Theatrical robot steals the show at IT expo

A SHAKESPEARE-reciting robot, the world’s most merciless alarm clock and “intelligent” cocktail shakers were among the gadgets wowing visitors at the CeBIT hi-tech fair yesterday.

Ranging from the futuristic to the ingenious to the downright pointless, the world’s biggest IT expo this year showcased thousands of the latest gadgets to pull in the 350,000 visitors expected to travel to Hanover in northern Germany.

No one finds it easy to wake up in the morning. But even the heaviest sleeper has found his match in the “intelligent” alarm clock designed by students at the Technical University of Wildau in Germany.