International CES was on this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show closed yesterday afternoon and the organisers have already released some data on this year’s event: 2.2 million square feet of exhibition space 3600 exhibitors 170 thousand attendees 45 thousand attendees from outside the US 375 startups Final numbers on the event will be […]
Over the years we’ve seen many attempts to improve on the ergonomics of the traditional computer keyboard, which in turn owes its layout to a design intended to slow down the rate of manual typewriters which tended to foul up if one hammer had not got out of the way before the next one struck. Surely, goes the […]
You’ve heard of tinfoil hats? Now US online clothing company Betabrand has teamed up with Norton to bring you RFID-blocking jeans and a blazer, to protect against ID theft. [youtube]http://youtu.be/G11xHMvhq3E[/youtube] Credit and debit cards are increasingly equipped with RFID or NFC technology for contactless payments, and the technology is also used in passports. However there […]
Here’s a preview of a new App launching in a couple of weeks which turns your tablet into an expressive musical instrument. [youtube]http://youtu.be/IE4qdOk2les[/youtube] Intunative is the first product from Surface Tension, a spin out from NUI Maynooth, founded by Music Technology graduates Simon Kenny and Patrick McGlynn. They used the prize money from the University’s annual Student […]
HTC have just announced the brand new Desire 620 with 4G connectivity, 5MP front-facing camera for the perfect ‘selfies’ and all wrapped up in a colourful and eye-catching design. You can’t get it from Santa yet, but it’ll be out in 2015. The HTC Desire 620 follows the highly successful HTC Desire 610 and features the same […]
The guys over at Carphone Warehouse have produced a really interesting graphic that charts the evolution of popular Christmas presents over the past 30 years. How old were you in 1984? What did you want for Christmas? How old were you in 2004? Did you want Nintendo DS? What would you like this year? Are […]
Carphone Warehouse are offering 20% off on selected pre-pay smartphones for Cyber Monday, including: Samsung Galaxy SIII mini was €99.99 NOW €79.99 Samsung Pocket Neo was €49.99 NOW €39.99 Alcatel Pop S3 was €99.99 NOW €79.99
Sony is getting into the wearable technology business with a venture called Fashion Entertainments, who will make watches and other wearable devices using e-paper technology. But they’ve kept the Sony brand out of it until now, launching the Fes Watch on a Japanese crowfunding site in September. The Wall Street Journal quotes a project insider who said “we hid […]
Smartphones are great but they’re not designed to fill a room with sound. Sure there’s a speaker, but turn on the kettle and you can forget about hearing it. BBC podcasts are the worst: they don’t use dynamic range compression and they allow about 8dB of headroom. That’s good practice for radio engineering, sure, but it’s useless when […]
Once I get home I want to empty my pockets. Sometimes the problem can be finding those things again when I leave – especially the keys! The Butler is a simple idea for a wall-mounted fitting that holds wallet and keys in the top slot, and a side slot designed to fit a smartphone, screen out, […]
