The E3 floodgates are open, and attendees are
getting their hands on upcoming games and unreleased consoles. We've
already given you our quick impressions of the PlayStation 4, but we also worked in a little time with the Xbox One. You've seen the pictures, and maybe watched the event. But what's it like to use? Read More
In what is possibly the ultimate
two-in-one combo for the beach bum, the WalkBag not only carries your
beach essentials, but when pulled inside out, the small backpack doubles
as a towel for lying out in the sun and drying off. Read More 
Nintendo's Wii U
hasn't exactly set the world on fire. But if there's any genre that can
take it off of life support, it's a 3D Mario game. Nintendo told us a
while back that one was in the works, but today the company took the cat
out of the bag (in this case, quite literally). It's called Super Mario 3D World, and we got a chance to play it today at E3. Read More
In multiple sclerosis, the body’s immune system
attacks and damages myelin, which is the insulating layer on nerves in
the spinal cord, brain and optic nerve. Just as would happen with an
electrical cord with compromised insulation, this causes the nerves to
short-circuit and cease functioning properly. An international team of
scientists, however, have recently reported success in the first phase
of clinical trials in which MS victims’ immune systems were conditioned
to become much more tolerant of myelin. Read More
If you’re in a confidential meeting
with the boardroom door closed, the air can get stale pretty fast.
Should it be too cold outside to crack any windows, or if the room
simply has no windows, then opening those isn’t a choice.
That’s why Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits
and Systems has teamed up with the Athmer Company to create an
“intelligent door seal system.” Read More 
VitaSound has launched a multi-functional audio
enhancement device for those who suffer from situational hearing
difficulties. The PAE-300 has been designed for folks who don't need a
hearing aid, but could do with some help when trying to hold a
conversation in a noisy room, or watch television without needing to
crank up the volume. It's powered by the intriguing Neuro-Compensator
technology, that's said to enforce an optimal electrical signal from the
root of the auditory nerve to the brain, resulting in improved audio
clarity and a natural listening experience. Gizmag has been sent one for
review, but, since my hearing is pretty good, I've recruited my
father-in-law, Jean-Jacques, as primary device tester. Read More
By now, even if they’ve never used one
themselves, most people are pretty familiar with the idea behind gesture
control systems such as the Kinect – the user makes a movement, the
device “sees” that movement, and interprets it. However, what would
happen if the user was in another room, blocked from the device’s
cameras and depth sensors? Well, as long as there was a Wi-Fi signal
available, it wouldn’t be a problem ... at least, not if the WiSee
system was being used. Read More
In two days, the PlayStation 4
has gone from a faceless list of features to something we've actually
played. Gizmag just got some quick hands-on time in Sony's E3 booth.
Interested in our first impressions? Read More
We've heard about cars that can park themselves,
but such technology brings up a relevant question: how will such cars
handle paid parking lots? Sure, you could drop them off after picking up
your parking ticket, but Audi has a better idea. Its "Audi connect
wireless payment" system, which is undergoing trials now, allows for
two-way payment communications between car and parking facility. Read More
Two years ago, University of Wisconsin–Madison
engineering researchers Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor developed a
device designed to harness the power of walking
to charge an internal battery. Now, a new product called SolePower is
looking to do the same thing, and its designers are turning to
Kickstarter to bring it to the masses. The difference between this and
other devices is that it comes in the form of a removable insole, so it
can be used in different kinds of shoes. Read More
We’ve seen a bicycle mudguard that detaches from the bike and folds up when not in use, along with one that stays attached but rolls up
when not needed. Created by Slovenian product designer Jurij Lozić, the
Musguard offers features of both – it’s easy to put on and take off,
and rolls up for stowage in a pack or pocket. Read More
Polish architectural and deep-sea
engineering company Deep Ocean Technology has inked a deal with
Ridgewood Hotels and Suites Pvt. Ltd. to build its futuristic
part-underwater Water Discus Hotel just off the shore of Kuredhivaru
Island in the Maldives. Read More
China marked nearly a decade of
manned spaceflight with the June 11 launch of the Shenzhou-10 mission.
As reported by Xinhuanet, the 7,840 kg (17,284 lb) craft with a crew of
three lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43 Launch
Complex at 17:38 Beijing time (09:38 GMT) atop a Long March 2F rocket on
its way to rendezvous with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab. Read More
We’ve seen a bicycle mudguard that detaches from the bike and folds up when not in use, along with one that stays attached but rolls up
when not needed. Created by Slovenian product designer Jurij Lozić, the
Musguard offers features of both – it’s easy to put on and take off,
and rolls up for stowage in a pack or pocket. Read More
Polish architectural and deep-sea
engineering company Deep Ocean Technology has inked a deal with
Ridgewood Hotels and Suites Pvt. Ltd. to build its futuristic
part-underwater Water Discus Hotel just off the shore of Kuredhivaru
Island in the Maldives. Read More
China marked nearly a decade of
manned spaceflight with the June 11 launch of the Shenzhou-10 mission.
As reported by Xinhuanet, the 7,840 kg (17,284 lb) craft with a crew of
three lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43 Launch
Complex at 17:38 Beijing time (09:38 GMT) atop a Long March 2F rocket on
its way to rendezvous with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab. Read More
A quick Googling will show you that
there are already plenty of car trunk organizers out there. While these
generally consist of several pre-formed compartments, the Stayhold is
different. It’s simply a plastic mini retaining wall-like thingy, that
sticks to the trunk’s carpeting using a strip of Velcro on its
underside. Read More
Delivering food with an airborne
drone has developed into an odd trend in recent months, and now a sushi
place in London is dispatching a UAV that doesn't even need to leave the
restaurant. To promote its new rice burger, Yo Sushi outfitted a
quadcopter with a food tray and is having waiters fly it to tables using
an iPad. Read More
Taiwanese design company KB is set
to release its Brick Lightning Cap which will connect Lightning iPhones
and iPads to standard Lego bricks. Read More
Polytron Corporation has announced
it is to develop Fez II, the sequel to Fez, one of the most innovative
video games of 2012, and runner up as Gizmag's game of the year last year. Read More
MG summoned the British motoring press to
Birmingham today for the UK unveiling of its MG3 supermini. The
five-door hatchback is an attempt to bridge the gap between the
functional and affordable hatchbacks on the market (think Ford Fiesta)
and more iconic aspirational models (like the Mini). Despite the
company's troubled recent history, it is confident that the brand still
carries prestige. Though MG's engineers are split between the UK and
Shanghai, MG's Global Design Director, Anthony Williams-Kenny, today
emphasized that the MG3 is an example of British design. Read More
We’ve seen a bicycle mudguard that detaches from the bike and folds up when not in use, along with one that stays attached but rolls up
when not needed. Created by Slovenian product designer Jurij Lozić, the
Musguard offers features of both – it’s easy to put on and take off,
and rolls up for stowage in a pack or pocket. Read More
Latvian architectural firm NRJA has revealed its
plans to produce an off-the-grid geodesic dome with an interior that
looks like it should be inside a luxury two-story home. The team of
young architects, with an average age of 25, has come up with a
compelling design which is set to hit production in the coming months.
Dubbed DOM(E), the prefabricated structure can endure the coldest or
warmest of climates and due to its circular shape, it features a clever
use of a relatively small space (120 sq m / 1,291 sq ft). Read More
Polish architectural and deep-sea
engineering company Deep Ocean Technology has inked a deal with
Ridgewood Hotels and Suites Pvt. Ltd. to build its futuristic
part-underwater Water Discus Hotel just off the shore of Kuredhivaru
Island in the Maldives. Read More
In May, asteroid mining firm Planetary Resources announced its crowdfunding campaign for one of its Arkyd 100 telescope satellites
that backers would be allowed to use for a bit of private space
exploration. Having reached over US$860,000 of its $1 million goal on
Wednesday, Planetary Resources is upping the ante by offering to upgrade
the satellite for exoplanet hunting if pledges reach $2 million before
the campaign ends on May 30. Read More
Scosche may have a reputation for crafting unusual gadgets, from roll-up keyboards to mobile phone blockers,
but its upcoming device seems strange even by those standards. Recently
at E3 2013, the company revealed smartROLL, a set of electronic gaming
dice that connect to tablets and smartphones via Bluetooth. Read More
To make a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak
requires that the materials from which it is made have a negative
refractive index over all optical wavelengths, from red to violet.
However, the artificially-structured optical materials from which cloaks
are made thus far
have been restricted to a very narrow range of optical wavelengths,
limiting their ability to cloak over a range of colors. That obstacle to
progress ends now, as a group of Stanford optical engineers at Stanford
has succeeded in designing a broadband metamaterial that exhibits a
negative refractive index over nearly the entire rainbow. Read More
Air travel today is a nightmare of long drives to
crowded airports, long queues that move at a snail's pace, and long,
boring waits in identical lobbies drinking overpriced coffee. It would
be so much easier and less frustrating if catching a plane were like
catching a train. If Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (EPFL) has its way, its Clip-Air project will one day produce
modular aircraft that will allow you to board a plane at a London
railway station and disembark in the middle of Rome without ever setting
foot in an air terminal. Read More
Moving from concept to reality, the Peugeot RCZ R
is being readied for its official world debut at next month's Goodwood
Festival of Speed. The new model adds a little kick to the RCZ sports
car, delivering a package that the French automaker calls its most
powerful street car ever. Read More
China marked nearly a decade of
manned spaceflight with the June 11 launch of the Shenzhou-10 mission.
As reported by Xinhuanet, the 7,840 kg (17,284 lb) craft with a crew of
three lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43 Launch
Complex at 17:38 Beijing time (09:38 GMT) atop a Long March 2F rocket on
its way to rendezvous with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab. Read More
MG summoned the British motoring press to
Birmingham today for the UK unveiling of its MG3 supermini. The
five-door hatchback is an attempt to bridge the gap between the
functional and affordable hatchbacks on the market (think Ford Fiesta)
and more iconic aspirational models (like the Mini). Despite the
company's troubled recent history, it is confident that the brand still
carries prestige. Though MG's engineers are split between the UK and
Shanghai, MG's Global Design Director, Anthony Williams-Kenny, today
emphasized that the MG3 is an example of British design. Read More
We’ve seen a bicycle mudguard that detaches from the bike and folds up when not in use, along with one that stays attached but rolls up
when not needed. Created by Slovenian product designer Jurij Lozić, the
Musguard offers features of both – it’s easy to put on and take off,
and rolls up for stowage in a pack or pocket. Read More
Latvian architectural firm NRJA has revealed its
plans to produce an off-the-grid geodesic dome with an interior that
looks like it should be inside a luxury two-story home. The team of
young architects, with an average age of 25, has come up with a
compelling design which is set to hit production in the coming months.
Dubbed DOM(E), the prefabricated structure can endure the coldest or
warmest of climates and due to its circular shape, it features a clever
use of a relatively small space (120 sq m / 1,291 sq ft). Read More
Polish architectural and deep-sea
engineering company Deep Ocean Technology has inked a deal with
Ridgewood Hotels and Suites Pvt. Ltd. to build its futuristic
part-underwater Water Discus Hotel just off the shore of Kuredhivaru
Island in the Maldives. Read More
In May, asteroid mining firm Planetary Resources announced its crowdfunding campaign for one of its Arkyd 100 telescope satellites
that backers would be allowed to use for a bit of private space
exploration. Having reached over US$860,000 of its $1 million goal on
Wednesday, Planetary Resources is upping the ante by offering to upgrade
the satellite for exoplanet hunting if pledges reach $2 million before
the campaign ends on May 30. Read More
Scosche may have a reputation for crafting unusual gadgets, from roll-up keyboards to mobile phone blockers,
but its upcoming device seems strange even by those standards. Recently
at E3 2013, the company revealed smartROLL, a set of electronic gaming
dice that connect to tablets and smartphones via Bluetooth. Read More
To make a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak
requires that the materials from which it is made have a negative
refractive index over all optical wavelengths, from red to violet.
However, the artificially-structured optical materials from which cloaks
are made thus far
have been restricted to a very narrow range of optical wavelengths,
limiting their ability to cloak over a range of colors. That obstacle to
progress ends now, as a group of Stanford optical engineers at Stanford
has succeeded in designing a broadband metamaterial that exhibits a
negative refractive index over nearly the entire rainbow. Read More
Air travel today is a nightmare of long drives to
crowded airports, long queues that move at a snail's pace, and long,
boring waits in identical lobbies drinking overpriced coffee. It would
be so much easier and less frustrating if catching a plane were like
catching a train. If Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (EPFL) has its way, its Clip-Air project will one day produce
modular aircraft that will allow you to board a plane at a London
railway station and disembark in the middle of Rome without ever setting
foot in an air terminal. Read More
Moving from concept to reality, the Peugeot RCZ R
is being readied for its official world debut at next month's Goodwood
Festival of Speed. The new model adds a little kick to the RCZ sports
car, delivering a package that the French automaker calls its most
powerful street car ever. Read More
China marked nearly a decade of
manned spaceflight with the June 11 launch of the Shenzhou-10 mission.
As reported by Xinhuanet, the 7,840 kg (17,284 lb) craft with a crew of
three lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43 Launch
Complex at 17:38 Beijing time (09:38 GMT) atop a Long March 2F rocket on
its way to rendezvous with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab. Read More
Exbury Egg is a floating off-grid workspace and
home, installed on the shore of the Beaulieu River, UK. It was conceived
by artist Stephen Turner, and created with the help of both Perring
Architecture and Design, and SPUD design studio. The egg-shaped
structure will support Turner for a year as he carries out observations
on the local environment and produces his works of art. Read More
Blood pressure is one of the main vital signs,
measuring the pressure of the blood upon the walls of blood vessels as
it is pumped around the body by the heart. High blood pressure, or
hypertension, places increased stress on the heart and can be an
indicator of other potentially fatal health problems, such as stroke,
heart attack, and heart failure. Most people will have had their blood
pressure tested using a sphygmomanometer on a visit to the doctor, but a
new wristband device is set to provide a more convenient and continuous
way to keep a watch for signs of trouble. Read More
In the 1870s, Heinrich Beck founded what would
eventually become Beck's Brewery. At about the same time, Thomas Edison
was hard at work on creating the first phonograph. It's a safe bet
neither man thought the two products would ever merge, but when the New
Zealand branch of Beck's wanted to promote a new record label project,
the company turned to design agency, Shine Limited to do exactly that.
The designers concocted the Edison bottle, a simple glass beer bottle
inscribed with music that can be played like a 19th-century phonograph
cylinder. Read More
Business grows more global everyday and what was
once done by a single corporation is now more likely to be spread over
many small businesses. Ideally, managers and remotely-based employees
would like a virtual presence at a location, but telepresence robots are
often more like smartphones on remote-controlled sticks, so they lack a
feeling of personal presence and naturalism. At the InfoComm 2013
Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida, iRobot, in collaboration with
Cisco, have unveiled the Ava 500; a telepresence robot that combines
auto navigation and a high-definition screen for a more natural
telepresence. Read More
In the quest for smarter and safer transportation networks, automakers have been working on communication systems
that use wireless technologies to share information between vehicles
and infrastructure, such as traffic lights, road works, intersections
and stop signs. The potential applications of these vehicle-to-vehicle
(V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) systems are constantly being
expanded, and while GM has been working to bring cyclists and pedestrians
into the mix, a team from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia,
is looking to improve safety at railway crossings by developing a system
that enables communication between trains and road vehicles. Read More
Last year, one of the more interesting designs in a solid year of concept cars was a toy car from Toyota. The Camatte revealed at the 2012 International Tokyo Toy Show
was a realistic children's car designed to stimulate the imagination,
foster an early love for automobiles and encourage family time. For this
year's show, Toyota has refreshed the concept with a sporty roadster.
Read More
A new product called Smart Cargo for iPad is
designed to make tablet owners' lives just a little bit easier. It's
designed to attach directly to Apple's Smart Cover and provide storage
for accessories like headphones, cables and a stylus. Read More
A quick Googling will show you that
there are already plenty of car trunk organizers out there. While these
generally consist of several pre-formed compartments, the Stayhold is
different. It’s simply a plastic mini retaining wall-like thingy, that
sticks to the trunk’s carpeting using a strip of Velcro on its
underside. Read More
As architects continue to design taller and
taller buildings, a certain limitation of elevators is going to become
more of a problem – using traditional steel lifting cables, they can’t
go farther than 500 meters (1,640 ft) in one vertical run. Any higher,
and the weight of all the cable required is simply too much. Currently
in the world's few buildings that are over 500 meters tall, passengers
must transfer from one elevator line to another, part way up. Thanks to a
new lightweight material known as UltraRope, however, elevators should
now be able to travel up to one kilometer (3,281 ft) continuously. Read More
In its mission to "shake the unshakeable," Dutch
bike manufacturer VANMOOF has created what it calls the world's first
intelligent commuter bike. The VANMOOF 10 Electrified combines GPS
navigation, smart power control, and electric motivation underpinned by a
lightweight battery pack. Read More
A quick Googling will show you that
there are already plenty of car trunk organizers out there. While these
generally consist of several pre-formed compartments, the Stayhold is
different. It’s simply a plastic mini retaining wall-like thingy, that
sticks to the trunk’s carpeting using a strip of Velcro on its
underside. Read More
Exbury Egg is a floating off-grid workspace and
home, installed on the shore of the Beaulieu River, UK. It was conceived
by artist Stephen Turner, and created with the help of both Perring
Architecture and Design, and SPUD design studio. The egg-shaped
structure will support Turner for a year as he carries out observations
on the local environment and produces his works of art. Read More
Blood pressure is one of the main vital signs,
measuring the pressure of the blood upon the walls of blood vessels as
it is pumped around the body by the heart. High blood pressure, or
hypertension, places increased stress on the heart and can be an
indicator of other potentially fatal health problems, such as stroke,
heart attack, and heart failure. Most people will have had their blood
pressure tested using a sphygmomanometer on a visit to the doctor, but a
new wristband device is set to provide a more convenient and continuous
way to keep a watch for signs of trouble. Read More
In the 1870s, Heinrich Beck founded what would
eventually become Beck's Brewery. At about the same time, Thomas Edison
was hard at work on creating the first phonograph. It's a safe bet
neither man thought the two products would ever merge, but when the New
Zealand branch of Beck's wanted to promote a new record label project,
the company turned to design agency, Shine Limited to do exactly that.
The designers concocted the Edison bottle, a simple glass beer bottle
inscribed with music that can be played like a 19th-century phonograph
cylinder. Read More
Business grows more global everyday and what was
once done by a single corporation is now more likely to be spread over
many small businesses. Ideally, managers and remotely-based employees
would like a virtual presence at a location, but telepresence robots are
often more like smartphones on remote-controlled sticks, so they lack a
feeling of personal presence and naturalism. At the InfoComm 2013
Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida, iRobot, in collaboration with
Cisco, have unveiled the Ava 500; a telepresence robot that combines
auto navigation and a high-definition screen for a more natural
telepresence. Read More
In the quest for smarter and safer transportation networks, automakers have been working on communication systems
that use wireless technologies to share information between vehicles
and infrastructure, such as traffic lights, road works, intersections
and stop signs. The potential applications of these vehicle-to-vehicle
(V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) systems are constantly being
expanded, and while GM has been working to bring cyclists and pedestrians
into the mix, a team from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia,
is looking to improve safety at railway crossings by developing a system
that enables communication between trains and road vehicles. Read More
Last year, one of the more interesting designs in a solid year of concept cars was a toy car from Toyota. The Camatte revealed at the 2012 International Tokyo Toy Show
was a realistic children's car designed to stimulate the imagination,
foster an early love for automobiles and encourage family time. For this
year's show, Toyota has refreshed the concept with a sporty roadster.
Read More
A new product called Smart Cargo for iPad is
designed to make tablet owners' lives just a little bit easier. It's
designed to attach directly to Apple's Smart Cover and provide storage
for accessories like headphones, cables and a stylus. Read More
A quick Googling will show you that
there are already plenty of car trunk organizers out there. While these
generally consist of several pre-formed compartments, the Stayhold is
different. It’s simply a plastic mini retaining wall-like thingy, that
sticks to the trunk’s carpeting using a strip of Velcro on its
underside. Read More
As architects continue to design taller and
taller buildings, a certain limitation of elevators is going to become
more of a problem – using traditional steel lifting cables, they can’t
go farther than 500 meters (1,640 ft) in one vertical run. Any higher,
and the weight of all the cable required is simply too much. Currently
in the world's few buildings that are over 500 meters tall, passengers
must transfer from one elevator line to another, part way up. Thanks to a
new lightweight material known as UltraRope, however, elevators should
now be able to travel up to one kilometer (3,281 ft) continuously. Read More
In its mission to "shake the unshakeable," Dutch
bike manufacturer VANMOOF has created what it calls the world's first
intelligent commuter bike. The VANMOOF 10 Electrified combines GPS
navigation, smart power control, and electric motivation underpinned by a
lightweight battery pack. Read More
If physicians have a sufficiently-early warning
that a patient’s body is rejecting a transplanted organ, then there’s a
good chance that they can stop the process via medication. Implanted
electronic sensors could serve to provide that warning as early as
possible, and thanks to new research, they’re coming a step closer to
practical use. Read More
Just about any sushi-lover knows what unagi is – it’s eel, or more specifically, the Japanese freshwater eel Anguilla japonica.
What those people might not know, however, is that the eel glows green
in the dark. Now, it looks like the protein that allows the fish to do
so could also help doctors to assess human liver function. Read More
Bentley stormed into last year's Paris Motor Show
with a hardcore, race-ready version of its Continental GT. Its first
race car in a decade, the Continental GT3 Concept Racer didn't yet have
an official engine, and it was unclear whether Bentley would go with a
W12 or use its newer, more efficient V8. This week, Bentley said that it
will be the 4.0-liter V8. Read More
While quick charging technology
installed at strategic points along a planned route might be a good fit
for inner city buses, it's not going to be of much use to electric
vehicles that stop infrequently. Volvo sees our future long-haul trucks
and buses drawing the juice they need from the road itself, making large
onboard batteries a thing of the past. Read More
After what feels like weeks of hype, Leica has
finally unveiled its much-teased Mini M. Officially revealed as the
Leica X Vario (Typ 107), the new camera is a 16.2-megapixel shooter with
an APS-C format sensor and a 18-46-mm zoom lens. But, while it's
obviously been designed to look like the iconic Leica M, this isn't the
compact system alternative many Leica fans had hoped for. Read More
Prefabricated houses are made up of separate
pre-assembled modules that are joined to one another on-site – those
modules, in turn, are made up of various wooden components that are
typically nailed (or sometimes stapled) together in a factory. The wood
used in the frames of the modules must be reasonably thick, in order not
to split when the nails are driven in. This places some limitations on
design possibilities. Now, however, German scientists have developed an
alternative to those nails: electrically-activated adhesive tape. Read More
A multidisciplinary Brazilian research team has
developed a biosensor to measure pesticide content on food produce,
water and soil. The technology is in its development phase, but if
developed into a commercial product it could provide a cheap, affordable
and portable method to monitor this type of contamination. Read More
Vodafone is to trial prototype phone-charging
technology at the Isle of Wight festival this weekend. Developed by the
University of Southampton's Electronics and Computer Science Department,
the Power Pocket exploits the Seebeck effect, exploiting the difference
in temperature between the human body and its surroundings to generate
an electrical current which can be used to recharge a smartphone.
Vodafone has woven the pocket into a sleeping bag (called Recharge) and a
pair of shorts (called Power shorts) to test the technology. Read More
With the announcement of its Galaxy S4 zoom, Samsung has gone the extra yard beyond its Galaxy Camera
to release a capable snapper – with a 10x optical zoom no less – that
is also an out and out smartphone running Android Jelly Bean 4.2.
Samsung claims that the 16-MP device combines uncompromised performance
as both a smartphone and compact camera. Read More
Delivering food with an airborne
drone has developed into an odd trend in recent months, and now a sushi
place in London is dispatching a UAV that doesn't even need to leave the
restaurant. To promote its new rice burger, Yo Sushi outfitted a
quadcopter with a food tray and is having waiters fly it to tables using
an iPad. Read More
That iconic flying bike scene from the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
has been relegated to the annals of pop culture science fiction for far
too long now. Fortunately, three Czech companies with the support of
France's Dassault Systemes have just conducted the first test flight of
their own two-wheeled, airborne vehicle, dubbed the "F-Bike." Read More
Budget smartphones rarely provide much to get
excited about, offering diminutive specs and outdated software. The
Smart Mini, a handset from UK carrier Vodafone, improves upon the latter
of these issues, offering a more up-to-date version of Android than
much of the competition, and coming in at just £50 (US$78). Read More
Taiwanese design company KB is set
to release its Brick Lightning Cap which will connect Lightning iPhones
and iPads to standard Lego bricks. Read More
The newly renovated Prahran Hotel, located in
Melbourne, Australia must not be confused with the Tube Hotel in Mexico.
While they both share the use of gigantic concrete pipes in their
architecture, the Prahran Hotel is not actually a “hotel” but a pub.
Local architectural studio Techne was asked to re-think the facade and
concept design of the pub’s adjoining premises. The project involved the
demolition of the old additions, in favor of a dramatic double-story
building with a central courtyard. Read More
Polytron Corporation has announced
it is to develop Fez II, the sequel to Fez, one of the most innovative
video games of 2012, and runner up as Gizmag's game of the year last year. Read More
Virtually every week there are articles about new
and innovative methods for harvesting wind energy. And every week more
megawatts of capacity from three-blade horizontal-axis wind turbines
(HAWT) becomes operational, despite all of the contenders. Why aren't
these innovative new products knocking the iconic HAWT off its perch? Is
it possible to tell which are likely to be viable? These eight points
are a useful way to assess which technology has potential, and which are
likely just hot air. Read More
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
has announced this year's winners of its annual National Awards and EU
Awards. The competitions offer an excellent opportunity to look at some
of Europe's most interesting new architecture. This year's UK winners
include a variety of building types, and most of the country is
well-represented (except Wales, which didn't snag a single win). A
chapel in a back garden in Edinburgh, a visitor museum in Northern
Ireland's Giant's Causeway, and a commercial building on London's Regent
Street all attest to the range of buildings which took the judge's
fancy. However, educational facilities were the big winners this year,
with a full third of the winners dedicated to learning. Read More
In what is being ballyhooed as a landmark
decision likely to set the course of DNA-based diagnostic and
therapeutic medicine for the next several decades, the US Supreme Court
unanimously decided on June 13 that human genes are not patentable.
Rather than objects invented or discovered, human genes are henceforth
to be treated as "naturally occurring phenomena," and hence fail the
patentability test under 35 USC 101. As is usual in patent cases,
however, the ruling contains delicate shades of meaning. Read More
When the ESA’s Proba-V was launched on May 7, its
main mission was to map land cover and vegetation growth across the
entire surface of the Earth every two days. But the miniaturized ESA
satellite is also casting its gaze higher, to test whether it is
possible to track aircraft continuously from space.
Proba-V has now shown this is indeed possible, by becoming the first
satellite to pick up aircraft tracking signals from space. Read More
Scientists looking for life on Mars are studying
the driest desert on Earth. This month, Carnegie Mellon University's Zoë
robot will traverse Chile’s near-uninhabitable Atacama Desert as part
of an astrobiology experiment aimed at testing technologies and
techniques for NASA’s next rover to search for life on Mars at the end
of the decade. Read More
Taiwanese design company KB is set
to release its Brick Lightning Cap which will connect Lightning iPhones
and iPads to standard Lego bricks. Read More
Polytron Corporation has announced
it is to develop Fez II, the sequel to Fez, one of the most innovative
video games of 2012, and runner up as Gizmag's game of the year last year. Read More
That iconic flying bike scene from the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
has been relegated to the annals of pop culture science fiction for far
too long now. Fortunately, three Czech companies with the support of
France's Dassault Systemes have just conducted the first test flight of
their own two-wheeled, airborne vehicle, dubbed the "F-Bike." Read More
Budget smartphones rarely provide much to get
excited about, offering diminutive specs and outdated software. The
Smart Mini, a handset from UK carrier Vodafone, improves upon the latter
of these issues, offering a more up-to-date version of Android than
much of the competition, and coming in at just £50 (US$78). Read More
Taiwanese design company KB is set
to release its Brick Lightning Cap which will connect Lightning iPhones
and iPads to standard Lego bricks. Read More
The newly renovated Prahran Hotel, located in
Melbourne, Australia must not be confused with the Tube Hotel in Mexico.
While they both share the use of gigantic concrete pipes in their
architecture, the Prahran Hotel is not actually a “hotel” but a pub.
Local architectural studio Techne was asked to re-think the facade and
concept design of the pub’s adjoining premises. The project involved the
demolition of the old additions, in favor of a dramatic double-story
building with a central courtyard. Read More
Polytron Corporation has announced
it is to develop Fez II, the sequel to Fez, one of the most innovative
video games of 2012, and runner up as Gizmag's game of the year last year. Read More
Virtually every week there are articles about new
and innovative methods for harvesting wind energy. And every week more
megawatts of capacity from three-blade horizontal-axis wind turbines
(HAWT) becomes operational, despite all of the contenders. Why aren't
these innovative new products knocking the iconic HAWT off its perch? Is
it possible to tell which are likely to be viable? These eight points
are a useful way to assess which technology has potential, and which are
likely just hot air. Read More
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
has announced this year's winners of its annual National Awards and EU
Awards. The competitions offer an excellent opportunity to look at some
of Europe's most interesting new architecture. This year's UK winners
include a variety of building types, and most of the country is
well-represented (except Wales, which didn't snag a single win). A
chapel in a back garden in Edinburgh, a visitor museum in Northern
Ireland's Giant's Causeway, and a commercial building on London's Regent
Street all attest to the range of buildings which took the judge's
fancy. However, educational facilities were the big winners this year,
with a full third of the winners dedicated to learning. Read More
In what is being ballyhooed as a landmark
decision likely to set the course of DNA-based diagnostic and
therapeutic medicine for the next several decades, the US Supreme Court
unanimously decided on June 13 that human genes are not patentable.
Rather than objects invented or discovered, human genes are henceforth
to be treated as "naturally occurring phenomena," and hence fail the
patentability test under 35 USC 101. As is usual in patent cases,
however, the ruling contains delicate shades of meaning. Read More
When the ESA’s Proba-V was launched on May 7, its
main mission was to map land cover and vegetation growth across the
entire surface of the Earth every two days. But the miniaturized ESA
satellite is also casting its gaze higher, to test whether it is
possible to track aircraft continuously from space.
Proba-V has now shown this is indeed possible, by becoming the first
satellite to pick up aircraft tracking signals from space. Read More
Scientists looking for life on Mars are studying
the driest desert on Earth. This month, Carnegie Mellon University's Zoë
robot will traverse Chile’s near-uninhabitable Atacama Desert as part
of an astrobiology experiment aimed at testing technologies and
techniques for NASA’s next rover to search for life on Mars at the end
of the decade. Read More
Taiwanese design company KB is set
to release its Brick Lightning Cap which will connect Lightning iPhones
and iPads to standard Lego bricks. Read More
Polytron Corporation has announced
it is to develop Fez II, the sequel to Fez, one of the most innovative
video games of 2012, and runner up as Gizmag's game of the year last year. Read More
That iconic flying bike scene from the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
has been relegated to the annals of pop culture science fiction for far
too long now. Fortunately, three Czech companies with the support of
France's Dassault Systemes have just conducted the first test flight of
their own two-wheeled, airborne vehicle, dubbed the "F-Bike." Read More
Budget smartphones rarely provide much to get
excited about, offering diminutive specs and outdated software. The
Smart Mini, a handset from UK carrier Vodafone, improves upon the latter
of these issues, offering a more up-to-date version of Android than
much of the competition, and coming in at just £50 (US$78). Read More
Taiwanese design company KB is set
to release its Brick Lightning Cap which will connect Lightning iPhones
and iPads to standard Lego bricks. Read More
The newly renovated Prahran Hotel, located in
Melbourne, Australia must not be confused with the Tube Hotel in Mexico.
While they both share the use of gigantic concrete pipes in their
architecture, the Prahran Hotel is not actually a “hotel” but a pub.
Local architectural studio Techne was asked to re-think the facade and
concept design of the pub’s adjoining premises. The project involved the
demolition of the old additions, in favor of a dramatic double-story
building with a central courtyard. Read More
Polytron Corporation has announced
it is to develop Fez II, the sequel to Fez, one of the most innovative
video games of 2012, and runner up as Gizmag's game of the year last year. Read More
Virtually every week there are articles about new
and innovative methods for harvesting wind energy. And every week more
megawatts of capacity from three-blade horizontal-axis wind turbines
(HAWT) becomes operational, despite all of the contenders. Why aren't
these innovative new products knocking the iconic HAWT off its perch? Is
it possible to tell which are likely to be viable? These eight points
are a useful way to assess which technology has potential, and which are
likely just hot air. Read More
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
has announced this year's winners of its annual National Awards and EU
Awards. The competitions offer an excellent opportunity to look at some
of Europe's most interesting new architecture. This year's UK winners
include a variety of building types, and most of the country is
well-represented (except Wales, which didn't snag a single win). A
chapel in a back garden in Edinburgh, a visitor museum in Northern
Ireland's Giant's Causeway, and a commercial building on London's Regent
Street all attest to the range of buildings which took the judge's
fancy. However, educational facilities were the big winners this year,
with a full third of the winners dedicated to learning. Read More
In what is being ballyhooed as a landmark
decision likely to set the course of DNA-based diagnostic and
therapeutic medicine for the next several decades, the US Supreme Court
unanimously decided on June 13 that human genes are not patentable.
Rather than objects invented or discovered, human genes are henceforth
to be treated as "naturally occurring phenomena," and hence fail the
patentability test under 35 USC 101. As is usual in patent cases,
however, the ruling contains delicate shades of meaning. Read More
When the ESA’s Proba-V was launched on May 7, its
main mission was to map land cover and vegetation growth across the
entire surface of the Earth every two days. But the miniaturized ESA
satellite is also casting its gaze higher, to test whether it is
possible to track aircraft continuously from space.
Proba-V has now shown this is indeed possible, by becoming the first
satellite to pick up aircraft tracking signals from space. Read More
Scientists looking for life on Mars are studying
the driest desert on Earth. This month, Carnegie Mellon University's Zoë
robot will traverse Chile’s near-uninhabitable Atacama Desert as part
of an astrobiology experiment aimed at testing technologies and
techniques for NASA’s next rover to search for life on Mars at the end
of the decade. Read More
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