Wow of the Day

Bionic Eye Breakthrough

The Wowster on a bionic eye which is powered by light A retinal implant, or if you like a bionic eye, has been invented to bring hope to blind people. Until now such devices have been powered by battery but California's Standford University's invention is powered by light using a special pair of glasses to beam near infrared light into the eye. Age ...

In The Brown Stuff

The Wowster on a government minister up to his neck in the Murdoch brown stuff. It just keeps on coming as a government keeps on drowning in the brown stuff. Or to put it more precisely, Jeremy Hunt, the UK Culture Secretary ...

War Of Minds

The Wowster on a war of minds with over $2 million at stake. Two men in early middle age will join battle tomorrow in the world's foremost war of minds. They both look like rather comfortable career accountants but beneath the exteriors ...

A Socialist President (mon dieu!)

Mon dieu! The Wowster on the ramifications of France's new socialist president Francois Hollande. There you go, just as we were getting used to living in the harsh but fiscally pure bubble of austerity, a new French President comes along who ...

Chinese Puzzle of Chen

The Wowster on a conundrum within a Chinese puzzle China, now the most effective capitalist state in the world, reminds me of my childhood goldfish Joey, swimming serenely in his coat of bright gold with a string of faeces trailing in ...

Stephen Hendry: Winner of Winners

The Wowster on Stephen Hendry the greatest snooker player ever. He was truly one of the greatest sportsmen ever. Driven by a fierce will to win, Stephen Hendry, Scotland's greatest competitor, retired from the world of green baize, a couple of ...