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DARPA Developing Shape-Shifting Transfomers
News February 18, 2014
DARPA has been developing shape-shifting, cargo carrying unmanned aerial vehicles in a bid to augment current delivery methods. It is getting increasingly more dangerous to deliver the huge supply loads that comabt bases require and although helicopters are a possible solution, supply of available helicopters can’t meet the demand... Read more
There are currently over 500000 different pieces of space junk, floating around our orbit. Unfortunately, with every satellite launched into orbit, it will eventually become interstellar garbage, things that have a seemingly unstoppable destiny to be tracked and possibly dismantled by DARPA or ultimately disposed of by huge lasers or something of... Read more
Toyota Announces Massive Prius Recall
Internet February 17, 2014
There have been a number of automobile manufacturers in recent times, which have had to recall masses of vehicles due to dangerous or defective parts inside their cars. In fact only last week , 75% of 2007-2014 high end cars had to be recalled from manufacturer Aston Martin for... Read more
A Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion
News February 17, 2014
Nuclear fusion has the potential to produce enough energy to meet humans’ high demands, so it is understandable why scientists invest a lot of time and money into researching this technology. It is unlikely that we will see this energy resource commercially available any time soon but scientists have... Read more
Wise Button Controls & Keeps Track Of Your Devices
Mobile February 17, 2014
Have you ever found yourself wishing that you had one device to control all of your other devices? Or, have you ever wanted to have a device that could easily tell you where you left one of your devices – especially when you can’t find your phone in the... Read more
Send A Smell Via A Text Message With oPhone
Mobile February 17, 2014
Nowadays smartphones provide a variety of stimulation for some of our senses whether it be hearing the voices of our family from the other side of the world and listening to music, or feasting our eyes on photos, videos and games. Yet now our noses could be about to... Read more
Dyson To Open Robotics Lab At Imperial College
News February 17, 2014
If you’re anything like most “normal” people, part of your daily and weekly activities revolve around housekeeping. Whether it’s doing the dishes, cleaning the bathroom, or vacuuming the floor, we all have duties around the house that we wish we didn’t have to do. If you have children, they... Read more
Trials Scheduled For TALOS Military Exoskeleton
News February 16, 2014
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) which is a division of the US Military, revealed late last year that it had created the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) project to produce a wearable environment for soldiers that combines both armour and technology to enhance the soldier’s fighting efficiency.... Read more
Anyone who has spent some time playing on a gaming console knows just how it can take you to a whole new world (or dimension, if you want). However, there is something to be said about PC gaming, and everyone knows that that experience is hard to beat. Of... Read more
The Survival Slingshot
News February 16, 2014
An aerospace engineer from Texas has developed a slingshot so powerful, that it can kill a wild animal. Fitted with two mounting points, the standard Survival Slingshot comes with forty rounds of steel shot. There is even an Archer model, which allows the user to fire arrows from this... Read more
Sony Selling Waterproof Walkman Inside A Bottle Of Water
Software Reviews February 16, 2014
Most people probably listen to music on-the-go through their smartphone nowadays but there is still a niche market for MP3 players. Sony wants to capitalize on this and is targeting consumers who want to listen to music underwater. Smartphones are not cheap and so for some places they are... Read more
URB-E: The Fold Up Electric Scooter
News February 16, 2014
At the Consumer Electronic Show in January, the new up and coming gadget that seemed to get a lot of attention was the Urb-E scooter. The Urb-E scooter is currently live on crowdfunding website, Indiegogo. In order to get the scooter off the ground, the company is sending down the... Read more
BBC, ITV & Channel 4 Team Up For Freeview Connect Service
Internet February 15, 2014
The big 3 television broadcast stations in the UK; BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have joined forces in creating a new brand called Freeview Connect. The service will offer their catch-up TV services as standard on smart televisons. The Freeview Connect app will comprise of BBC iPlayer, ITV Player... Read more
Fish On Wheels Makes Life in a Fishbowl More Interesting
News February 15, 2014
I’ve never been a fish, obviously, so I’m not really an authority on their quality of life. (I did own a Beta fish once, though). But it seems to me that the life of a fish, especially the life of a fish in a fishbowl, would be all kinds... Read more
Google & Telstra in Talks for Australia Chromecast
Internet February 14, 2014
With Chromecast, you can easily enjoy your favourite online entertainment on your HDTV: movies, TV shows, music, and much more from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Google Play Movies and Music, and Chrome. Although there has been no indication from Google that they will be bringing Chromecast to Australia, a new report... Read more
NASA is Creating Star Trek-Like Self Healing Medical Devices
News February 14, 2014
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
Scentee Allows Your Smartphone To Remove Bad Smells
Mobile February 14, 2014
We live in a wonderful world, but if we’re being honest, it doesn’t always smell like a wonderful world. Oftentimes, it smells just the opposite. Whether it’s someone at work who forgot to apply their deodorant that morning, or if it’s the popcorn you burnt in the microwave the... Read more
Virgin Atlantic Will Check In Passengers With Wearable Tech Devices
News February 14, 2014
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