Good oral hygiene is important for everyone but getting children to brush their teeth can be a bedtime battle. Playbrush should help win the war, bringing fun into the bathroom. I get the toothpaste out with John to find out more about Playbrush and continue coverage of the British Inventors' Project. The Playbrush is small bulbous gadget that slips over
Like me, many parents will remember the frequent struggles with travel cots: there was always that one rail that wouldn't lock in place or the release handle that wouldn't turn to disengage the mechanism. At times travel cots can be more frustrating than the tot! Fortunately, the BabyHub team have worked hard to produce the SleepSpace, a travel cot that can be
Here in the UK, contactless smart cards are increasingly popular with every credit and debit card in my wallet now enabled for PIN-free low value transactions. They're very popular as travel cards too, with London's Oyster card being a good (but not unique) example. Convenient as this contactless technology is, there can be problems. With a wallet full of cards,
One of the best bits of Gadget Show Live is the support for the British Inventors' Project. Designed to showcase the best of British invention and innovation, the Project sets aside part of the GSL for the inventors to demonstrate their products. It's always interesting to see what's on show, with some inventions little more than sketches on the back
In the last of my smart home interviews from Gadget Show Live, I look at one of the new entrants to the market, Smanos. The Dutch firm announced their new K1 Smart Hub at the show and while it's a good-looking piece of kit, the K1 is coming into an increasingly crowded space. I chat with Rafael about Smanos and the
A British Gas incubator, Hive has been a British success since 2013, bringing smart heating controls to UK homes. Building on the back of this success Hive are expanding their portfolio and making Hive the heart of the smart home. In the third of my smart home interviews from Gadget Show Live, I talk to Elvin about Hive and their
The second of my smart home interviews from Gadget Show Live comes from Fibaro and their "Home Intelligence". Originally from Poland, Fibaro was established in 2010 and consequently has one of the longer pedigrees in home automation and smart homes. I think it would fair to say Fibaro hasn't received the public brand recognition it deserves but remains a choice