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People Already Lining Up For Best Buy’s Black Friday TV’s!
Look – I get as excited about a good deal as the next person, but there’s no way in this world I’d camp out for several weeks to save a few hundred bucks. And, having worked my fair share of Black Friday’s in the retail world, I’d just as... Read more
Xbox One Sales Triple After Holiday Price Cut
A couple of weeks ago, Techbeat reported that Microsoft was getting into the Christmas spirit by dropping the price on their latest video game console, the Xbox One. Up until lately, Sony had been outselling Microsoft in the console war, but that is no longer the case thanks to... Read more
Blizzard Announces Overwatch, New Battle-Arena Shooter
Blizzard has announced its first new IP in seventeen years, Overwatch. Built from the remnants of Project Titan, Blizzard’s cancelled MMO, it features a new graphics engine, characters and a whole new world to explore. The basis of the game is quite simple, a 6 vs 6 team-based shooter,... Read more
Man Builds Batmobile, Becomes Batman & Visits Sick Kids
There are some neat people in the world who do some legitimately awesome things with their time and money. Consider 29-year-old Zac Mihajlovic from Australia. He spent two years of his life building a replica version of the Batmobile used in Tim Burton’s classic Batman films, and it looks pretty spot-on.... Read more
Better Airless Tires are on their Way!
Tires are one of those things that all seem pretty much the same. Oh, the brands are all different, but most all of them are round, rubber, and full of air. And they’re not all that cheap to replace, either. Tires are one of those things you don’t really... Read more
Inflatable Incubator Wins Dyson Award
The annual James Dyson Award for Innovation has gone to a young British inventor who has produced an inflatable incubator system. The device has been designed for the developing world and costs only £250. The really important aspect of this device is that it has the same life-saving features... Read more
Duck Hunt is Coming to the Wii U
The first video game I can remember playing is Duck Hunt on the original Nintendo (NES) System. I remember it like it was yesterday, probably because Duck Hunt was a game I played with my grandmother and we made a lot of memories while playing it. More than anything, though, I... Read more
Anura Drone Fits in your Pocket for you to use Whenever
You just never know when you’ll need to use a drone. Maybe you want to spy on some random person or conversation. Or, maybe you want to capture some neat aerial photography. Or, maybe you just want to take some kind of extreme selfie of yourself doing something crazy.... Read more
Sony Patent Reveals Voice Command To Skip TV Adverts
Have you ever found yourself shouting at the Television? I know I have. Wouldn’t it be great if you could alter your viewing from a voice command? Well, if Sony has their way pretty soon that could be a reality. Sony’s has a plan, which has been in development... Read more
IllumiBowl Lights up your Toilet at Night
Most of us have to use the bathroom at some point during the night. There’s nothing embarrassing about it; it’s just a fact of life. We all have to go to the bathroom, and sometimes, we have to do it in the middle of the night! While we’re at... Read more
HP Smartwatch Unveiled

HP Smartwatch Unveiled

News November 5, 2014

Have you been looking at smart watches to replace your old timepiece? Perhaps you don’t like the style of the new ones and prefer the elegance of the classic look. Well look no further! HP has recently announced its partnership with Michael Bastian, fashion designer. The MB Chronowing combines... Read more
Sony Reveals Massive Losses
At the end of last week, Sony has reported their quarterly earnings. This was not, in any way, good news. Wall Street had already estimated a big loss for the technology giant, but nobody expected the massive losses that the company posted. On Friday of last week Sony reported... Read more
World’s Most Advanced Flying Car: AeroMobil 3.0
Do you remember the classic cartoon from the minds of Hanna-Barbera called The Jetsons? I’m sure you do. It was set in the future where, amongst other things, people’s normal mode of transportation was the flying car. It look as though the future isn’t so far away after all,... Read more
Kickstarter Pulls Tor Router Project
Crowdfunding project TorFi, has been removed from Kickstarter only days after a similar listing for the Anonabox router was also taken down. The TorFi project was a Wi-Fi router that has been constructed to run all Internet traffic through Tor, “the onion router,” in an bid to ensure total privacy. The TorFi... Read more
Amazon Announces Fire TV Stick, Chromecast Alternative‏
The best selling electronic device on Amazon.com is the Chromecast, but Amazon is looking to change this with their own inexpensive streaming dongle. Named the Fire TV Stick, Amazon is looking to package all of the goodness from the Fire TV in a $39 HDMI-stick. Amazon has worked hard... Read more
Pip: Stress Management Biosensor
Do you suffer from stress and anxiety? If you do, then you know that it can stop you from functioning properly. Imagine if technology could ease stress? Pip, a biosensor device, looks like a mini iPod and is held between the thumb and forefinger. It measures our sweat and... Read more
Draw Working Circuits with Conductive Ink Pens
Do you remember making circuits in school with wires, batteries and switches? Well long gone are those days! Now there are conductive inks which can be put into thin objects, pens or even printed on paper. There is now no need for sizeable framework. Beginning as a Kickstarter project,... Read more
Hemingwrite: Typewriter Meets Laptop
Are you constantly being distracted while trying to write? Facebook, Instagram- it all serves as something else to do other than what you should be doing: working! Typewriters were once the popular choice for writers and secretaries alike! But just before computers became popular, portable word processors or electric... Read more