Author: Katherine Hannaford
Has Apple leaked a new iPhone design via their Apple Store?
Buried within the new Apple store amongst all the iPhone and iPod Touch software, this new device has popped up, leading many to speculate whether it’s a leaked new iPhone design, or something more sinister, like a…Newton?
The eagle-eyed folks at iLounge, who first pondered on the device, have lead a discussion as to just what the image could suggest, whether it’s merely a Photoshopped image to represent the iPhone and iPod Touch together, or if it is indeed a leaked new design.
Several readers over at the site…
British scientists want your Beatles-related memories for their Magical Memory Tour website/experiment
Those crazy British psychologists! Several University of Leeds peers have embarked on what they’ve dubbed ‘the Magical Memory Tour’, to discover what the general population’s first memories are when they think about the Beatles. LSD-soaked memories not sought, sorry.
The project consists of a massive online database of memories, which will be presented at a festival in Liverpool come September. It’s not simply an outlet for old hippies to reminisce about the first time they heard I Am The Walrus whilst on acid, as according to the two psychologists, the survey will help scientists…
Shiny Video Review: Miidio UFO speakers – which surface works best?
If you cast your mind back to early February, you may remember these UFO-shaped speakers from Miidio.
For £70, the nifty little vibro-speaker units…
Better put your clothes on! British Transport Police owns a $60,000 flying video-enabled robot!
Good to see our taxes are going towards worthy things, like supplying the British Transport Police with one of these $60,000 r/c flying robots.
Apparently the theft of metal on our British railways is a huge problem, so the Transport Police use these expensive Microdrones to target the thieves – with the bots’ squirting water at the perps. It’s…
Meet the British version of the Tesla Roadster: the Lightning GT sports car
We’ve been raving on about the Tesla Roadster in recent months, all the while unaware the Lightning GT was bobbing around on the surface as well.
British made, the luxury sports car is actually packing a whole heap of electric-powered goodness under the hood, including NanoSafe technology, which enables the batteries to hold 85% life after…
Shiny Video Review: Nokia 7900 Prism mobile phone designed by Frédérique Daubal
Zara’s been showing off the Nokia 7900 Prism mobile phone in the office for a few weeks now, making the rest of us dribble over not just its aesthetics, in part designed by Frédérique Daubal, but also its OLED display, 2-megapixel camera, 3G connectivity and 1GB of internal memory…
Hilarious conversation between tech support agent and customer
A blogger at the New York Times has collected together a few amazing conversations between tech support and insanely thick customers. This is my favourite, where the caller was taking a huge amount of time to follow the tech support agent’s instructions:
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Shiny Video Review: Samsung F700 touchscreen phone with QWERTY slider
With a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the F700 from Samsung is like a business-minded Croix mobile, but what are Alex’s thoughts on the handset? Take a look above to discover…
Remember Tachikoma robots from Ghost In The Shell? Here they are, USB cable and all!
Bandai, creator of Tamagotchis and all manner of Japanese fun, has cranked out an amazing Artificial Intelligence-holding robot from the Ghost In The Shell series, Tachikoma.
Pluggable to your PC via USB, the metal robot contains various sensors, lights and speakers, and can even act like a Nabaztag rabbit, alerting you when you receive a new email. It allows you to play mini…
Replicate London in a pixel-art eBoy skin for your iPod Nano
I’ve been loving me some pixel-designin’ eBoy for a good few years now, so on happening across this iPod skin from the designers my first thoughts admittedly were ‘ooh, I wonder if I should buy a Nano so I can get a skin?’…
