Don't you just hate it when you come back from a conference with 150 business cards, and you have to type them all into your contacts file on the computer, and this gives you a headache, so you have to take the day off, and then you get fired for being a so-called "slacker"?

Now, for less than £300, you can say goodbye to those business card blues, with the latest gadget from Seiko. Simply feed a business card into the slot, and let the machine do the rest.

Software inside the device scans the card, recognises the contact name, company name, address, phone and fax number, and places all the information in the correct database fields.

From then on, you can find any entry in seconds, and call up lists of contacts by region, industry or whatever category you choose.

The machine weighs about 500g and works alongside any Windows-based computer.

The Seiko Smart Business Card Reader, price £295, is distributed by Timemark and available across the State.