Boffins at London University and Hammersmith Hospital have discovered that ‘obese people have lower than average levels of a hunger regulating gut hormone PYY3-36.’ Watch out for diet products in a few years time with catchy names like ‘PY Diet’ or similar. ‘All 24 volunteers ate less on the day when they received a PYY3-36 infusion compared with the placebo day. Overall PYY3-36 reduced calorific intake by a third in both the lean and obese subjects.’

The Nieman Marcus Christmas Catalogue gets weirder every year. This year they’re featuring a full blown Lear Jet as a possible present. Sure guys, here’s my $7.7 million dollars.Could you gift wrap please, ‘cos it’s going underneath the tree! ..and if they don’t sell them all, will they be offered in the January sales?

Er..I’m not really sure what this Desktop Subversibles project is all about, but I think it has something to do with connecting up people’s desktop activities. Or something. Strange.

Researchers at Philips Labs in the Netherlands have come up with a line of underwear that can call an ambulance if the wearer has a heart attack. Actually that’s Ananova being typically tabloid – in fact the clothing simply has a range of bio-sensors installed which monitor vital signs and can warn of impending problems. ‘Based on dry-electrode technology that can be built into common items of clothing such as bras, briefs or waist belts, Philips’ wireless monitoring technology continuously…

The Odd Music Gallery is a very funky collection of strange but working musical instruments. Like the world’s smallest guitar – the Nano Guitar – above, which is the same size as a human blood cell. Or the Lego Harpsicord. You can even hear some of them play!

The Creo Token concept could work. Maybe. You want to send a file to someone? Send a tiny encrypted token via email instead, which they can then use to download the file at a time of their choosing – either directly from your computer or from a remote server. I’m always sending large files via email and it’s a pain. Timeouts, hangs, disappearances. Anything that helps take away that hassle might be worth paying for. We’ll see. ‘Creo Tokens is…

It sure ain’t a Willy’s, but the Jeep Treo – with its twin electric engines and ‘drive by wire’ – seems to make eminent sense in the crowded 21st century.

Meet the Swedish Chef.

The PokeScope 3D Viewer is ‘designed to make viewing any sized stereo image easy!’ And it’s only $39.95. And here’s some 3D ready piccies you can use too.

Q: What do you call an iPod with a NaviPod wireless remote control and a set of cool powered speakers? A: A 21st century stereo system.

The Open Video Project is a large online video library. Lots of really cool documentary stuff and stuff. ‘The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities.

Got a bike? Fed up with the rain? Then you need the TACX T-1900 i-Magic virtual reality trainer. Just slot your bicycle onto the frame (not sure why she’s removed her front wheel above?) hook up your PC, load the software and off you go. Or not, as the case may be. �399.00 or thereabouts. ‘The unprecedented high quality of the realistic i-Magic programs will immerse you in an imaginary, interactive world while cycling indoors.’

Googlism ‘Googlism.com will find out what Google.com thinks of you, your friends or anything! Search for your name here or for a good laugh check out some of the popular Googlisms below.’. A little diversion for y’all..

Hee hee. Enough of the glamour and style already, let’s take a look at The Art of Bad Photography. This is just a sample taken from an offline exhibition, but someone should do a huge site of this kind of thing, ’cause it’s hilarious.

The worst thing that can happen at a swell party (OK one of them, eh?) is to run out of ice just when things are getting…well hot! That’s why you need the Contessa Ice Maker. I think! ‘Can produce 12 cubes in 15 minutes. Will make 1kg ice in 2.5 hrs ‘