The guilty secret of many of the solar chargers you see in the news is the fact that they’re too under-powered to really do the job properly. In most cases you need to keep them topped up wi... Read more
Bodelin Technologies has unveiled a new product that turns your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad into a fully functional microscope. The microscope itself has precision optical glass and supports... Read more
You get the sense that it might be something entirely new that changes the game New smartphones and tablets always create a stir. But let’s be honest: most of them are relatively minor updat... Read more
intelliPaper seamlessly turns an ordinary strip of paper into a fully functioning USB drive USB drives have become so prolific in recent years that they’ve become practically disposabl... Read more
Can be manufactured for as little as £30-40 An ultra-low cost scanner that can be plugged into any computer to show images of an unborn baby has been developed by Newcastle University engine... Read more
The indoor unit’s sensors measure temperature, humidity, air pressure, CO2 levels and sound levels There is no shortage of smartphone apps that compile information from official weather moni... Read more
Users control the power tool’s variable speed and direction with a twist of the wrist The open-source Arduino micro-controller is a very useful piece of kit which has been implemented... Read more
The EyeRing project is still very much a work in progress Generally speaking, the vast majority of augmented reality applications that enhance the world around us by overlaying digital conte... Read more
PCM is ultimately expected to be faster, cheaper and more energy-efficient than flash Researchers from Rice University and UCLA unveiled a new data-encoding scheme this week that slashes mor... Read more
Remember that $25 computer about the size of a flash drive game developer David Braben unveiled in May? According to a video postedon Saturday, it can run games in high-definition, too. The... Read more
IOGEAR’s latest take on the theme is its Wireless 4-Port USB Sharing Station, which allows up to four USB peripherals (external storage, camera, printer, etc.) to be shared over a WiFi... Read more
If you find that having your hands on the keyboard and mouse still isn’t giving you enough control over your computer, perhaps you’d like to let your feet in on the action, too.... Read more