From Leonardo da Vinci to those fabulous fifties jet packs, we've long dreamed of personal flying devices.  Now Cathi goes all 'magnificent chick in her flying machine' with the Air Scooter, a nifty little device to fly out to the back forty!

www.airscooter.com

Meanwhile, Nora's set her sights on something a little more, um, practical. Tired of  smoke detectors that go off every time you burn a bagel?  Coming soon to a kitchen near you: the fuzzy logic fire alarm!  (Is it just because Nora's always burning food that she thinks this is such a great thing?

http://www.siemens.co.uk/default.asp?content_id=6196