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Will self driving cars help disabled the most?
Study shows self driving cars help the disabled the most. Picture from Mobility Roadshow Vehicles fitted with autonomous technologies will bring most benefit to the personal mobility of the disabled (56%), the visually impaired (42%) and the elderly (30%), according to a survey of the British public conducted by Nissan. Improved…
Top 5 drones under £100 – great fun for the holidays!
You don't need to spend a fortune to have fun over the festive season with a drone. Here are five models under £100 which you can take down your local park to perform tricks, take pictures and film footage from above. Many even offer High Definition video playback! Chris Price reports 1. Husban X4 H107D…
10 Secret Santa gifts for your friends and family for under £10
It’s official: Secret Santa is no longer just a treat for the office! A new survey reveals that, while most are based in the workplace, almost a quarter of Secret Santas in the UK now take place among friends, and one in five families do them too. But the shift from work to home (or…
What will Christmas look like in 2026?
Fast forward ten years – what will Christmas look like in the year 2026? How will technology change our experiences of the festive season? Global futurists Rohit Talwar and April Koury from Fast Future Publishing suggest how the festive season might be technologically different ten years from now: Christmas Cards and Advent Calendars Totally personalised,…
Review: Blink smart home security and alert system from £109.99
Name: Blink home monitoring system Type: Smart home security and monitoring system (pictured above) Specs: Click here for full specs Price: From £109.99 (two camera system tested is £189.99) US company Blink has been around as the producer of video and imaging chipsets for high definition TVs for quite some time. However, it's only recently…
4G coverage better in Peru than Britain, says damning report from Lord Adonis
Paddington Bear could get better 4G reception in his home country of Peru than at the London station which he's named after Britain has worse mobile internet coverage than Romania, Albania and Peru and suffers from vast 'digital deserts', a report has found. Lord Andrew Adonis, who led the investigation, told…
Doro’s phone for seniors now on Three UK for £49.99
Doro is pleased to announce its first partnership with Three UK. The network will be selling the Doro 6520 handset at a cost of £49.99 . Billed as the ideal phone for seniors, the Doro 6520 is a 3G device with internet functionality. It can also be used for sending emails and enables users to…
How to protect yourself when shopping online
Don't get caught out by scams when making online payments Christmas shopping in the 21st century means less pavement pounding and more keyboard bashing. Last year, £24 billion was spent on online Christmas shopping, a 12% increase from 2014, with a further increase projected this year. Opportunists have taken advantage of this…
Top 10 Christmas Stocking fillers for under £30, including Star Wars charger and cufflinks!
Can't decide what to get your partner, friends or children this Xmas as little stocking fillers? Chris Price picks out 10 of the best gifts out there, both for the Star Wars fan as well as those who couldn't care less about the new Rogue One movie! 1. StarWars powerchargers £15 What do you buy the…
Will virtual reality finally become mainstream in 2017?
Google Cardboard is one of the cheapest ways of getting into virtual reality with your mobile phone Everyone has heard the term ‘virtual reality’, but for those who are not particularly tech-minded it essentially means a computer-created simulation of reality that you can interact with in an immersive way. For a…
