Glove With Flashlight

I was reading today's newspaper and came across this. It is a very simple solution for a problem that has been around as long as people have been working with fine mechanics in dark places. To simply place a small flashlight in the glove that automatically points at whatever you are holding is quite clever. I just wonder if it is available for people who are left handed as well...

Money Cards

I have a Visa-card. I tend to use it a lot. Being an easily distracted person I usually forget to withdraw money from cash machines and is therefore forced to pay with my card instead. I don't really mind doing that as long as I am not charged for the service. For me as a person, living without cash is quite convenient. Especially if I go travelling. The big debit/credit-cards work all over the world and relieves me from the task of changing enough money to get by during an entire visit. If I haven't exchanged enough I simply pay with my card. Or use it in a cash machine to get more.

However, there are drawbacks. A couple of years ago an evil person stole my card during a trip to France. This was just a couple of days before I was to return to Sweden so I still needed the card. I was quite happy then that I had been clever enough to bring with me a second card connected to another account. I blocked my stolen card and continued my journey with the other one. If I hadn't brought that card I would have been in trouble because I have become totally dependent on it. However, I do find the card to be a very useful invention.

The Red and Green Door Handle

Me and a couple of friends went out to a bar last Friday and there I got to see this weeks delight: the door handles used on the toilet doors were lit up from the inside with a red light if the toilet was occupied and a green light if it was free. That way there could be no misunderstandings about the status of the toilet, i.e. you got to sit in peace without anyone tugging at the door to see if it is unlocked. Well... you get to sit in peace until the queue outside grows and people get impatient at least...