- British boffins perfect process to make any item '100% waterproof' -
Gore-Tex killer?
UK company Plasma Product Innovations (P2i) today demonstrated a chemical process it claims can render any material 100 per cent waterproof.…
- Crayola colours keyboard... you know... for kids -
Crayon crafter Crayola has created a colourful keyboard designed to prepare kids for a lifetime spent mindlessly tapping numbers and text into computers.…
- Geek tech takes hoovering to new heights -
Extreme ironing anyone?
If the Missus always nags you to help her clean, she’ll faint when you offer to vacuum the whole house. Thankfully, technology’s found a way to liven up this chore – but you’ll need a Wii Balance Board.…
- Sony designs photo frames for the digital age -
Printed photos? Pah!
If you’ve recently splashed out on a new digital SLR, such as the Olympus E-420 we've reviewed here, then you’ll need some where to show off your snaps. Sony knows this, so it’s unveiled two LCD photo frames.…
- Aussie school trials use of gadgets in exams -
I don't know the answer - can I phone a friend?
Using notes during exams - aka cheating - usually gets you an instant 'F'. But at one Australian school the pupils can now use mobiles, iPods and the internet during their exams.…
- Vibrating button said to 'improve posture' -
Filled with intuitive technology and advanced microchippery
If you’re hunched over the desk as you read this story then, ironically, this article could save your spine. That’s because it’s about a gadget that’s claimed to improve your posture.…
- The Terminator's back - as a DVD player -
Terminator's head used to play DVDs
The Terminator said he’d be back, but we didn’t know he meant as a consumer gadget. But the robot that once tried to destroy the human race has been recycled, into a DVD player.…
- M&S pimps school uniform for iPod era -
Are you listening to me, Wilkes Minor?
Marks and Sparks has given the old-style school uniform a tech overhaul, by creating a blazer with integrated iPod cradle. Teachers beware.…
- Nokia readies video conferencing robot -
N800 used to control futuristic web-bot
Nokia has designed an interactive video conferencing robot that can be controlled through its N800 internet tablet.…
- Gadget confusion rules supreme in Blighty -
Mobiles, satnavs, remotes and cameras all too complicated to use
Confused by your compact camera? Menaced by your mobile? You’re not alone, because many of us are baffled by gadgets, a survey has revealed.…
- Sony to gather gadget gold -
There’s gold in them thar gadgets
You may think that huge diamond dazzler bought with your annual bonus is the only precious material you own. But Sony thinks differently and so is going after your golden gadgets.…
- The solar-powered gadget purse -
Power-up in style
We all carry a stack of gadgets around with us, but whether you keep them in a handbag, manbag, pocket or plastic bag, it’s keeping them charged up that’s important. Enter the Power Purse.…
- Sony unveils EPUB eBook support -
Format friendly electronic reading
Sony thinks eBooks are the way forward and, in an effort to get novel nerds ditching their paperbacks, the firm’s introduced EPUB file support to its later Reader.…
- Norwegians demo 10cm video & GPS pocket-chopper -
Palmtop helipad aviation goes live
"The world's smallest full authority helicopter", with rotors just 10cm across, has been successfully flight tested in Norway. Scandinavian microcopter developers hailed the debut of the prototype PD-100 Black Hornet as "a major success".…
- Blinking to replace remote controls, claims Japanese boffin -
Total winker?
A Japanese researcher is planning to revolutionise the humble remote control in the blink of an eye, literally.…
- Sony to bring E Ink eBook reader to UK in September -
Tome alone
OK, call us Luddites, but we'd rather settle down with a old fashioned paperback than one of these electronic readers. But Sony believes enough UK punters want one when it brings it to the UK in September.…
- Spaniards show off touchscreen moto-computer tech -
Fully hackable iSupercar concept unveiled
Further fuel for the touchscreen versus buttons debate was offered today at the British Motor Show, as Spanish car-tech newcomer IFR Automotive showed off its new, one-size-fits-all motocomputer kit.…
- Cheap chargers claimed to put gadget fans at risk -
Buyer beware!
Buying an unbranded power adaptor may save you a few quid, but it could end up costing you dear, Trading Standards officers claimed today.…
- Star Wars MP3 player invades the galaxy -
Take The Force with you
The technology behind the Star Wars MP3 player is hardly light years ahead, but the unit’s kitsch value alone means it’s sure to excite some of the film’s fanatics.…
- Sony signs up contactless data transfer partners -
Wireless data transfers edge closer
Widespread adoption of ways to allow data to be transferred between gadgets without them touching each other has taken a step further. Some 15 manufacturers have agreed to push Sony’s TransferJet technology.…
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