Sitting on the couch, leaning forward with brows furrowed in concentration: gaming is ‘serious business’. For many, shooting the bad guys and saving the damsel in distress can feel so real, it’s like you’re actually there. It can’t get any better than this, right? Wrong. Immersive gaming technology has advanced to the point where you […]
Researchers from the University of Leeds have developed a way to build computer storage devices from bacteria. Certain strains of bacteria absorb iron to make magnetic nanoparticles that let them navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field. The team at Leeds have extracted the protein behind this process and used it to create magnetic patterns that […]
Google has been given the go-ahead to test its prototype driverless cars out on the road in Nevada, U.S.A. The modified Toyota Prius is entirely computer-controlled, and is capable of performing all the functions of a regular car, just without the driver. An array of laser sensors mounted on the roof and in the front […]
Motion-control is fast becoming a popular way to interact with various devices. Now Microsoft researchers have developed a different way to interact with computers, also using motion-control, but in a way that is kinder to your bank balance. SoundWave is software that can be installed on any computer with speakers and a microphone in order […]
Samsung has released more details about its new Galaxy S III, and so far it’s looking pretty flash. It’s thinner, lighter, and much faster than the Galaxy S II, with some interesting little add-ons thrown in to make owning one of these rather nice. With a 4.8 inch, HD Super AMOLED screen, you have a […]
The latest scare sweeping the internet is the Doomsday knell for July 9th. Why, you may ask? It is because that is the date the FBI and the American government will switch off DNS servers, cutting access to the internet for an estimated 350,000 computers. And yours could be one of them. Since 2007, a […]
The life of a smartphone battery is often not long enough for all the things we wish to do. Everyone knows that watching videos and running apps uses a lot of power, but now it has come to light that certain websites are adding to the drain due to bloated and unnecessary code. Wikipedia, IMDB, […]
On the 16th April, 2012, Tupac (a rapper who was shot in 1996) was briefly brought back to life at the Coachella Music Festival with the aid of holographic technology, fooling thousands of spectators and online watchers. Tweets and Facebook updates flooded the internet during his appearance, all to the tune of; “is Tupac alive?” […]
Exciting new products are popping up all over the place, and at Intel and Microsoft they have their innovation-caps on and set to max. Intel and Microsoft have teamed up to roll out the latest generation of PCs: the Ultrabook. The Ultrabook is a lightweight laptop that can be converted into a tablet at the […]
Recently Google announced its latest venture: Project Glass- a futuristic headset that evokes memories of Star Trek (and for you younger folk, Dragonball Z), and is the latest piece of technology that has captured the technological world’s imagination. These glasses and their capabilities are what people pictured when they thought of the future, along with […]
