It has been 50 years since Intel’s Gordon Moore noticed that the power of computer chips was doubling about every year. He coined this phenomenon ‘Moore’s Law’. Since then, we’ve seen enormous changes in the way the world works and in the types of technology...
It’s perhaps the closest thing to Mordor ever discovered: researchers at the University of Cambridge have observed a planet so teeming with volcanic activity that it can swathe itself in great clouds of ash and smoke. Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, the team recorded thermal...
NASA’s calling it the ‘Soft-Robotic Rover with Electrodynamic Power Scavenging’ – but the concept of this aquatic rover was inspired by the squid and so the catchier ‘squid rover’ has stuck. It certainly resembles this terrestrial mollusc. The squid rover will plummet into the dark...
In May, following federal allocation of funds for the coming year, NASA announced the selection of a series of scientific instruments it would use to investigate potential life on an icy moon, along with a 2020s mission to Europa. This is one of Jupiter’s largest...
These portable chillers save us all from wilting sandwiches at a picnic, but how do they work? Iceboxes are usually rather ugly looking things made out of bulky plastic with a thick lid. But attractive aesthetics are sacrificed for good reason – the name of...
Google’s Cardboard venture has opened up the world of virtual reality to everyone. To whisk us away into a fantasy world, Google invites us to make our own VR headset using just a few items that can be found in your garage. Various cardboard headsets...
Since it first launched in 2005, YouTube has quickly become the number one destination for video content online, attracting over one billion regular users. The Google-owned site gained popularity by enabling people to share their videos with others all over the world, whether it’s an...
It’s hard to get excited about safety. But Volvo’s new XC90 SUV is so packed with life-saving technology, it’s an exception. The car has a number of radar sensors and camera monitors used by its crash-avoidance software to keep passengers safe. If its computer system...
Self–driving cars Google’s driverless motors are already on the streets of San Francisco. Autoparts maker Delphi’s model recently drove from the city to New York. While there was a human in the car in case of emergency, 99 per cent of the trip was completed...
1. Pebble Steel The Pebble steel has oodles of kudos. its E-Paper screen may be a little low-fi for some, but it gives you battery life the apple watch can only dream of. it looks almost as swish, too, and there’s a similarly huge number of...
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