The smart egg is an egg that shows you when its boiled. Just drop it in the pot and wait to see the symbol come up and bingo youre ready to eat!

This self-timing egg with heat-sensitive invisible ink that turns black the minute that it is ready. All you need to do is decide whether you prefer your eggs soft, medium or hard-boiled, and buy accordingly.

The “PerfEGG” device, designed by a student at Brunel University, keeps the water temperature constant for 8.5 minutes without reaching boiling point. The aim is to let the egg white coagulate but keep the yolk runny. Its creator, Ben Harris, 22, said: “I get so frustrated if I get the timing wrong and the egg is too hard to dip my toasted soldiers in. My design solves this problem.” Full Story