Gadget graveyards  This article appeared in Issue 10 of Khanya –
Education through Technology – 2007  Are you a gadget person?
Recall the last time you visited a Design for Living exhibition
and watched a very enthusiastic person trying to convince you
that life would never be the same if you let the opportunity to
acquire the most fantabulous pineapple peeler and corer slip
through your fingers. What did you do? Did you purchase one? As
well as the set of windscreen wipers that promises the clearest
vision imaginable when the rain is pouring down? And the foot
massager? Or the room dehumidifier? If you went home with a bag
full of goodies, then yes, you are a gadget person.  What is a
gadget? It’s defined as an unusual and cleverly designed device,
which has a useful purpose and function. It’s also sometimes
called a contraption, a contrivance, a widget or a gizmo. The
innovation of the gadget is often fuelled by technology. This
definition in itself doesn’t attach a negative connotation to
gadgets. The only