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Soaring levels of mobile phone theft have prompted new measures to tackle the issue, which will be tested in New York and San Francisco. Prosecutors will use the iPhone 5 from Apple and the Galaxy S4 from Samsung to carry out the tests. This comes as a response to... Read more
Urine-Powered Fuel Cell Charges Mobile Phone
Mobile July 22, 2013
The idea has been around for decades but scientists have finally been able to put it into practice: harnessing the power of urine to create a source of electricity. Bristol Robotics Laboratory researchers have created a urine-powered fuel cell that was able to charge a phone with enough electricity... Read more
Meet GlassUp: Your Google Glass Alternative
Mobile July 22, 2013
Google Glass has been getting a lot of hype, and rightly so. The era of wearable tech is dawning, and it is only to be expected that Google will lead the way in this regard. Of course, once the idea is out there, you can’t expect other innovative minds... Read more
QR Code Hacks Google Glass
Internet July 21, 2013
Another security weakness has been found with Google Glass. Using a QR code, security analysts at Lookout were able to force the Glass device to perform certain actions, such as sharing a user’s screen or joining wireless networks, without the user’s knowledge. Google Glass is set to automatically process... Read more
NASA Successfully Test 3D Printed Rocket Engine Part
News July 20, 2013
NASA has announced that it has successfully tested a 3D printed part for a rocket engine. The technique called selective laser melting (SLM) was used and resulted in the part being produced quicker and cheaper. The California based Aerojet Rocketdyne were able to make an injector component, a part... Read more
It has finally happened. All that talk about the business model of instant messaging service WhatsApp has been going around for quite some time, but now, it’s official. WhatsApp for iOS is now free to download. If you’re one of those who paid $0.99 to download the app –... Read more
SunSocket Portable Solar Generator Can Track the Sun
News July 17, 2013
Portable solar generators are quite common nowadays, but most systems ignore the fact that for maximum output, they always need to face the right way. While sun tracking features are available for larger industrial or home installations, most portable systems do not have this capability. And this is where... Read more
Superman Memory Crystals Can Store Up to 360TB
News July 16, 2013
Scientists are working on a new type of computer memory which would allow the safe and long-term storage of hundreds of terabytes of data. And by long term, they mean theoretically forever. Using high speed lasers, they have been able to record and retrieve information from glass, leading to... Read more
A twenty three year old woman has died in Xinjiang, China after using her iPhone while it was charging, her family claim. According to the young woman’s brother, Ma Ailun was trying to answer a call on the Apple handset when she received an electric shock. The news agency... Read more
The Serval project has begun raising funds for a device to assist smart phones in connecting without a cellular network. The prototype can enable nearby Android phones to link up for calls, texts and file transfers without a cellular network. The Serval project is appealing for assistance developing a router-like device... Read more
In a follow up to our recent report regarding how an Android Security Bug was found to let hackers gain system access, Google has released a fix to its Android original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) for this bug, named: Android security bug 8219321 as unearthed by Bluebox Security in February this... Read more
PS4 Can Alter Gaming Landscape, Sony Says
News July 15, 2013
Okay, we all know by now that Sony’s PlayStation 4 is likely to be a very big hit and probably outsell Microsoft’s Xbox One, but there’s no need to rub it in. Sony doesn’t seem to have any intention of halting its “charm offensive”: the new gaming platform’s architect,... Read more
Most of the 3D printers currently on the market are bulky, hard to carry around and rather slow. So it’s pretty hard to imagine one of these gadgets being able to continue printing upside down or in flight. But the Bukito, from Deezmaker, can do all this and more:... Read more
DARPA Unveil A Robot That Would Give Terminator A Fright
News July 13, 2013
DARPA has unveiled a new 6-foot robot named Atlas. Although this robot looks as though it has just stepped off the film-set of Terminator, the 330-pound machine has been designed to help us. Atlas is a testbed humanoid for disaster response. The Petman soldier robot showed it was possible... Read more
WiFi 802.11ac: What You Need To Know
Internet July 13, 2013
Recently 802.11ac WiFi devices have started to emerge, but just what is WiFi 802.11ac and How fast is it? 802.11ac is a supercharged version of 802.11n, which is the current WiFi standard, offering link speeds ranging from 433 megabits-per-second (Mbps), through to multiple gigabits per second. To achieve these... Read more
EU & Japan Team Up for 100Gbps Fiber Optic Internet
Internet July 12, 2013
Unhappy with your current Internet broadband speed? Well, fingers crossed for this new project to succeed: the European Union and Japan have joined forces to build 100Gbps fiber optic Internet, about 5,000 times faster than the average broadband speed in Europe – 19.7Mbps. The project is called STRAUSS and... Read more
Garmin Produce Sat-Nav App For Head-Up Display
News July 11, 2013
The satellite navigation firm Garmin has produced a portable head-up display (HUD), that projects directions directly on to a windscreen. It works by combining a smartphone and a Garmin app to generate navigation information. The HUD projects directional arrows, distances, current speed and speed limits on to the glass.... Read more
Dell to Enter The Wearable Computing Niche?
News July 10, 2013
With the availability of Google Glass to the general public coming closer and closer, the interest in wearable computing has never been this strong. Of course, the concept has always been a topic of interest for forward thinkers, and it is also a bone of content for those who... Read more