The car with a gadget that guarantees every traffic light will be green when you get there

They’re the bane of city drivers everywhere: those traffic lights that invariably turn to red just as you approach, making even the shortest journey a stop-start affair.

But now a German car-maker has come to the rescue – with a device that ensures you can always arrive at a light when it is green.

The in-car gadget tells drivers how fast to go in order to sail through a junction by ‘speaking’ to special transmitters fitted inside a traffic signal that can be up to 300 yards away.

It arrives at the calculation after plotting the car’s position and approach route, then displays the optimum speed on a screen.

Audi, which has developed the device called Travolution, claims extensive trials have been so successful that in one phase of testing, cars nearly always hit a light on green.

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World’s Smallest Postal Service

The World’s Smallest Postal Service is a teeny tiny letter transcription service. It sets up shop in cafes and stores, and is now available online. Here’s how it works: You write a letter (up to 6 sentences – see below) and I rewrite it onto tiny stationary (1 x 1.5 inches) with my microscopic ink pen. It then goes into a tiny envelope which gets addressed, stamped, and sealed with a tiny wax seal with your initial on it. The letter then goes into a see-through folded coin case and is packaged up with a magnifying glass in a larger glassine envelope, finished off with a large “World’s Smallest Letter” wax seal. I can send your letter directly to a recipient of your choice, or to you if you would like to distribute it yourself.

*NEW* World’s Smallest Birthday Cards, Winter Holiday Cards, Valentines, and cards from the Tooth Fairy!

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