Do you have a mess of power cables behind your PC? Ever not bother to reach down and turn them off because that would mean you need to get back down to turn them all on again next time? Do you speakers, printer, scanner etc. just spend their lives on standby? The intelliplug offers to an answer.

Winner of the Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation Category 2008, the intelliplug is a simple concept; control all your PC & peripheral's power from the one plug.

It doesn't look much different from an old-fashioned triple plug adapter, you plug your PC into the uppermost socket and your peripherals into the 2 side sockets, these can be multi-socket extension leads if you need, so there's no reason anyone should have devices left over. When you turn your PC on, the intelliplug fires up, and 3 seconds later so do all your peripherals, and when you shut down the PC, again 3 seconds later they all go off as well. Sort of like Bagpuss going to sleep!

And it works, exactly as described. At £13.95 from www.ethicalsuperstore.com it's an absolute must in any home.

(Versions also available for laptops and TV/Audio setups for the same price)