11 schools in Netherlands will use iPads instead of textbooks starting next...
We are all moving towards paperless schools and workplaces but 11 schools in the Netherlands are taking this concept to another level. In August these so called ‘Steve Jobs Schools’ will begin...
View Article“Talking window” is a new type of ad that plays when you rest your head...
Ad agency BBDO Germany have teamed up with it’s German counterpart, broadcaster Sky Deustchland, to develop a technology which plays ads to travelers on trains when they rest their heads against a...
View ArticleDestructive malware targets government and media networks in South Korea
A new malicious data wiper program dubbed Trojan.Korhigh by Symantec containing similar functionality to another piece of malware, which took the networks of several South Korean companies offline in...
View ArticleMicrosoft reveals two viruses that avoid removal by regularly downloading...
Recent research carried out by Microsoft has showed that a combination of two viruses, Vobfus and Beebone, is proving quite difficult to remove from infected Windows PCs. Like other typical malware,...
View ArticleBebo.com was sold for $850 million in 2008. Now owners buy back the company...
After selling off their social networking company Bebo for $850 million to AOL in 2008, husband and wife team Michael and Xochi Birch have bought back the company — which was experiencing financial...
View ArticleIs Apple testing offline voice dictation for iOS? [Rumor]
According to an iClarified report, Apple is reported to be toying with the idea of an offline iteration of voice dictation in their upcoming iOS 7. Currently, Apple’s voice dictation is done using an...
View ArticleNew eye implant helps people with partial blindness to see
University Hospitals has recently announced a “bionic eye” which will assist persons suffering from an advanced stage of retinitis pigmentosa to see. (Retinitis pigmentosa is, according to Wikipedia,...
View ArticleWhat if your smartphone’s screen could disinfect itself from dirt and germs
With the plethora of touch screen smartphones and the number of touches these screen receive each day, they are bound to be dirty and germy. However Corning — makers of the now well known Gorilla...
View ArticleSometime in the future you may be able to replace your passwords with thoughts
If you are like me then at some point you have forgotten one(or more) of your passwords. Even if you didn’t forget, passwords can still be vulnerable if strong ones aren’t created. What if you could...
View ArticleThis solar-powered car can hold family of four and has a range of 373 miles
The problem with many solar powered vehicles is that there are simply to small and are not practical for carrying anything more than the driver — forget about passengers. A solar powered vehicle known...
View Article[Windows] Best free disk defrag program — Auslogics vs IObit vs Defraggler vs...
As time goes on the files on your hard drive become more and more fragmented. As you manipulate files, they become scattered over different locations on your hard drive and eventually – if allowed –...
View ArticleSpaceX reusable space rocket does a landing you typically only see in movies
SpaceX, the private space transport who are acclaimed with successfully docking with as well as successfully resupplying the International Space Station (ISS), have recently completed what appears to...
View ArticleThis tiny car uses smartphone sensors in order to drive
We have already seen and been amazed by Google’s driverless car, but a group of Australian students from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia have put an interesting spin on the concept. The...
View ArticleWhat if you could close your window and still feel the wind blowing? Now you...
This is one of the fundamental questions that I have asked myself on several occasions in the past. Outside is noisy but inside is hot — should I close the window or burn to death in an inferno?...
View ArticleGarmin introduces tech that displays turn-by-turn GPS directions on your...
Smartphone GPS navigation apps have become a staple for many, and some car manufacturers have even included built in heads-up-displays (HUDs) in their more recent car designs in order to accommodate...
View ArticleUS Navy successfully lands advanced unmanned drone on aircraft carrier, the...
A video recently posted by the US Navy shows their unmanned X-47B drone executing a breathtaking landing on the USS George H.W Bush, an aircraft carrier in the US Navy. The X-47B is the first unmanned...
View ArticleRussia has plans to build a floating nuclear power plant ship
Russia is expected to press a floating nuclear power plant into service in the year 2016. The floating vessel is expected to provide electricity to remote locations in Russia where building a nuclear...
View ArticleERO is a robot that eats concrete, makes it easier to demolish buildings
Omer Haciomeroglu was recently awarded an IDSA International Design Excellence award for his concept for a robot — known as the ERO Concrete Recycling Robot — which if it comes to fruition, will be...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon University has developed an awesome modular snake-like robot
In the earlier part of this year, Carnegie Mellon University was able to test out a modular snake-like robot at an abandoned nuclear power plant. The robot was developed by the University’s...
View ArticleSkymouse lets you control your mouse cursor using hand gestures and your...
Most of us use a traditional mouse to control the movements of the mouse cursor on our computers but take a look at the Skymouse in the image above; the lady is controlling he mouse cursor using her...
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