FAD GADGETS
Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.
VOC-25
Swedish designer Love Hultén hits the back of the net once again, with this voice synthesiser that comprises a keyboard, discreet knobs and 25 sets of chattering plastic teeth. Ahhh, oohs and mmms emanate from the disembodied mouths, each of them accompanied by a satisfying clack as they open and snap shut. Once you’ve got over the slightly nightmarish vision, it’s a truly marvellous thing to behold. Of course, it satisfies no practical purpose whatsoever, but somehow that only makes it more wonderful.