26th February 2025
Years ago in Zimbabwe, I saw heated coasters being sold for coffee mugs. Sometimes technological advances offer us things we really don’t need! On other occasions technology gives us easier or faster tools when actually we could without too much inconvenience, continue with the pre-exiting tools. Electric coffee grinders are fast but is that a saving that automatically outweighs the hand grinder? Are mini vacuum cleaners really more efficient than a dustpan and brush?