Category: Gadgets
Smart glasses, fingertip gaming, and instant diagnosis: the Royal Academy of Engineering’s picked its seven favourite inventions
Seven inventors who’ve created promising new technologies are being given a boost by The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub. All the inventors are based at UK universities, and the Hub will support them to turn their research interests into start-ups over the next year, not least by awarding them each £85,000. They’ll also provide…
Sunpartner Technologies and Bookeen have announced the world’s first solar powered e-reader #MWC15
Sunpartner Technologies and Bookeen took to Mobile World Congress this week to announce that they've joined forces to offer new solar powered e-readers, meaning you'll never run out of battery right in the middle of the climax of a good book again! According to Sunpartner, e-readers consume less power than other personal electronic devices and…
ImmerVision’s 360° camera could change how we create photos #MWC15
ImmerVision took to Mobile World Congress yesterday, to launch 360° panomorph front-facing cameras for smartphones and tablets, that the company claims can radically change how we capture, experience, and share our photos and videos, turning them into fully immersive experiences. ImmerVision has said that this new technology turns selfies into “groupies” (still just giant selfies) and shake-free video…
Silent Circle launches Enterprise Privacy Platform for secure business use #MWC15
Today at Mobile World Congress, Silent Circle has announced the launch of the world’s first privacy platform for mobile users aimed at the business market. It’s a system of devices, services, and software based on ZRTP – a cryptographic mobile protocol, built for privacy. (The fact that using it might make you feel a little…
SanDisk’s two new mobile flash drives will make it even easier to transfer content #MWC15
Mobile World Congress is a lot about new phones, but it isn’t only about new phones. Today, storage solution company SanDisk has announced two new mobile flash drives, both designed to make it quicker and easier to transfer content from phones and tablets to your computer. First up is the company’s Dual USB Drive with…
Ikea’s adding wireless charging to furniture
Tired of rummaging around on the floor all the time for your phone’s charging cable, or worse – realising that you left it at work? Ikea feels your pain. They’ve just announced a new range of furniture that’ll charge your mobile (or tablet, or other device) with no cables needed. It includes bedside tables, lamps,…
200GB is now smaller than your fingernail #MWC15
SanDisk caused a bit of a stir at Mobile World Congress today as they showed off their 200GB microSD card. That's it in my hand above. The SanDisk 200GB Ultra microSD card can hold up to 20 hours (!) of full HD video and transfer files at up to 90MB a second, which means 1200…
Kazam mobile phone ad is banned for sexism
A young woman wanders around in her underwear, fondling her cleavage and thigh, biting her lip. What is this, some sub-‘50 Shades’ soft p0rn? Oh no, look, she’s doing her ironing, must be a gender-normative ad for some boring household product. Ahhh, no, I see what it is now: an ad for Kazam’s Tornado 348…
Moggles is a collapsible VR headset that fits in your pocket
Over the past year there has been a lot of stuff going on in the world of phone-powered virtual reality. The problem is that VR headsets are bulky and difficult to transport, unlike the smartphones they rely on. To try and solve this problem Moggles has come along with a VR headset that collapses in…
Kyocera will be showing off a solar-powered smartphone at MWC
Alternative means of powering your phone isn't really something that's kicked off just yet, despite there being some options popping up every now and again. But what about a phone that doesn't need to be plugged into charge because it has its own solar panels? Sounds ludicrous, but Kyocera has a prototype that'll be on display at…
