Windows 8 is coming and it’s bringing with it touchscreen computing. Of course, touchscreen computers aren’t anything particularly new – I believe HP has had one for ages. The difference is that the actual system is going to be built for it – Windows 8 is going to be designed for touch screens. And Lenovo […]
Ever thrown something in the washing machine, even though it didn’t really need a full wash? Later regretted that decision because the piece of clothing has come out just a little bit stretched out and a little more worn down? Well Lisa Marie Bengtsson, a London designer, wanted to come up with a solution. The […]
Meet Rob Flickenger, a modern day mad scientist. The man who built a working Tesla Gun. With a grab bag of small electronics, a Tesla coil and and a Nerf Gun, Rob locked himself away in his lair and emerged with a weapon of awesome destruction. Or at least a really cool party favor. The […]
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Yep, robots are invading the oceans. So what if turtles are dying out? We’ll replace them with these robotic babies. Ok, not really. This is a turtle-inspired cargo vessel, from what I can tell. It travels at about 7 knots and stores its goods in its little shell. There’s also space in there for its […]
A British firm is working on a harpoon to retrieve space debris such as defunct satellites. The idea is to spear the debris and then pull it down towards Earth to be burned up in the atmosphere. The project is the work of Astrium UK, a global company’s branch in Stevenage (which coincidentally is the […]
Regulators and technology companies have held an international summit to explore problems with patent laws. Though the meeting was held behind closed doors, it doesn’t appear they agreed on much other than that something must be done. The International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency, held the roundtable discussion in Geneva with more than 140 […]
It’s fifty years ago this week since the first practical experiment producing visible light from a light-emitting diode. The idea that electricity could directly generate light goes back to the early 20th century. That led to exploration of the idea of tweaking the principle of a transistor to intentionally control the movement of electrons and […]
In Crane, Indiana, the Naval Warfare Surface Centre has revealed an app that shows you just how dangerous malware can be in the world of such intelligent phones. The app called PlaceRaider can take photos randomly while running in the background – you would never know it was happening. These photos can then be rendered […]
Hitachi says it’s found a way to improve airport security without disrupting passenger movement. It uses the same technology as some recent suggestions, though the implementation looks a bit more credible. The system, developed with the help of railway signaling firm Nippon Signal and the University of Yamanishi, would scan both users and their boarding […]