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Design a device in the form of a glove or a sensor thatEditor’s note:
                       could record the unique qualities of a handshake. The  If this took off,
                       device would register the strength of a squeeze, the   celebrities could well
                       size of the hand and the vigour employed in shaking.   be first in the queue
                       The properties of celebrity handshakes could be        for James Hamilton’s
                       recorded and published such that members of the        trousers from the
                                                                              previous page.
447public could collect shakes like autographs.
David Owen
23 May 2003

                       Manufacture black plastic bin liners impregnated with aEditor’s note:
                       substance known to deter rats such as rapeseed oil. TheBy now, the reader
                       pest-controlling refuse sacks would be marketed as     should be in no doubt
                       RatBags.                                               whatsoever that
                                                                              Trevor Webb does
                                Trevor Webb                                   indeed think of the
                                                                              names of his
44829May2003                                                                  innovations before
                                                                              assigning them a
                                                                              function.
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