Innovation

Samsung’s 60Ghz WiFi ‘removes the gap between theoretical and actual’, has 4.6Gbps transmission speeds

WiFi speeds are a bone of contention in my home. They just never reach the speeds I expect of them, especially when I wander…

Meet Flatev: the world’s first tortilla food replicator

Nespresso coffee machines, with their fancy pods and sleek design have pretty much taken over the tech-hipster scene. Remember grinding coffee by hand, packing…

Kano custom PC makes coding awesome for kids, technically-challenged adults

We’ve probably all heard the term “square-eyes” passed around a lot back in the Nineties, when TV and computer screens were still boxes spurned…

Powering ‘The Internet of Things’ using ant-sized radio chips

Researchers at Stanford have developed a radio the size of an ant that can transmit and receive radio signals the team hopes will someday…

ACHIRES the bipedal robot will somersault into your heart

I’m not completely sure if robots chasing humans on wheels is scarier than robots chasing humans on two legs, but the University of Tokyo…

Vanadium ‘CellCube’ batteries could power South Africa independent of Eskom

We’ve seen questionable substances used for energy storage in the past year, from hemp to used cigarette butts, but the latest breakthrough seems more…

F-16 pilot plus GoPro equals crazy first-person video

Recently, Danish Air Force pilot John Kristensen used a GoPro camera to film his flight in a F-16 Fighting Falcon over Greenland. The video…

128GB? No thanks: ‘RRAM’ offers terabytes of storage for future smartphones

Data researchers based at Rice University, Texas, have developed a breakthrough storage technology that could bring terabytes to smartphone within the very near future….

Retro awesome: Tumblr artist give 300 iconic game, TV and film characters an 80s-style makeover

Paul Robertson could be a genius. Over on his Tumblr page, Robertson has completed (we believe) a series of gaming, TV and film drawings…

The human factor: Japan’s hyper-realistic androids breach the digital divide

The idea of human-like robots have always been the stuff of tech legend. The theme of robots acting as humans and containing a consciousness,…

Google’s new pupil: diabetes-detecting contact lenses

Is this smart wearables gone mad? Google’s latest venture, teaming up with a Swiss biomedical firm, may send alarm bells ringing in the minds…

WiFi-controlled drug delivery microchip could be ultimate morning-after pill

The future of female contraception, diabetes and practically any condition that requires timed injections is a no-nonsense, automated injection system embedded in a tiny WiFi…

Tetris-playing T-shirt brings games and garments together

Tetris has been around since the mid-eighties, but has never been played quite like this before. Marc Kerger, a techie hailing from the tiny…

Kickstarter’s $299 SYNEK craft beer dispenser brings brews to the home

There are two things that have not been seen overtly holding hands before — beer and technology — until now. This simple Kickstarter will…

Quantum chip to bring 3D holographic projection to future smartphones

With Facebook’s Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus attracting all the attention for its virtual reality headsets, Ostendo Technologies Inc. has been quietly working on developing…

Titanfall and Battlefield: Hardline are YouTube’s first 60FPS videos

If it wasn’t mandatory before, it’s recommended now because watching videos at 60 frames per second just become a whole lot easier. Earlier this…

Google’s smart home is now open as Nest API seeds to eager devs

Nest Labs, the smart thermostat manufacturer, today opened its hardware platform for developers, making Nest the centre of Google’s smart home ecosystem. Purchased by…

Nest relaunches Protect, a previously recalled smoke detector from the future

Earlier in 2014, Nest recalled its brainchild smoke and carbon monoxide detector, Protect. The standout feature of Protect — the ability to silence alarms…

The Bionic Pancreas gears up to change the face of diabetes, find out how

Researchers at the University of Boston have developed a bionic pancreas that virtually manages your blood sugar for you. With it, diabetics will be…

8 3D printed foods that will change the future of cuisine

Like it or not, 3D printed food will be at the forefront of future cuisine. The technology to print edible foodstuffs practically on demand is…

Leap Motion now tracking individual finger bones for crazy 3D accuracy

The gimmicky, if not cool Leap Motion tracker takes a giant leap forward as version 2 of its software releases into the public sphere….

Here’s Marbel, the app-operated electric skateboard which reaches speeds of 32kph

Marbel — an electric skateboard with technology in it similar to the Tesla Model S — can travel over 32km/h on a single charge…

Cryogenic human trials kick off, but no missions to Mars yet

Folks, doctors have figured out how to prolong the limbo between life and death. Meaning, suspended animation may no longer be an enigma reserved…

Elon Musk told to F*** off, Zelensky hits back on Ukraine tweet

OpenIX: ‘Forget tenders. Turn to open innovation instead’

New e-commerce platform to ‘shake up FMCG trade’

Zevoli, AMI team up to fast-track MSMEs in mining

The new generation of the HUAWEI nova series are now available in stores

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