Homeland insecurity
The aim of the US Department of Homeland Security is to enable Americans to sleep easily in their beds. But some ingenious entrepreneurs have been working on a fallback option — a bulletproof bed which is also protected against chemical and biological warfare. You think I jest? Well, take a look at this. I’m still convinced it’s a spoof, but my colleague Andrew Ingram (who sent me the link) swears that it’s for real.