PSP best invention of 2005?

News from Gamesradar

Highly respected US magazine Time has put PSP on its shortlist for Best Invention of 2005. Sony's sexy handheld is in the Live Wires category, alongside a really clever bit of rope and a watch alarm that won't always go off.

The Smart Rope is stuffed with conductive fibres and communicates with a handset warning if it's under too much strain – perhaps alerting fat rock climbers with soothing 'You are about to die – but at least you were doing what you loved' messages.

The watch features a really thoughtful alarm which won't wake you if it's a bad time, such as when you're fast asleep. A motion sensor looks for the restlessness of light sleep and allows the alarm to sound then, having delayed it for up to 20 minutes.

Consequently, wearers need never suffer the grogginess of waking from dream sleep as they sprint through bus fumes with their trousers on backwards and half a piece of toast in their hair.

PSP runs games, shows widescreen movies, plays music, manages photos, wirelessly surfs the internet and streams live podcasts, despite being small enough to fit in an inside pocket.

Pretty funny. PSP was released in 2004. Guess the maroons at Time never heard of a country called Japan.