This Way Up for Saturday 5 June 2010
Flies in urinals
Fly transfers stuck onto mens' urinals are a bit of behavioural science designed to promote better aim. But why a fly? Entomologist Allen Heath reports.
Telepresence robots
Now you can log into a workplace robot from home and use a remote controller to whizz around bugging your work-mates. Steve Cousins the CEO of Willow Garage is using this technology today.
Toastie pioneer
New Zealander Frazier Graveson had the challenge of selling some of the first electric sandwich toasters in Asia.
DEET-resistant mozzies
DEET's a great repellent for mosquitoes, but no one's really ever understood how it works. Researcher James Logan's trying to change that.
Scratch
Building computer games from Scratch, a cool piece of software that means you don't need to know a thing about programming or computer code!
Bumpology: taste and mum-nesia
Bumpologist Linda Geddes of the New Scientist with more of the myths and science of pregnancy.
