American scientists, Dr Kevin Ma and his team led by Dr Robert Wood, have created a flying robot as small as a fly. Dubbed the “robo-fly”, the robot is built from carbon fibre, weighs less than a gram and has “super-fast electronic muscles to power its wings.”
Clicking the “like” button on Facebook page that supports a worthy cause does absolutely nothing to help. Unless it is a donate click, then you really are not being as proactive as you think you are. UNICEF has released a TV commercial detailing the shallow emotional reality of “slackivists”.
30 April marked the World Wide Web’s 20th anniversary. And to celebrate this milestone in history CERN is reviving the orginial and first website. This URL has been dormant for years.
Has Nokia finally launched a product capable of swimming in the same smartphone pool as Apple and Samsung? It’s a fair question, given that you, the consumer currently find yourself in a tricky position. Do you go for a now considerably cheaper S3 or iPhone 5, or for the rather foreign, but attractively-priced Lumia? Check this out to decide.
“A Boy and His Atom” is officially the world’s smallest movie. The movie was created by IBM and was developed through the manipulation of thousands of carbon monoxide molecules. The result is an animated stop-motion short.
Investment bank, Citi has released a report detailing the 10 technologies that will mould and shape the future. According to their analysts, these are the 10 technologies, some new and some old, that are going to make a significant impact on the development of our society.
Look at this list of amazing gadgets that can get you up and moving like Iron Man.
First flight of the SpaceShipTwo goes supersonic. Virgin Galactic’s rocket has taken flight over California with Richard Branson watching every move. Watch SpaceShipTwo’s first flight.
The latest and most prominent victim of hacking was the Associated Press’ Twitter handle. The handle was used to publish a tweet that falsely reported a bomb explosion in the White House, which injured Barack Obama. This infographic provides you with all the information you need to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.
A team of scientists from the United States and China have experimented in creating an array that can sense pressure similar to the interpretation of touch on your fingertips. This experimrnt could lead to further development of artificial skin which would be able to “feel.” Even robots could have a sense of touch with these sensors.
If your house is the one that everyone comes to for rugby games and Idols finals, then this is definitely the gadget you need to up your hosting game. Instead of dishing out R9,000 for your average 130cm TV, invest in this projector for FAR less!
Remember how the fictional dilithium crystals were used to make travel faster than the speed of light in Star Trek: The Next Generation? Well those crystals – or crystals with an uncanny similarity to them – may be coming to the real world in one of the best instances of art imitating life that we’ve ever seen.
By now, we’ve all heard of 3D printing, and by in large, most people appreciate that 3D printing is incredibly excellent. But what many don’t appreciate are a few of major implications that this new technology brings to the table, specifically with regards to small scale manufacture.Widespread availability of 3D printers could change that, and lead to an explosion of technologies and innovation.
While some of you are still trying to get your hands on the recently-released iPhone 5, Apple is concerned with designing the iPhone 8. Seriously. They’re as keen on planning as Soviet Russia. Except they have way more cash.
Android phone users who have the Viber app have been issued warnings by security firms that there may be a bug in the popular chat application that allows hackers to bypass screen locks and take control of the phone. So how many people are at risk? 50 million, give or take.
Birds do it, bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. But only humans do it with apps. These ten apps will aid you in your pregnancy, and make life for you, your partner, and your baby considerably easier.
Imagine the cure for addiction looked like a video game. With funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Defense, assistant professor at Duke University in the USA, Zach Rosenthal might have found a way to help the helpless.
French YouTube user ioduremetallique, has made a robotic arm that reaches inside vending machines, and pilfers multiple cans of soda. The video shows how the robot works inside and outside of the vending machine. The only downfall is that the video is in French.
Since man first penetrated Earth’s atmosphere, a slew of garbage has been piling up in Near Space. The majority of the junk up there is from space shuttles. Heiner Klinkrad, a European Space Agency (ESA) space expert estimates there to be about 27,000 objects in orbit, travelling 80 times faster than a passenger jet, and that number grows, daily.
Audio dating back 128 years, has been restored of Alexander Graham Bell, which was previously thoguht to tbe ‘unplayable’. Researchers at Berkley have developed technology that is capable of restoring audio, from Thomas Edison’s recording to the supposed first recording ever.
It took Rupert Murdoch 40 years to get to $1 billion, Mark Zuckerberg did it in three – awkward. And Zuckerberg’s net worth is $2,1 billion more than Murdoch. The fight between old media and new media is waging. Clearly the new media kids are faster, stronger and better. Either way they are all still super wealthy.
Inbox zero is an almost-mythical technological Nirvana that we all strive for. Seeing as most of us make a living out of the information in our inbox, a stress free life really does mean a big fat zero. Seth explores how to get there.
The smartphone industry has become a boxing ring, with top companies – Samsung – taking a stab at competitors to benefit their product. Samsung was recently embarassed for paying college student to write reviews about their products and face them up against HTC, and they seem to back at it.
A “news machine” has been developed by Color Magazine and interactive designer, Jonathon Chomko in an effort to highlight sensationalism in journalism. The new machine turns user tweets into headlines, through various media filters. It’s an epic visual demonstration of broken telephone in the news cycle.
We haven’t seen a hairdo like that in years. And we definitely haven’t seen a computer like that for a healthy length of time, either. Kim Komando, AKA “Komputer Tutor” hosted this delightful insert on the definition of a computer, and how to master the basics of DOS.
The Mars Curiosity Rover, the world’s most expensive robot has taken to occupying its time by drawing penises on the surface of the red planet.
The world is an amazing, terrifying, and wonderful place, and nothing describes a situation with the impact and immediacy of a good photograph. Gleaned from news streams, our social network feeds, and television, here’s a look at some of the top stories from yesterday, in pictures
The new Xbox is set to be unveiled on 21 May 2013, but there have been a slew of specutlations as to what the new console will pack under the hood. If Xbox is released on time, it could be stiff competition for the Sony PlayStation 4, which is set to launch later this year.
Top TV has been approved by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to broadcast three adult content channels. Their three new channels are: Playboy TV, Desire TV and Private Spice. These adult channels will be broadcast from 20h00 to 5h00, daily
Now that the price roller coaster has ended, and it has been strongly confirmed that Bitcoin is a commodity worth investing in, the race to see who can mine the remaining Bitcoins fastest is on. In a big, big way.