If you often find yourself stuck in situations you desperately want to escape, there's a new app that's a must-have.
Dorothy, named after the character from The Wizard of Oz, allows the user to click their heels together three times to summon a fake phone call or text nearby friends.
It works via a motion-detecting, Bluetooth-enabled chip attached to your shoes.
Elsewhere in tech, LG's new 55-inch curved OLED TV has gone on sale here in New Zealand, for just under $5000 – 60 percent cheaper than last year's model.
RSAs and sports clubs have been offered the new screens at a reduced price to help them prepare for the upcoming Cricket World Cup.
Also, we look at an impressive supercar and a rather super scooter, as well as a drone equipped with a defibrillator that can be controlled by doctors remotely.
NOTE: Entries for the Big Boys' Toys competition mentioned in the video have now closed.
Emma Brannam presents this week's Tech Bytes – watch the video.
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