I’ve just been reading about a new business venture that’s been announced: a start-up company called Planetary Resources intends to shoot robots into space so they can mine asteroids. Oh and by the way, James Cameron (Aliens, Terminator, Avatar) is one of the major players in the project. !!!DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!!! This is such [...]
April 25, 2012
Silver Surfers Day: Is Grandpa cooler than you?
It is really exciting to hear that older generations, fondly known as ‘silver surfers’, are taking a more active interest in online platforms. From online dating to streaming their favorite TV programs online, you would be surprised how much your Grandma and or Grandpa are cooler than you… Spring Online and Silver Surfers Day Spring [...]
April 25, 2012
Apple Rejects Laptop-tablet Hybrids
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple has rejected the idea of making a iPad/Macbook Air hybrid product as it would “wind up compromising” both. This view is contrary to that of rivals Asus who are already marketing their Transformer series and Intel have also expressed interest in the idea. Mr Cook said in an interview with [...]
April 24, 2012
The best retro iPhone cases
Now that everyone is fighting against each other to see who takes the most desaturated photos using Instagram, it’s time to turn your iPhone into a retro gadget and be the coolest kid in the hood. The 80s mobile phone case is my favourite. I don’t have an iPhone but if I end up buying [...]
April 23, 2012
Vintage Phones for Landline Lovers Everywhere
For most of us, the days of the landline telephone have long passed. And for the most part it’s great. We no longer have to live with annoying dinnertime calls from telemarketers. Teenagers don’t have to die from embarassement when their sibling answers and says, ‘She’s taking a dump right now, can she call you [...]
April 19, 2012
Ikea Bringing You TV
Ikea. World famous for furniture, lifestyle products, and Allen keys. Not content with that, the company has decided to change markets and try to sort out the problem of home entertainment systems and all the wires that come with them. This is not some cheap box that you build your self though, it comes with [...]
April 16, 2012
The NAB show- the importance of content
The NAB Show is currently running in Las Vegas. It is a huge conference which has around 1, 500 exhibitors from various sectors including SES from the world of satellites and Panasonic and JVC from the consumer technology. There are also some extra special speakers coming including Steve Wozniak; Fusion-io and Rob Legato; Visual Effects [...]
April 13, 2012
The Gadget Show Live 2012
I had been considering going along to the Gadget Show Live 2012 at the Birmingham NEC this week (11-15 April). However after several hours of meditation and contemplation I decided that there was too great a likelihood that I would get over stimulated and end up running around the arena wearing a tinfoil hat and [...]
April 12, 2012
Most Annoying Alarm Clocks to Get You Out of Bed
There is nothing worse. Your room is dark, your bed nice and cosy and you’re in a deep sleep, then suddenly ‘MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP’. Surely it’s only 4am? My alarm clock must be broken! It’s 7am… but I just got into bed?! Lets face it we all have trouble getting up in the [...]
April 11, 2012
Nerdy Automobile Awesomeness
It’s been a while since I’ve shown my car some love, so I think I’m going to spend some of my hard earned cash this week kitting it out in the latest bling. And no, I’m not talking about a diamonte air freshener – what do you take me for?! No, when I talk about [...]
April 26, 2012
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