Month: July 2014
Scientists use 3D printed tissue to study cells
Scientist Guohao Dai, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the U.S, has won the Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation for his research into making replicated human tissues using 3D printing. Unlike the cells in the body, most lab cultures are 2D, which…
NES30 Bluetooth controller – retro gaming for iOS/Android
Reminisce with me, lets go back to the 80's and early 90's and imagine coming home from school and seeing this big grey box by your TV with a smaller grey cartridge inside it and the words "Super Mario Bros 3" written across the cartridge. Thats how you should feel when you see the NES30 wireless…
Apple’s Q3 profits are in – and they’re impressive
Good news for Apple who today unveiled its earnings for its third quarter of 2014. With a profit of $7.7 billion it has far exceeded the $6.9 it reached last year at the same time. Revenue itself rose from $35.32 billion in the same period last year to $37.43 billion this year. Apple has sold…
Nvidia Shield Tablet announced – UK launch July 30th
Move over iPad here comes a new tablet to fight for the number one spot. The hotly anticipated 'Nvidia Shield Tablet' is a beast when it comes to gaming boasting the Tegra K1 processor, an 8 inch screen at 1080p, maximum of 128GB storage and its own gamepad (up to 4 of these can connect…
INSIGHT – Why favouriting tweets should be stopped
I’m sorry everyone. I’m going to have to come out and say it. I don’t like people who favourite on Twitter. I’m guilty of doing it too, and thus a hypocrite, but here’s why it’s rubbish, and shouldn’t be a thing. Twitter is not Facebook, and shouldn’t be used in the same way. Like everyone…
The Selfie Toaster makes it possible to eat your own face every morning!
Just when we thought selfies couldn’t get any more of a thing, along comes the Selfie Toaster. Yes, you read that right. Created by the Vermont Novelty Toaster Corporation, for only $75, you can put your face on a piece of bread and then eat it for breakfast every morning. Just like Jesus. Or just…
We all stay Facebook friends with foes to stalk them, according to survey
If you’re a Facebook user, you’ll most definitely have at least five people in your friends’ list that you’d never ever want to spend time with in real life, but keep them there just to stalk them, and see what they’re doing (come on, we all do it, don’t we?) A survey of more than…
Chromecast gets Rickrolled with the ‘Rickmote’
If you like to stream video to your TV its most likely you have some sort of set-top box, like a Roku, Apple TV or the Google Chromecast. Well one hacker has designed a remote named 'Rickmote' which uses a Raspberry Pi to send the internet famous Rick Astley's song 'Never gonna give you up' to…
Facebook and Oculus are finally one
Facebook has grown to be the number one social media outlet in the world and is linked almost every week to have acquired new companies globally much like Apple. Well, this week is no different, Facebook announced back in March that it would be acquiring Oculus and in fact only yesterday did the acquisition finally…
Cubii is the world’s first under-desk elliptical trainer
Sitting in front of the laptop all day isn’t a healthy lifestyle, but it’s something we’re all guilty of doing. It’s also the reason that the standing and treadmill desks have caught on as a healthy alternative. If you do have to sit though, there is now the Cubii. Developed by FitnessCubed, the Cubii is…
