetCell, the first cell phone for dogs, is due to hit pet-store shelves.

A new study has raised the potential for a new generation of robotic "artificial muscles" to be used to perform tasks currently impossible for humans, from carrying out dangerous repair work to assisting in complicated surgery.

A Munich, Germany, study indicates the larger the group watching someone in trouble in a public place, the less likely anyone will offer to help.

Eric Schmidt and Hal Varian:  At google, we think business guru Peter Drucker well understood how to manage the new breed of "knowledge workers." After all, Drucker invented the term in 1959. He says knowledge workers believe they are paid to be effective, not to work 9 to 5, and that smart businesses will "strip away [...]

Tesco is launching what it claims is the world’s first musical sandwich.

United Nuclear has a good idea here. They believe that all other magnets are wimpy and puny! So they make high-quality neodymium magnets for you to play with.

Falling into a tiny, sub-niche section of the market that I can’t even begin to describe without the very real fear that my eyeballs might be blown out of their sockets by every individual brain cell in my head saying “what??” simultaneously, are these ridiculous conversion lenses made for MOBILE PHONE cameras.

Aerogel is an ultralight material composed of 99.8% air, yet it’s 1000 times less dense than glass and makes for an amazingly effective insulator.