It’s always fun to look back at a pioneering piece of technology and see how things have progressed. Thanks to one of our podcast listeners for bringing this one to our attention. It’s from the archives of the BBC Tomorrow’s World technology show back in September 1979, and it’s a test of a revolutionary new [...]

The UK’s lead story today is the fact that UK airspace has been closed. Volcanic action in Iceland has resulted in a clould of volcanic ash moving towards the UK. The authorities have closed UK airspace, as the ash can use a serious hazard to aircraft engines. We’ve had lots of fun watching planes landing [...]

Finding your electricity bills are shooting up? That’ll teach you for having too many gadgets, and leaving them on standby, won’t it? We covered something called an Energy Meter back in Show 19 of our podcast, and talked about how these can be used to keep an overall check on your power consumption, but how [...]