Inventor's bright idea for perfect boiled egg

According to the news agency Reuters, a British inventor claims to have cracked the age-old problem of how to boil the perfect egg.

Simon Rhymes has devised a machine that uses powerful light bulbs instead of boiling water to cook the egg.

The gadget, which looks like a glass cafetiere, does the job in six minutes and then chops off the top to allow dipping with toast "soldiers".

Rhymes, 23, said he came up with the idea because he found it hard to cook an egg the traditional way.

"Many people are confused," the product design student told BBC radio on Wednesday. "This simply uses four 500-watt bulbs to heat the egg directly."

Rhymes, from Wiltshire, said he has secured a patent and is in talks with manufacturers to mass-produce the machine.

Source - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/11102006/80-132/inventor-s-bright-idea-perfect-boiled-egg.html.