From R D BAGNALL
Barry Fox mentioned an inertial alarm clock sealed inside a baseball,
which is turned off by throwing it against the nearest wall (Patents, 22/29
December). The baseball clock is available, and my son has owned one for
over a year. As far as I am aware, it is indeed made by Off-the-Wall, and
if Fox or anyone else wants one they are readily available from the Argos
shopping chain.
The idea, though, is not just limited to baseballs, and I can see distinct
possibilities for similar clocks in the shape of the heads of some of the
overweening ‘personalities’ currently infesting my television set.
R D Bagnall Dunfermline, Fife.
