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Tech/Sci
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These Flying Robots Will Clean Your House [PICS]
27 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all dream of a world where you can throw a massive house party, pass out and wake up to a spotless house. Now, unless you have an OCD nocturnal roommate, that’s not going to happen. But then again, it just might. One day, flying robots will clean the house as you slumber. Yebo, yes.
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This Short Film Will Change Your Mind About Smartphones [VIDEO]
27 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Charlene deGuzman, who is variously a actress/comedian/musician/tap dancer/awesome person, stars in this smart and eye-opening short film entitled, ‘I Forgot My Phone’. The film documents the modern world we live in, which is saturated with smartphones.
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Elon Musk Is Literally Inventing Things He Sees In Iron Man
27 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist – you’re thinking Tony Stark, aren’t you? Well, Elon Musk might be the closest thing we’ve got to a real-life Iron Man. He not only is a genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist, he’s now creating the things that he saw in the Iron Man movies!
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WATCH: Drone Crashes Into Spectators At Bull Run [VIDEO]
27 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
These drones are becoming more and more popular by the minute. If they’re not delivering you beer at OppiKoppi or sushi in Japan, they’re probably filming you taking a piss in the field at Rocking the Daisies, or at the first US Bull Run in Virginia. Unfortunately for the crowd at the bull run, the […]
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Here’s Julian Assange Wearing A Platinum Mullet, Rapping About Politics [VIDEO]
26 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Being holed up in an Ecuadorian Embassy leaves a lot of time for creative expression, apparently. Please enjoy one Julian Assange donning a platinum wig, and rapping about Australian politics. The video marks one of the first major highlights in his campaign to run for political office in Australia
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NASA Releases Epic Music Video Tribute In Memory Of Neil Armstrong [VIDEO]
26 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Sunday marked the one year anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s death, and NASA released this music video as a tribute to the late astronaut. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon as commander of NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
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Of Course South Korea Has Created A Folding Car [VIDEO]
26 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yes! One step closer to the Transformers! South Korean researchers at the Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have spent buckets of money creating a prototype for the Armadillo-T folding car.
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The Acting In This Samsung Ad Is Almost As Bad As The Presenting On ANN7 [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Which means that it’s sitting somewhere on a scale between “appalling” and “this is a spoof commissioned by a reddit subthread”. We particularly enjoyed the neat categorisation of the clueless housewife, gaming asian guy, and bored porn addict/ponzi scheme architect.
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Cancel Your Diving Course: Google’s Street View Goes Under Water
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has conquered Earth, so it’s only natural that they set their sights on the waters. If you were thinking about becoming a certified diver, don’t bother, Google’s new project brings the ocean to you.
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Colour Blind? Enjoy A Rainbow For The First Time With These Sunglasess
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
EnChroma has made a product that will change your life if you are colour blind. Writer, David Pogue has tested the product, and get this, he says it actually works.
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WATCH: Amazing Super Human Plays Tetris Like A Boss [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Watch this Tetris Sprinter, who goes by the name Keroco, own this game like a boss! Here’s a break down. Tetris sprinters try to clear 40 lines in as little time as possible. Keroco clears 40 lines in a mind boggling, 19.68 seconds. According to Mental Floss this is the first time someone has broken the 2o second barrier. Check it.
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Handy Tip: Use Google As A Countdown Clock
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google’s done it again! Check out this handy new feature!
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Shuttleworth Not Deterred As Crowdfunding Money Is Returned
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Ubuntu Edge is a concept for a smart-phone that will be more powerful than a desktop computer – hence, SUPER-smart phone. The project was to be funded through IndieGoGo, and while the project smashed the record for the largest crowdfunding project (ever) and raked in over R129 million, they fell R205 million short of their goal
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STOP EVERYTHING: Dentist Plans To Clone John Lennon From Old Tooth
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
They’ve already cloned sheep, now they want to clone a Beatle. Not just any Beatle though, the most famous of the lot – John Lennon. Dr Michael Zuk, dentist and owner of John Lennon’s rotten tooth from the 1960s, hopes to sequence Lennoon’s DNA from the tooth and use “technology” to clone the Beatles’ frontman.
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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop: Maybe This Scale Model Will Explain It Better [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you having a hard time envisioning Elon Musk’s Hyperloop? An American company, WhiteClouds, wants to help you on the visualisation front. They have created a 3D printed interpretation of the ground breaking vehicle, and get this, they did it all in 24 hours. This video will help you wrap your mind around the awesomeness […]
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Zuckerberg Launches Internet.Org To Get The Whole World Online [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few months ago Google said they will be working towards providing internet connectivity to parts of the world that don’t have it via WiFi-broadcasting balloons. The project bears the appropriate moniker, ‘Project Loon’. On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that together with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Samsung and Qualcomm, they will be founding Internet.org. This project […]
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Tech Report – South Africa’s Data Crunching Smart Phone Will Blow You Away [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two local 20-something entrepreneurs have developed a bona-fide smart phone ideally suited to our local context where smartphones are expensive to buy, and data isn’t cheap. Dream Mobile tackles both of those problems.
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Watch: Obviously A Giant Military Hovercraft Landed On Crowded Russian Beach [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Meanwhile in Russia, a 550-ton military hovercraft lands on a beach full of people… and everyone’s chilled. The craft in question one of the world’s largest hovercrafts, the Zubr. It can carry tanks and up to 400 troops when its fully loaded. But what it was doing on a crowded and apparently public beach, no […]
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2013 iPhone Photography Award Winners Round Up [GALLERY]
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
These photos will put your selfies to shame. Check out these insane photos from some of the 2013 award winners of the iPhone Photography Awards. [SOURCE: iPhone Photography Awards]
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City of Joburg’s Online Services System Let’s You View Anyone’s Private Information
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you live in Joburg, you may want to pay attention. The City of Joburg (CoJ) has come under scrutiny because of a massive security flaw that shows your municipal invoices to anyone with an internet connection. These invoices include names, addresses, account numbers, PIN codes and financial details. MyBroadband was made aware by a […]
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Girls: Now You Can Print Yourself A Pair Of Shoes At Home [PICS]
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sick of your shoe collection? Print another pair. Yes, people, the future has arrived. Let’s welcome it in and have a cup of tea. You can now print your own shoes – If you have a CubeX 3D printer.
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Cell C Has The Worst Rate Of Dropped Calls And Is “Breaking Promises”
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Cell C for yourself, the power is in your hands! Or not. Cell C’s promises don’t seem to be worth the paper they’re written on. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s most recent assessment of service quality has found that Cell C has the worst rate of dropped calls of all cellphone operators in Johannesburg.
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The 16 Most Insanely Expensive iPhone Apps [INFOGRAPHIC]
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What’s the most you’ve ever spent on an app? We’ve all dabbled in the purchase of $0,99 apps, sometimes even venturing to buy a newly released, $9,99 app on special occasions. Want to know what the 16 most expensive apps are? They will put your $9,99 purchase to shame.
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Mark Shuttleworth May Have Set The World’s Biggest Crowdfunding Record
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember when we told you about the Ubuntu Edge, the super-smart phone Mark Shuttleworth plans to release that will be more powerful than a desktop computer? No? Well here it is. Anyway, Mark may have set the record for the largest crowdfunding project ever!
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Meet The Man Behind Silk Road: Fascinating Interview With The World’s Best Online Drug Dealer [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Dread Pirate Roberts, creator and owner of the Silk Road online drug-buying portal has completed an anonymous interview with Forbes about his growing enterprise. The Silk Road is a website where one can acquire heroin, methamphetamine, crack, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and an insane number of marijuana varieties. Payment is possible via BitCoin.
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Leaked Photos Appear To Show iPhone 5S Finger Print Technology [PIC]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the press event due to kick off on 10 September, specification speculation for the iPhone 5S is going mental. But the long-awaited finger print technology is looking more and more like a certainty with every new report.
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Tshwane Metro Announces Plans To Roll Out City-Wide WiFi
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Tshwane will be the first metro in Africa to be fully covered by wifi within three years – at least, that’s what they say.
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This Video Of Elon Musk’s Rocket’s Skills Will Blow One’s Mind [VIDEO]
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
From the billionaire who wants to build an 80,000 person colony on mars, create auto-pilot cars, and envisions the a steel tube that will get 28 passengers from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes, comes this awesome video. Check out Elon Musk’s out of this world rocket skills.
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They’re Using Drones To Shoot Surf Videos Now – And They’re Awesome [VIDEO]
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Surf videos just got even more gnarly than before. Surfers are being shot from whole new angles using drones. Check out the fresh new perpective in this video.
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This App Will Measure Your Bra Size
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Apparently, most of you girls out there are wearing the wrong bra-size. Whether its the wrong cup-size, or lack of material around the back, its happening. The okes at ThirdLove aren’t standing for this, so, with a R56 million budget, they have developed an app that can measure your exact bra size from a couple of photos taken of you in a tank top.
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