This is the LifePrint, and on the surface you might think that it’s just a feeble attempt to bring back an old technology that no one will ever use. You’d be wrong though. When you have a phone that’s literally filled with thousands of pictures there’s a very strong argument which says that your attachment […]
We’re going to go out on a limb here and suggest that your home WiFi probably has a few ‘dead zones’. In short, it’s a bit rubbish. You’re not alone, everyone suffers from them. In fact even technology journalists know the huge inconvenience of finding that while the WiFi is blisteringly fast in the living […]
When I travel long distances, I suffer from jet lag pretty spectacularly. At night, just as I’m ready to unwind with a nice meal, I’ll find myself so tired that matchsticks couldn’t keep my eyes propped open. And at an obscenely early hour I’ll be awake but tired, chugging down coffee – and that means […]
London – a city of hopes, dreams and a vast number of inhabitants – and it’s growing. Already one of the world’s most notable metropolises, the Greater London Authority says London is currently home to 8.6million people, but this figure is predicted to reach 11 million by 2050. That’s not even taking into consideration London’s […]
Ten years ago today (25 February), on a cold Saturday morning in Oxford, I was standing in Oxford city centre watching hundreds of people congregate to rally – not against – but in favour of constructing a new animal research laboratory at the University of Oxford. The crowd included students angered by the intimidation tactics […]
A new delivery drone company plans to revolutionise the way we do our shopping by replacing your weekly trip to Sainsbury’s with a tiny delivery robot which will bring your fruit and veg straight to your door. Starship Technologies have built a small six-wheeled delivery robot or ‘ground drone’ which can travel at 4mph for […]
Astronomers have compiled a gigantic (and absolutely breathtaking) new picture of the Milky Way that reveals the hidden gas and dust that fills our galaxy. These particles are the building blocks of the universe and can only be detected at submillimetre wavelengths — between infrared light and radio waves. The image is the single most […]
The SMS text message: A trusty friend that led to the creation of the emoji, gave us an entirely new way of spelling words and ultimately cost teenagers millions in top-ups. The SMS text message was first developed in 1984, there are now 4 billion SMS users worldwide. Well now Google has decided that the […]
