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This Ultrasonic Array Makes Things Fly Around In 3D Space
Internet January 4, 2014
When watching this video for the first time you would be forgiven for thinking that we have finally mastered the Force. However rather than Luke Skywalker, these are scientists from the University of Tokyo, who have been able to make things levitate and move in space with the use... Read more
Console Living Room: Classic Video Games Online
Internet January 4, 2014
Sometimes, the older some things are the better they are. And maybe the thing in question actually attains to the status of classic and once that status has been achieved, the price goes through the roof and the laws of supply and demand become more prominent. Video gaming has... Read more
Early Antarctic Photographs Taken By Explorers Found Preserved
InternetPhoto and Image January 3, 2014
A team from the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust have made a fascinating discovery. Whilst conserving an Antarctic exploration hut, the team stumbled across a small box of undeveloped negatives, which have been frozen in a block of ice for almost 100 years. Ironically photographers historically stored film in... Read more
Researchers at the Chaos Communication Congress have said that Cash machines running Windows XP have been attacked. It appears as though criminals have managed to steal money from cash machines earlier this year, using USB sticks and exploiting the security of Microsoft’s, now very old, Windows XP operating system. Researchers speaking... Read more
4.6 million North American Snapchat users have had their phone numbers and usernames leaked online. The revelation came from the unofficial site SnapchapDB, which allows open access to two files: an SQL dump and CSV text. These show details of the photo-sharing app’s users and their location. SnapchatDB has... Read more
Starting January 31, 2014 (yes, it’s that time when we keep having to change the year when we write down the date), file sharing apps Bump and Flock will be discontinued by Google. Not that we expect the masses to rise up against this decision. After all, I wouldn’t... Read more
IBM Acquires Aspera
Internet January 2, 2014
IBM has purchased high-speed data transferring company Aspera. The hardware and software giant announced today in a press release that they acquired the company for an undisclosed amount. Aspera created and then patented a technology called fasp, an acronym that stands for fast, active, secure protocol. This technology speeds up the time... Read more
Figures Show Google’s Chromebook is Doing Better Than Ever
Internet January 1, 2014
According to the latest figures from NPD, Chromebooks accounted for 21 percent of all laptop sales and almost 10 percent of all computer sales to businesses in 2013. This is a kick in the teeth for Microsoft, especially because this time last year the figures were not looking good.... Read more
Google Wants To Put Android In Audi Cars
Internet January 1, 2014
As we all know, Google always has some big plan or other. The latest news suggests that Google is planning to have Android installed in cars, starting with Audi. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company will announce a joint venture with Audi next week at CES 2014.... Read more
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has today taken up a call to arms, so to speak, as she is urging wireless carriers to enable new anti-theft technology on handsets. According to the popular Senator, one-third of robberies involve a cell phone theft, this results in an estimated $30... Read more
NSA Intercepted New Laptops to Install Spy Malware
Internet December 30, 2013
Reports from Der Spiegel have suggested that the NSA’s elite hacking unit (TAO), has gone to serious lengths to spy on unsuspecting victims. The reports, which are based on internal NSA documents, indicate that shipping deliveries of laptops and other computer accessories, are regularly intercepted and implanted with bugs,... Read more
Churches Forced To Use GPS To Keep Track Of Baby Jesus
Internet December 30, 2013
I don’t know how you got into the Christmas spirit this year, but some people in this country decided that they would get into it by going around and stealing the baby Jesus figure from different nativity scenes around town. I don’t know if God reserves special treatment for... Read more
Remote iPhone Shutter: Maxstone Hits Kickstarter
Internet December 29, 2013
The MaxStone Kickstarter Project is a remote iPhone and digital camera shutter. This new project is hoping to combine some popular recent gadget trends with normally sought after pro DSLR photography features for a Bluetooth connected gadget, that is distinctive and more multitalented than others in the same category.... Read more
Erasing Bad Memories is Now A Reality!
Internet December 29, 2013
A team of neuroscientists have devised a new form of electroshock therapy, which apparently erases bad memories. The Dutch neuroscientists came up with an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which was designed to “target and disrupt patients’ memory of a disturbing episode.” A group of 42 patients were shown two traumatic... Read more
UK Surgeon in Trouble for Branding Patients
Internet December 29, 2013
As if patients scheduled for surgery didn’t have enough things to worry about before going under the knife – another potential worry can now be added to the growing list. A surgeon from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in England has been suspended from duty after his initials were found inscribed... Read more
LG Pocket Photo2 Announced
Internet December 28, 2013
Lots of people may not have known that LG had a Pocket Photo Printer; in fact you may be one of those people. I like to think I m not too far behind things when it comes to the latest tech, but I hate to admit it, I had... Read more
Cubli The Robotic Cube Can Walk & Jump
Internet December 26, 2013
Swiss researchers at Zurich’s ETH Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, have built a cube-shaped robot that can walk around and balance itself on its edges or corners. The Cubli is able to accomplish these feats because it has three internal spinning wheels, which provide a gyroscopic balancing force. The... Read more
Take Your Family To Jurassic Park
Internet December 26, 2013
There’s all kinds of neat places for families to visit these days. There’s Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, the Redwood Forest, Sea World, and the list goes on and on. While all of those places are great and all, they all seem kind of boring when... Read more