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Tech/Sci
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Please Enjoy These Pigs That Glow Green In The Dark [VIDEO]
14 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For some reason, scientists have successfully made two pigs glow green when placed under a black light.
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Check Out Apple’s Rad New iPad Air Ad [VIDEO]
14 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple’s new 90-second advert for the iPad Air is a corker. Do not watch if you cannot yet afford one.
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Google Will Own Your Home Very Soon – Internet Giant Buys Thermostat And Smoke Detector Company
14 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At Apple, he was known as one of the ‘Godfathers of the iPod’. Now, he’s just sold his new business venture, ‘Nest’ to one of the world’s most powerful companies.
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This Device Will Power Your Laptop After The Apocalypse [VIDEO]
13 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When the last lightbulb goes out, and the last diesel generator is snatched away from you at the bombed-out Pick n Pay, how will you charge your laptop so you can go on Facebook and like statuses?
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These Are The Best iPhone Photography Apps Available
13 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Why would you need a camera app if you already have a pre-installed camera app that takes pictures just fine? Because it simply isn’t good enough as it is.
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Behold: The iPhone Stun Gun [VIDEO]
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This one’s made for South Africa. “Oh what, you want my phone? Well here, take it.” ZAP. Keep walking. No look-backs.
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Tech Report: The LG G2 Versus The Nokia Lumia [VIDEO]
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The LG G2 has arrived in South Africa just in time for Christmas. But how does it compare to the competition already on the market? Check out the review.
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Twitter Co-Founder’s New Company Is Called ‘Jelly’ – This Is What It Does
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone just can’t get enough of the big time – so he’s made another app called ‘Jelly’, and it hasn’t got anything to do with dessert.
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Web Laziness Out Of Control? Monitor Your Browsing With Limitless
08 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When browsing the internet, it’s hard to tell how much time you’re wasting. You get sucked into an endless vortex of ridiculous amounts of time-wasting content.
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Hacker Reveals Major E-toll Website Security Flaw
08 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A hacker by the name of “Moe1” has revealed to E-toll users that their pin numbers used to login to their E-toll accounts can be easily decoded if their username is known.
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CES 2014 – Watch This Car Park Itself [VIDEO]
08 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This isn’t like any of those self-parking mechanisms that are already installed in some new cars – oh no – this is different.
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CES: These Are The Top Wearables For 2014 So Far
08 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Wearable technology has always seemed a stretch too far. Sure your smartwatch does cool things – but don’t you feel like a massive idiot?
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Snapchat’s CEO Has Made Himself Look Like A Twat
07 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Snapchat CEO, Evan Speigel, isn’t doing himself any favours of late. He still hasn’t apologised for the security breach that affected 4,6 million Snapchat users, and now he’s involved in a row with Forbes.
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Amazing: Woman Recreates Selfies Of The Guy Who Picked Up Her Phone [GALLERY]
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Danielle Bruckman lost her phone in January last year, but it resurfaced in the most hilarious way possible.
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This Headset Will Turn Your Dog’s Thoughts Into Speech [VIDEO]
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery is a whacky, mad-scientist think tank that is as close as you’ll get to a modern-day Willy Wonka factory, and they’ve made a headset for dogs – a headset that allows you to hear what your dog is thinking.
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Back At Work? Soothe Your Eyes With These Vintage Herman Miller Offices [GALLERY]
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
American Furniture giant, Herman Miller, has been causing severe procrastination across America because of their instagram account.
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Major Cell C Security Flaw Revealed
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cell C’s online portal, My Cell C, experienced something of a lapse in security that allowed anyone with an internet connection to view personal information about many of their subscribers.
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Genius: Vertical Tents Provide Shelter For The Homeless
20 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
French architect and artist Stephane Malka have created an epic (and probably illegal) housing project for the homeless in Marseille, France. Appropriately titled “A-Kamp47”, the project allows bergies to go spiderman and make their homes on walls.
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The 2015 Mini John Cooper Works Concept Is So Steamy [PICS]
20 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s time to get stoked! For those of you who believe the thrills provided by the standard Mini Cooper S are not enough – the Mini John Cooper Works is back to hot things up. And we have to say, it’s looking pretty good.
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Augmented Reality Glasses Will Be Here In 2014 [VIDEO]
20 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This may give you a semi if you’re an engineer, designer, or an architect. Meron Gribetz is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley startup, Meta. Meta is dedicated to creating an augmented-reality headset that will let you interact with virtual reality objects in the real world.
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We’re Nearing A Point Where Robots With Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy Us
19 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For as long as technology has existed, people have had nightmares of Nokia 3330’s and microwaves becoming conscious, hell-bent warlords, enslaving us in our sleep. On a serious note though, with the growing capacity of self-aware, self-improving machines, maybe it’s a touch normal to be afraid. That’s what Matt Miller of the Washington Post seems […]
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Your Wi-Fi Hotspot Is Killing Your House Plants
19 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A couple of diligent ninth grade high school students, have made a small but important revelation that has garnered international interest among the geeks in the scientific community. Initially interested by the fact that they couldn’t sleep well when they had their cell phones nearby, but unable to access equipment to study human brainwaves, five […]
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Survive The Holiday Roadtrip With The New Beats Studio by Dr. Dre
18 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, you’re going to be embarking on some kind of travel pretty soon. Mere days stand between you and hours of flight, or driving. At some point – most likely for most of the time – you’ll want to stop speaking to people. That’s cool. Tune in, and tune out.
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Pistorius And Mandela Are Top Of The Pops
18 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has released it’s 12th annual year end zeitgeist – a summary of the year’s key data points on the world’s most popular search engine. Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela and Oscar Pistorius topped the list of South Africa’s most searched for terms. Thankfully, Steve “Relevance” Hofmeyr didn’t make the top trending list in South Africa. Nelson claimed the top trending spot globally for 2013, while Oscar limped in at sixth place for most searched for people in the world.
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Forbes’ Hottest Global Startups Of 2013
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Judging the success of an individual startup company is complex. Forbes has researched its way through swathes upon swathes of startup companies, in an attempt to quantify the most successful new businesses of 2013. This is their list.
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Elon Musk On Branson’s Space Project [VIDEO]
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s a race towards space between Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sir Richard Branson. In this clip, the South African-born CEO of SpaceX, and Fortune Magazine’s businessman of the year explains why he wants us to become a “multi-planet species”. We’ve got our money on the man who makes space sound sexy.
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Mashable Gives 5 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Facebook
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It always seemed like only a matter of time before Facebook users started questioning how much time they were expending online, and now the questions have started coming thick and fast from the group of people Facebook relies on most – the millinials.
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STOP EVERYTHING: Fake Interpreter Wanted For Kidnapping, Rape, And Murder
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
SHUT. UP. eNCA has broken more amazing details pertaining to Thami Jantjie, the sign language interpreter who played air guitar through Nelson Mandela’s Memorial on Tuesday. eNCA reports that Jantjie faced charges of kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, and murder.
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New Study Shows Second Hand Smoke From E-Cigarettes Is Way Safer Than We Thought
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Second-hand smoke from traditional cigarettes contain more than 5,000 different elements – ranging from the extremely harmful to the not-so-benign. But what about second-hand smoke from e-cigarettes?
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The Fake Sign Language Interpreter Held Someone Hostage With A Brick
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Yep. Uh huh. This story really IS getting better. Thamsanqa Jantjie, the man who interpretive-danced his way through Nelson Mandela’s Memorial service in Soweto on Tuesday has a very, very sketchy past.
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