It has been a painstaking wait since entrepreneur Elon Musk first dropped hints at the development of a super fast transportation system. Musk unveiled the Alpha plans for his Hyperloop yesterday afternoon, including sketches.
With so much of our private information online, and with more and more of our personal devices connected to the net, the likelihood of our being hacked increases on an almost daily basis. And with that in mind, this infographic hits us with a big truth stick. You need to know just how hackable your life really is.
Aa new study by Domo and CEO.com determining Fortune 500 CEO’s presence on social media platforms; LinkeIn, Google+, Twitter and Facebook has released these results.
Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown were friends. They developed the unsuccessful app Future Freshman and then came Snapchat. The popular photo sharing app is cashing in for the boys but one, Brown has been left out of the $800 million pay day. His contributions are reportedly not worth any equity in the company.
There is nothing worse than feeling like the third wheel, especially when your friend’s mobile gets more attention than you. A new term has been coined for the antisocial behaviour, “phubbing” . Phubbing is the act of “subbing others in a social setting by checking your phone”.
Here’s today’s top tip, friends. This isn’t a new feature, but it is an old hack that you probably don’t know of yet. By simply using the volume controls on your Apple Earbuds, you can remotely control your camera shutter. All you have to do is open the camera app, position the camera, and press the volume+ function on the earbuds.
The IKEA catalogue app available for both iOS and Android on smartphone or tablet enables users to virtually place furniture in their home. All you have to do is place the 2014 IKEA catalogue in the room that you wish to furnish, use the app to scan the catalogue and then chose which furniture pieces to view in your home.
The world’s first lab-grown burger has been cooked and eaten at a news conference in London. Food critics sample the ‘frakenburger’ and explain how realistic the taste is.
The Japanese HTV-4 cargo vessel launched on Sunday, beginning its journey to the International Space Station. Along with 3,5 tons of supplies for the astronauts aboard the space station, a tiny talking robot will join the crew.
Some people think bassists are dispensable. Some bands, like the Black Keys for instance, don’t even have a bassist! Victoria University of Wellington engineering student, James McVay (no relation), may have put a lot of bassists out of work, thanks to his bachelor’s degree project, the MechBass, a four-string robotic bass guitar. Built with laser-cut 3D-printed […]
This New Zealand Aston enthusiast chose the 1961 Aston Martin DB4 model to replicate. Ivan Sentch has undertaken the painstaking task of 3D printing the replica which has plenty of detail on the body.
There doesn’t seem to be any enterprise that musician William Adams aka Will.i.am is not involved in. The 38-year-old has successfully made the transition from pop group front man to the tech industry player. As an early consultant in Beats Electronics, Adams recently launched his own hardware business.
Scientists at the National Taiwan University in Taipei have developed a “wearable oral sensory system”. The Wi-Fi enabled sensor is able to detect when the wearer is speaking, drinking, coughing and chewing.
It has been a while since Apple released any new products, in fact the last product to be released was in October 2012. But according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, there are “some amazing new products” on the horizon.
This is a little scary. The first artificially implanted memories have been created by neuroscientists at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
How would you like a life size hologram displayed in your home? Provision 3D Media has developed the technology ‘HoloVision’ that can display images between three and 52 inches.
Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek have been working for the last year to show that your car is not just metal and glass but contains a network of computers that can be hacked. And once hackers have gained access, the possibilities are endless.
There is a new iOS app out there for those who could not be bothered to breakup with their significant other over the phone, let alone face-to-face.
Dr Michelle Brown, Greg Frandsen and Torrey Tayanaka are the geniuses behind ‘The Kite’. What is ‘The Kite’ you ask? It is a cloth patch that when stuck on humans makes them invisible to mosquitoes.
As soon as Kate was admitted to hospital with early signs of labour, the baby news has not stopped. If you are not all that interesting in following every detail of the baby prince, try these steps to royal baby-proof your computer.
Drones are not only the sneakiest killing machines, but they can be used to do other things. Some have taken the flying machine and put it to good use to take food to tables or film action sports.
Researchers at London’s Imperial College have developed a surgical knife that will enable doctors to detect if the tissue they are cutting into is cancerous or not.
Who knew that selling fake Twitter accounts could be such a lucrative business. Meet the man who made R1,2 million in just 10 months from selling fake Twitter accounts.
Becoming an astronaut may have been your childhood dream but can you imagine how difficult it would be to enjoy a fresh cup of coffee in zero gravity?
The Daily Beast author Michael Keller investigated which words your iPhone will correct and those where no replacements are found.
Look out Google Glass there is a competitor on the loose, GlassUp. It’s a similar concept, but far cheaper. GlassUp creator Gianluigi Tregnaghi said he started creating the device two years ago, before Google had announced their new product.
Do you sleep with your mobile phone near your bed? This 9th grade experiment will change where you put your phone the next time you sleep. Here is a biology experiment is attracting large amounts of international attention.
Writer Amy-Mae Elliot has taken the time to show us how to delete those annoying duplicate songs in your iTunes library in a quick and easy way.
Wired had a tour of the plant in Fermont, California that South African CEO and co-founder Elon Musk helped create. The electric Tesla Model S is in production with some 400 vehicles being produced weekly – thanks to “one of the world’s most advanced production lines.”
The time is drawing nearer for concrete details regarding the design of the high-spped transportation system to be published. Founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk will soon be releasing the design for his Hyperloop.