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Xiaomi Announces $130 Redmi Smartphone
Some of you may remember Hugo Barra left Google last year to work over in China and undertake a job for Xiaomi. Hugo has just announced on his Google+ Xiami has a new Redmi smartphone.  The Redmi line is a rebranding of their Hongmi products, for other global markets... Read more
Researchers Say Airport X-Ray Scanners Can Be Hacked
Billy Rios and Terry McCorkie, two security researchers, have bought their own x-ray control machine on the internet and analyzed how it works in a bid to discover flaws. They found that the Threat Image Projection is possibly at threat from hackers. Designed to train x-ray operators and their... Read more
NASA is Creating Star Trek-Like Self Healing Medical Devices
NASA is working with the Houston-based company GRoK Technologies on the development of tissue regeneration technology. The plan is to create non-invasive medical technologies designed to “regenerate bone and muscle tissues,” not too dissimilar to what we see on Star Trek. In the press release NASA explained it is... Read more
Jolla Releases Source Code For Sailfish Browser
Finnish smartphone manufacturer, Jolla has just released the source code for the Sailfish OS browser.  This move makes it the primary internal application for the operating system to be open sourced.  The source code is to be found in the GitHub version control system, meaning that the Sailfish user community... Read more
Virgin Atlantic Will Check In Passengers With Wearable Tech Devices
Heathrow airport has been chosen to run a pilot program for Virgin Atlantic, where staff in the upper class wing will check their business class passengers in via the use of either Sony’s smartwatch or Google Glass. The program will last for around six weeks  but if it goes... Read more
NASA is Assessing Proposals For A Contract To Mine On The Moon
NASA is examining proposals from private companies, who are bidding for the project to explore the moon for valuable resources like Helium 3 and other rare earth metals. It is possible than one or more of the companies will succeed in winning the contract to build capable robots for... Read more
NASA WASP Allows Ballons To Be Used As Observation Platforms
Scientists have for a long time now, used balloons to transport certain types of telescopes far beyond the visible sky, into the stratosphere, to gain a clearer view of the object that they are trying to look at.  If there is less atmosphere between the telescope and the planet,... Read more
Don’t Want To Buy Lamps? Use This USB Cork Light
Do you find yourself with several glass bottles waiting to be thrown out? Could you use some extra light in your home and don’t want to go out and spend who knows what on lamps? If this sounds familiar, I think there’s a new product out there that can... Read more
Robot Snow Plough Saves You Going Out in The Cold
In winter shifting snow is one of those jobs that everyone loves to hate. Come on admit it, you make your kids do it right? Well if you’re son or daughter has got wise to your ploy and no amount of pocket money will induce them to shift that... Read more
NYPD To Use Google Glass

NYPD To Use Google Glass

News February 12, 2014

The boys in blue over at the New York Police Department have 2 pairs of the wearable tech, Google Glass. The experimental head-mounted computers are being trialled to determine their possible application to police work, the NYPD have said in a statement. The technology used in Glass, feeds information... Read more
Drone Hovers Over Fatal Car Wreck
While it may be part of human nature to let our eyes linger longer than we should at the site of a car wreck, what’s not so normal is for a drone to do the same thing. Yet, that’s exactly what happened recently in Hartford, Connecticut. While the police... Read more
Vodafone Now Supports Ubuntu
We all love an outsider’s chance, don’t we?  Maybe it’s the renegade team who surpass insurmountable odds to win in the final minute of the game? I think Ubuntu is a bit like that, isn’t it?  They have done really well over the last few years, in fact now... Read more
The meMINI Wearable Camera Captures Special Moments
We’ve all done it; you experience something truly wonderful or hilarious but are unable to replay the moment because you didn’t have a camera to hand. However a new device called meMINI, allows you to save treasured moments as they happen, effectively giving you the ability of hindsight. Some... Read more
GoPro Files For IPO

GoPro Files For IPO

GamingNews February 11, 2014

GoPro, the action camera manufacturer, has filed the initial documents for its IPO, according to a recent press release from the company. The announcement was brief and it only revealed that the San Mateo Company intends to go public, just as soon as the Securities and Exchange Commission completes its... Read more
Mercedes Creates A Sleek Surfboard For Big Wave Surfers
Mercedes-Benz, well known for its high-quality vehicles, has designed and created a limited edition surfboard. Unfortunately they won’t be available to just anyone, as they were created for use on the enormous waves that grace the shores of Nazare Canyon, on the coast of Portugal. The company worked in... Read more
Kohler Adds A Nightlight To The Toilet Seat
I think it’s a safe bet that everyone reading (or writing) this has had a very similar experience when it comes to waking up in the middle of the night and having to use the bathroom. Heck, some of us even wake up multiple times throughout the night in... Read more
Man Builds Air Hockey Robot From 3D Printer Parts
The hacker Jose Julio wanted to create something unique and interesting with parts from a 3D printer. Taking inspiration from his daughter who loved air hockey and his own love of robotics, he decided to build an ‘Air Hockey Robot’. “I have seen several interesting projects of robots that... Read more
Surgeons Successfully Implant The First Artificial Retina
The world’s first official FDA-approved “bionic eye” has been successfully implanted by surgeons at the University of Michigan Health System. This is a step in helping patients who suffer from degenerative eye disease, allowing them to now detect light and shapes. Two surgeons implanted the Argus II artificial retina... Read more