This week, we learn that parsnips and thongs can be washed together with ultrasonics, we discover a titanium rolling-pin that doubles as a hip replacement, and our very own Welsh samurai warrior instructs us in the traditional ancient art of overspending on cutlery.

Plus, in Innovation Time Machine, we pay homage to the fondue set, and a culinary age when beiger was always better.

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In this episode, we dream of collecting of Buckyballs and tardigrades, we explore a scuba outfit for people too busy for training and safety, and Geraint discovers a microscope powerful enough to spot germs on a Welshman. Plus, Innovation Time Machine, where the Slinky reminds us of simpler days where industrial springs encouraged a generation of kids to play on the stairs while swearing.

In this episode we meet a German invention for keeping carpets and corpses from falling out of your tailgate, a neck pillow that promises to dunk Rupert’s face into his overcooked airline steak, and an apartment that fits ‘Tardis-style’ in the back of a panel van. Plus, the Innovation Time Machine takes us back to lighter-than-air travel, where Dr. G gets a lesson in gassiness.

In this episode we discover dog-walking gloves that are a steaming pile of innovation brilliance, one of us fails to grasp the concept of a blanket, and we discover a coat that needs an app to keep you warm. Plus, as usual, Innovation Time Machine – where we stumble upon the uncanny connection between the ice-skate, Finland and stealing stuff.

In this episode we discover the way to your dog’s heart is to give it a robot that will befriend it or get eaten trying, we unpack undies that provide modern masculine confidence by making your junk look huge, and we meet an all-natural male birth control promising only temporary genetic damage to your little swimmers. Plus, on Innovation Time Machine, we get ‘hysterical’ in the golden age of steam powered dildos.

In this episode we discover the joys of hipster-proof socks, the shocking truth about snoring cessation, and a device for people who run marathons but can’t be bothered to tie their own shoelaces. Plus, of course, Innovation Time Machine – where we fine-tune the marketing strategy for suits of armour with built-in toilet facilities.

In this episode we meet a chiropractic supervillain called Spino, we unveil technology that safeguards Grandma’s stash of thyroid pills, and a device that detects whether you’re a Californian millennial - just from smelling your breath. Plus, our Innovation Time Machine takes us back to the 90’s – a decade of technological change defined for many by the George Foreman Grill.