Some Men Willing To Give Up Sex For An iPhone 5
Anticipation for the iPhone 5 is at fever pitch. The release is rumoured to be just a month away; but what would you give up to get your hands on it? Turns out that one in eleven men would be willing to go celibate for a month if it meant getting the long awaited smartphone before the release date.
Facedeals Checks You In Automatically With Facial-Recognition Cameras
A new Facebook application, which uses cameras installed at participating businesses across the globe and special facial-recognition software that ties into your online profile, will soon allow you to 'check-in' on the social network without so much as picking up a smartphone.
Amazing 360-Degree Panorama Of Mars From Curiosity
Curiosity landed safely, if in a dramatic fashion, and has been sending photos back to Earth ever since. Photographer Andrew Bodrov has stitched a selection of these together to create a full panoramic image, pretty much like Google's Street View on the red planet.
'Xbox 720' Sells On Ebay For $20,000
The long-rumoured next generation Xbox is seemingly well on its way, with strong indications Microsoft has been shipping out ‘Xbox 720’ devkits to next-gen developers for some time. Now, what appears to be an authentic 720 devkit has sold on eBay for a sum topping $20,000.
Mars Rover Curiosity Gets A Software Update
The Curiosity Rover has spent the weekend on Mars having its software updated, or what NASA more elegantly describes as a "brain transplant."
Botiful: The Social Telepresence Robot
Remote-controlled robots are commonplace, so it'd take a pretty specialised concept for us to pay attention. This is where Botiful comes in: a "social telepresence robot" that can be controlled during a Skype call to move yourself through the world of who you are connected to, making you remotely present from anywhere in the world.
Nottingham-Based Web Agency Sponsors Magento Developer's Paradise
If one mentions a three day party in Ibiza, the images you can’t help but conjure up are ones of drunk, sun-burnt teenagers drinking fluorescent coloured liquids until they pass out. However, somewhat defying all stereotypes of those who party in Ibiza, the island is playing host to Magento Developer’s Paradise conference, with the promise this year will bring “lots of code and fun in the sun.”
Giant 3D Printer Can Construct Entire Homes In Less Than 24 Hours
Having raved about 3D printing technologies and marvelled at the practical uses of using the technology in everyday life, we’ve done our best to cover the most interesting and fascinating applications of three-dimensional printing. We’ve seen everything from the strange (3D printed models of foetus’s), to the inspiring (the story of Emma and her “magic arms”). But what if 3D printing could be used for something more? What if the technology could be applied to build entire homes?
Disney Creates Touch Sensing Plants 'Botanicus Interacticus'
Disney Research has expanded their vision of turning everything into a touch surface, placing a focus on items of the garden variety. The result of this is a project called "Botanicus Interacticus," and it turns any plant into a capacitive touch controller.
Wikipedia Redefined: Lithuanian Creative Agency Redesigns The Online Encyclopedia
Wikipedia is a fantastic source of information and one of the world's most popular websites; but let's be honest, it's design hasn't really kept up with the times. The interface is an inconvenience at the best of times, and its just downright ugly. This is something that Lithuanian creative agency New! has attempted to fix, with a complete design overhaul titled "Wikipedia Redefined."
Fund The Bid To Build A Two-Tonne, 18-Foot Wide, Six-Legged Robot
There isn't a lot in robotics that doesn't get us excited, let alone this hugely ambitious build by a team of Massachusetts roboticists. Nicknamed 'Stompy', it's an 18-foot wide, 4,000 pound (1800kg), six-legged hydraulic robot that you can ride. Told you it was exciting.
Fasotech Begins Taking Orders To 3D Print Your Unborn Baby
As far as wacky baby mementos go, this one from Fasotec and Hiroo Ladies Clinic takes the biscuit. They’ve come up with a service that gives newbie parents the opportunity to own a 3D model of their baby in the earliest stages of development: as a miniature 3D-printed replica of the fetus.
Samsung Report Shows How Much iPhone Influenced Galaxy S Design
Apple has successfully admitted an internal Samsung report into evidence, which compares all design facets of the company's own Galaxy S to the iPhone.
The Camera Flash Bringing Vintage Charm To The iPhone
Sure to make your hipster friends envious with every room-filled flash, a project currently drawing funding on Kickstarter is set to bring an old-worldly charm to taking snaps on your otherwise hipster-friendly iPhone.
Guy Spends Two Years Building Life-Size, Working WALL-E
It’s a testament to Pixar’s immense talent as an animation studio that it is able to bring such heart, emotion and unbridled cuteness to a mute, rusting trash compactor. For California-based robotics enthusiast Mike Senna, WALL-E deserved to exist outside of the realms of Disney animation…
Wearable Computing Taken To The Next Level With T-Shirt OS
With technology such as Google Glass on the horizon, it's fair to say that wearable computing is on the verge of becoming the next trend in gadgets. But where could the possibilities go beyond there? This is what fashion company CuteCircuit and Scotch whisky distiller Ballantine's (of all the companies) explored with what they're calling 'tshirtOS:' the world's first wearable, sharable, programmable t-shirt.
Analyst Blames Parents For Facebook's Unconvincing IPO
Facebook was hardly the most adored of companies before going public in May, but few could have predicted the landslide in stock price that has greeted the company since it started trading on May 18. Wiping billions of dollars from founder Zuckerberg’s personal fortune; the social network company is now the second-worst performer of all IPOs in the US so far this year (according to IPOScoop.com).
'Sight:' The Dystopian Future Of Wearable Computing
Wearable computing is close to part of the technological mainstream. Google are just two years off releasing Glass, and Apple have begun filing patents to ensure yet another campaign in the courts throughout the life of augmented reality. But what is the future of this emerging technology?
The answer could be rather dystopian, as a short film produced by a group of Israeli shows.
Japanese Create 13-Foot Armed Mech, Controlled By Smartphone
Japanese engineers from Suidobashi Heavy Industries have built a 13-foot-tall, 4.4-tonne mech called 'Kuratas,' which is controllable via iPhone and fires gattling guns when you smile. The company plans to take it into mass production, selling it for the price of $1.35 million (about £860,530).
MakerBot Resurrects The Cassette Tape With 3D-Printable MP3 Player
Best known to the tech world for its 3D printers, MakerBot is now dead-set to revive an 80s and 90s icon in the shape of the humble cassette tape. In a time before iPods and the iPhone, the Sony Walkman was the portable music player of choice. Now, the company behind the Replicator 3D printer is letting us relive the days of old with a 3D-printable Mixtape MP3 player.