Published: 11:32AM Monday October 20, 2008
Ben is one of two Technology Test-Drivers on Breakfast, visiting the tall towers of TVNZ every Wednesday with new gizmos for Paul and Pippa to play with.
By day, he is a mild-mannered software development executive. Having no suit to tear off, he instead transforms himself into a super gadget-freak by blogging and tweeting about all things shiny and electronic.
Ben's super power is a magpie-like sense for discovering gadgetry in ordinary household items.
When he's not blogging or developing software, Ben deconstructs reality television, and takes a soldering iron to his son's toys to reduce the volume of those ear-splitting piezoelectric speakers.
If Ben could invent a gadget, it would be an all-in-one pet feeder and minder for his family's two cats, rabbit, guineapig and pair of frogs.
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