This is just plain unbelievable. A group of researchers at Harvard, in a study towards building the first artificial human heart, have created their own creature. Similar to a jellyfish, they’ve created a Medusoid – a hybrid “pseudo-organism” made from the cells of a rat’s heart and a special polymer film.
YouTube has just introduced face-blurring technology that will enable users to hide their identities in video footage they post online.
Google has launched a text message-based version of its email service targeted at users in Africa. So far, the service has been made available in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.
Fanboys always claim that Apple is basically giving us technology from the future. And if these leaked images are anything to go by, they might not be too far off. The photos show that while the iPad was only officially released in 2010, the tablet was already knocking around Apple HQ as long ago as 2002!
For most 15-year olds, the last thing they want to do after school is head to a lab and work on their biology. Jack Andraka however, is not most 15-year olds and after school he heads over to Johns Hopkins University where he’s working on a test for cancer that is leaps and bounds ahead of what’s ahead now.
Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple. He’s also considered one of the reasons you might be using a personal computer right now. Steve took a photo of the contents of his backpack; click through to see how he rolls.
A mourning ritual that is rarely seen, and even more rarely captured on camera, will raise further questions about whether dolphins understand the concept of death.
For the first time, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are going to be available with touch-screen controls. Taps, swipes, and pinch-and-zoom can be used within documents, files and presentations.
The DMMA will be hosting a Blogger Debate on Tuesday 17 July from 15h00-17h00. The closed event, taking place at the Quirk offices in Cape Town, will aim to define the rules of engagement between bloggers, PR professionals and Ad Agency MDs. So says the DMMA: A recent debate has arisen amongst bloggers, advertising agencies and […]
The BBC has conducted an investigation into marketers’ obsession with ‘Likes’ and how this is impacted by fake user accounts and advertising on Facebook. An interesting read for all marketers.
WikiLeaks just won an important legal battle which will force Iceland’s Visa and MasterCard partner to resume processing donations to the organisation. This comes after transactions headed for the secret-sharing site were blocked in 2010.
BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion, has had a terrible past quarter. The smartphone manufacturer is now literally hemorrhaging money and sales figures.
A group of Ukrainian students are deservedly receiving a large amount of attention for a very impressive student project that has seen them qualify as one of the six finalists at this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup. They’ve invented a glove that can translate the movements made by sign language into speech.
After months and months of image collection, NASA has released what is the best image of Mars yet. If you can’t get there this week, this is the next best thing. Described by Nasa as the ‘Greeley Panorama’ from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, the first image documents the fifth Martian Winter of the mission.
Cape Town, South Africa. In proposed amendments to the National Road Traffic Act published in the Government Gazette on 8 June 2012: getting your drivers license, which already is a stressful and time consuming process, will take up to 12 months longer. New technology developed by iDRIVE.co.za now simplifies the process, enabling you to pass […]
This ‘God Particle’ vibe doesn’t seem to be going away. That’s why we scoured the net to find the shortest, clearest, simplest educational video to bring you up to speed, so you can wow your friends. Check it out.
A Japanese parliamentary panel has said in a report that the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was “a profoundly man-made disaster”, and that the disaster “could and should have been foreseen and prevented”. The report also blamed cultural conventions and a reluctance to question authority.
If you weren’t aware of just how prolific Chinese investment is in Africa, wait until you see these startling images of what’s going on in Angola.
There is nothing worse than being tagged in a Facebook photo that you don’t want to be tagged in. You know, that time at the bar, after tequila number 7, hanging off your mate Jeff? Turns out it wasn’t just a mass upload.
Have you ever heard of Doug Pitt? No, we didn’t think so. But we’ll give Doug this: he’s the second most famous Pitt in his family. Unlike his famous brother, Brad, Doug Pitt has never been the star of anything. So, Virgin Mobile have decided to make things fairer in the Pitt family. This is Doug’s first non-celebrity endorsement deal. Doug has quite a vibe going on.
Wow, just another genius idea that you didn’t think of. And so obvious as well! I mean there have always been wi-fi boosters for the home and office, but not as simple as this. They usually have leads and all kinds of paraphernalia to set it up and login etc. Whereas this guy just plugs in and five […]
On Tuesday, the FDA approved the first ever over-the-counter, at-home test for HIV. The test will offer customers complete privacy and could be on shelves in the States as soon as October.
Leaked Video Appears To Accidentally Announce Higgs Boson Discovery – A video accidentally published on the CERN website appears to leak the long-awaited discovery of the Higgs boson that is rumored to be officially announced early tomorrow morning. “We’ve observed a new particle. We have quite strong evidence that there’s something there.” Joe Incandela, spokesman for […]
2ceansvibe Radio has been given the final audited numbers, following the online streaming scandal that rocked the SA digital media world. Reports have shown that actual listenership was vastly different to stats previously provided by Netdynamix. 2oceansvibe has confirmed in a statement made yesterday, that a new service provider would be assigned to handle the […]
Hipsters take note, there is a new smartphone personal assistant on its way: Google Now. It’s a search-centric, voice-powered digital assistant for the upcoming version of Android that launches mid-July.
The seaside town of Pringle Bay in the Western Cape is outraged at a National Geographic documentary that used food to lure baboons to a specially modified and fully furnished cottage in the area. The cottage is part of the Cape Hangklip Hotel, and the television series, Big Baboon House, raises ethical questions.
A UK man yesterday smashed up an entire cell phone shop in Manchester because they would not give him a refund. Ripping phones from the walls, letting off a fire extinguisher, this guy went all the way. Check him raging against the machine after the jump.
More worrying news from the climate change front. Scientists have said that even if deep emissions cuts lower global average temperatures, sea levels will continue to rise over the next couple of hundred years.
Talking and texting while driving is somewhat of a cultural phenomenon in South Africa. There are those that are law abiding, but there are also those that don’t seem to care, and throw caution to the wind. But now Capetonians will face a R5 000 fine, and have their phone confiscated for a day for transgressing the law, it was reported in the Cape Times this morning.
In more news to terrify you, the US Army has released photographs depicting their new laser-guided lightning gun blowing up a car. They’re calling it the Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) because it’s important to make the ability to call down lightning with a laser pointer sound safe.