Month: July 2014
Could stopping this sneaky protein be the key to treating infections?
For years, scientists have been trying to identify a protein molecule that sneaks through the membrane surrounding bacteria, helping it to build strong cell walls, resist antibiotics, and make people very ill. If they could find out what that sneaky protein (known generically as a flippase) was, they might be able to find a way…
Vodafone UK launches 4G handsets: the Smart 4 Turbo and Smart 4 Power
Today Vodafone has announced that it's launching its first 4G-ready smartphones, called the Smart 4 Turbo and Smart 4 Power. Both handsets are Vodafone-branded, run on Android KitKat and enter the busy mobile market at the lower end of the spectrum, providing customers with 4G mobile broadband at an affordable price point. Obviously the 4G-ready…
Is this the greatest family ever or an elaborate HTC One ad?
We really feel for this guy, but also want to be in his family. He was just trying to take the perfect selfie with his new phone, like anyone else would, and is now the laughing stock of his entire family. Having spotted the picture (the big one in the middle), his dad and older…
Got £150,000 going spare? You still couldn’t afford this loom band dress
So, you've heard of loom bands right? Don't worry, we hadn't either, but apparently they're big. So big in fact that a dress made of them is currently being bid on at £156,100 on eBay! The dress, which is made to fit girls aged between four and six, appears to have been weaved from hundreds…
President Obama’s Funny or Die interview is nominated for an Emmy
Could the President of the United States be going for an EGOT? President Obama already has two Grammys, albeit from when he was still a senator, for narrating the audio versions of his books Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope, in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Now he has the chance to add…
Photographer mashed-up cat faces with their owners and the results are creepy
You know how they say pets look a little like their owners? Well awesome surrealist photographer Sebastian Magnani has taken that idea to a whole new level by combining a number of photographs of cats with selfies of their owners. The results? Well, take a look for yourself at the gallery below, but we think…
The i-Bell is the doorbell you never knew you needed
We're going to go ahead and assume you've never felt any resentment towards your doorbell for being average. It's just a doorbell after all. That's exactly what we thought until we saw the i-Bell, which makes all other doorbells now seem redundant. The i-Bell is the WiFi Video doorbell you never knew you needed. It…
Musos, take note: wireless video streaming headphones are coming
Most of us are plugged in to our headphones a lot of the time (what did we do before we always had our music and podcasts on the go, actually spend time alone with our thoughts? Ew). But aside from cancelling out our neuroses and a bit (or a lot) of external noise, our headphones…
Emoji Yoga is now a thing
So, yeah, Emoji Yoga is a thing now. Including everything from the smiling pile of poo to dancing ladies, you can now actually try out Emoga for yourself, in London (of course). According to the Evening Standard, the class starts with 'a poo (turd) emoji task warm-up position.' Participants then stretch out for a screaming…
Apple iWatch pushed back till November due to its super advanced tech
We'd all been collectively crossing our fingers for Apple's iWatch to be launched in October, but now a top (and often accurate) analyst has suggested that production may not even begin until late November. Urgh come on already Apple! Today the tech press is full of KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo's predictions that the Apple iWatch won't…
