Being stuck on the hamster wheel of life is no fun. Just ask Ratty, our pet hamster back in the lab at gadgetshop HQ. Having the lining of your cage made from back issues of New Scientist must be deprivation indeed. Ratty can't speak, of course, but if he could, I'm sure he'd be mightily pee'd off.

Now you can join in solidarity with Ratty and oppressed masses worldwide by investing in this USB-linked keyboard activity monitor cunningly disguised as a hamster wheel. Simply install the device using the handy installation CD, insert the USB dongle in the port whatsit and type away. The faster you type, the faster the wheel will spin. Genius.

Type like the wind and the hamster will start to shift. Type for England and he'll work up a sweat. Type like no-one has ever typed before and watch him practically take off.

The hamster is a metaphor for the billions of us toiling over a hot keyboard with nothing more than a water cooler moment to lighten the mood. He might not be able to throw a Molotov cocktail or wave a placard, but he (and, by extension, you) are making a statement in his little hamster wheel way. Revolution!