Graham Clifford: April 2008 Archives

If we're honest the majority of new gadgets turning heads across the globe are usually luxurious items not necessarily vital for life enjoyment.

We may prefer one type of high-tech mobile phone over another or favour to carry around a kindle than an actual book but in reality none of these items or services border on the vital.

Thats why when we here at Getminted stumble across a gadget which can actually help to improve people's lives we appreciate it's true value.

Millions of people around the world miss out on the joys of radio because they are hearing impaired.

But a new initiative by National Public Radio, technology firm Harris Corporation and Towson University based in Baltimore, Maryland aims to change that.