The launch of the e-ciagrette industry coupled with the legalisation of marijuana in multiple US states has catalyzed an explosion of innovation, and the people on point are in Silicon Valley. See that gallery? This is where marijuana vaporisers are at. Small, compact, and very efficient. But vaporisers aren’t exactly new, so what’s the attraction? […]
General elections are coming up, and people are going to be picking fights with you on social media, left, right, centre, and fundamentalist. This is how you wage a Twar, and win it.
Before we begin, you should know that this whole thing is a marketing campaign for a video game. But that doesn’t mean that the data isn’t real, or that this isn’t scary as hell. The video above is a guy exploring a new website that mines the web for data that you didn’t know was publicly available. It will make you skrik.
Germany. The land of Eisbeins, beer festivals and legal prostitution. In fact, the lucrative sex industry in Germany is calculated to be worth over $1 Billion per year. And now, a new app created in Germany and for the German market, Peppr, is being marketed as being very much akin to how your average ‘dating’ […]
If you’ve ever worked in a serious research and development department, you’ll know that projects are very, very carefully vetted before you or anyone else is given permission to go ahead. That’s because most R&D department budgets are small. So what happens when you work at a company that has almost unlimited piles of cash?
According to this infographic, 40% of our happiness is controlled by our thoughts, actions and behaviour, 50% is genetically determined, and 10% is determined by our circumstances. Bummer if you’re naturally unhappy! Cheer up.
A group of Loch Ness Monster enthusiasts say they’ve sighted the legendary Scottish beast via satellite images on Apple Maps, which is the same app that has a large portion of the internet dedicated to recording the many hilarious instances of its failure.
A DJ that goes by Squarepusher collaborated with a Japanese robot band called Z-Machines to create an EP called ‘Music For Robots.’ Check out the behind-the-scenes video that shows how these robots learned how to shred on the guitar.
For a robot, Asimo is a real cutie. We wouldn’t mind adopting Honda’s humanoid robot which was first introduced to the world almost 14 years ago. Take a look at Asimo’s latest improvements.
Since its March debut at the Geneva International Motor Show, Apple’s CarPlay has been the talk of the town. On Wednesday the public got their first chance to experience Apple’s highly anticipated in-car system.
It’s not hard to notice beards are trending. With stars like Brad Pitt and George Clooney strutting masculine and bushy beards on the red carpet, it’s clear to see beards are in vogue. But scientists believe we have hit “peak beard” levels.
You might not know about the Nokia Lumia 1520. It’s fairly amazing, to say the least. Why? Because it comes with a 1080p Full HD screen with a 20MP PureView camera with optical image stabilisation, oversampling technology and zooming capabilities. And you can win one right here.
Tidy & Co. is a new online gift emporium, and as their name implies, these people are is here to help you find the perfect gift. You know what’s coming up? Mother’s Day. That’s right. It’s the one day of the year to commemorate the woman who brought you into this world. You need to treat that situation with the respect it deserves. Stop panicking. Your solution is standing by.
For a long time the grain silos at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town have been standing abandoned, home only to rats, pigeons and seagulls. But no longer. A R500 million redevelopment project will transform the disheveled building into a modern art museum.
If you have been struggling to keep tabs on your sex life, and more importantly want to share your escapades with the whole wide world, Nipple is just for you.
Can’t get enough of Instagram videos of cats doing funny things, or dogs being adorable and goofy? Instagram video junkies can now fritter their live’s away watching 15-second videos on this app that turns Instagram into a TV.
While on a trip visiting her boyfriend’s family in South Africa, Katie Bryan had a huge surprise waiting for her back home in England – a bill from her mobile carrier for R45,000. All because she downloaded a Neil Diamond album.
Authorities believe that the missing flight MH370 lies somewhere on the floor of the Indian Ocean. An unmanned submarine will now be used in the search, in the general location where signals suspected to be from the aircraft’s black box have been picked up.
People are thinking of very creative ways to use aerial drones, ranging from aerial photography to delivery drones. The famous graffiti artist, Katsu is known for his innovation in the art form. His latest creation is a graffiti drone – check it out in action.
Last year Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos announced plans for an aerial drone delivery system, titled Amazon Prime Air. It turns out Amazon’s flying drones are no joke, according to what Jeff Bezos revealed in a recent shareholder’s letter.
Emails, apps, messages, taking pictures and watching funny internet videos, all take their toll on a phone’s battery. If you have been struggling with your iPhone’s battery life, check out these eight habits that will extend that ish.
Science is a like a bipolar person with ADD: one moment we’re contemplating the cosmos, and the next thing we’re growing vaginas in a lab. Are you ready? Four women have had lab-grown vaginas implanted by doctors in the US.
Praise the almighty Dropbox. You no longer have to sort through the tons of photos and videos in your possession, thanks to Dropbox’s new app, Carousel. Now a life time’s worth of photos and videos is automatically organised and always available at your fingertips.
A new aircraft called the Solar Impulse 2, was unveiled in Switzerland on 9 April. In 2015 its creators plan to circumnavigate globe in the plane that is completely solar-powered.
Drones are the future and the US company Gofor is bringing the drones to the masses. Not being able to afford a drone or pilot it yourself is no longer an issue with this radical drone on demand service.
Titled ‘Heartbleed’ by the researchers who discovered the bug, it affects an important and widely used internet security protocol called SSL. It is estimated that as much as 66% of the web may have been compromised.
Many scientists and experts have been fussing about trying to make a smart phone’s battery life longer. But StoreDot are approaching the battery problem from a different angle. Watch a smartphone battery charged from flat to full in 30 seconds.
Chemicals make the world run… well the entire world is made up of chemicals. If you had to deconstruct everyday food into its chemical makeup, you would be left with an extremely long grocery list of organic compounds that will take longer to read than to eat said food product. Here are some infographics from the blog Compound Interest, which teach you some of the science behind everyday food.
Mark Zuckerberg is now one of the biggest figures in the history of business. These days a speech by Facebook’s CEO fills auditoriums to the brim with tycoons worth millions and billions of dollars. But back in 2005 almost no one pitched up for the speech he gave at Harvard.
When it comes to aerial drones, DJI’s quadcopters are some of the more user friendly and advanced on the market. The company’s latest model features a built-in air traffic controller.