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Tech/Sci
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This Robot Will Learn To Serve You A Beer [VIDEO]
29 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you holding a heavy pot of food with two hands and need to open the fridge to put it in? Don’t stress, this robot can anticipate your next move and assist you. Yes, he can open the fridge door for you. He could even prove to be very handy in pouring your ice cold beer.
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Sting Or Get Stung – Your Business’ Future Is Online
29 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are Sting’s literate and self-consciously meaningful (he was never afraid to emphasize this fact in the press) lyrics of the 90’s becoming “bard like” in the age of social media? Are Sting’s lyrics possibly signaling an eventual slow demise of the publishing and media network oligarchs, in favour of mobile social media and communication? Let’s look at his poetic prose
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This Augmented Reality Car Maintenance App Will Save You Thousands On Car Mechanic Bills [VIDEO]
29 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The tech company has developed an augmented reality car repair app that would be available on an iPad or other tablet. The aim of the app is to eliminate the middle man, no more going to the garage to see what is wrong with your car. Check out the prototype here.
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Pets Of The Future – Intelligent Drones Will Follow You Without A Control [VIDEO]
29 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The “autonomous flying robot” workshop in Brooklyn, New York, has now been responsible for the birth of Parekh’s early Pet AR.Drone prototype that can follow and film you. Check it out here.
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Three Glasses Of Champagne A Week Can Improve Your Memory
28 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Read up on this amazing discovery on how champagne may be able to help you fight against brain disorders like Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
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You No Longer Have An Excuse – Get An iPhone5 For R7,999 (Save R1,501)
28 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve been considering entering the smartphone market for a while, this is the push you needed. Get your hands on the ever so popular iPhone 5 whilst saving yourself a hefty sum. It really is a deal you can’t ignore.
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Kenyan iTunes Store Isn’t Accepting SA Credit Cards Anymore – Here’s How You Can Get A US Account
28 May 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
I had a feeling this Kenyan iTunes store thing would die a sad death. Now look at you.. all that stuff you have to buy all over again. Why not do things properly and have one account – a US account? Click to find out how.
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Ukrainian Tennis Player Snaps A Twitpic To Argue Umpire’s Call
28 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
During play at the French Open on Monday, Sergiy Stakhovsk, a Ukrainian tennis player, paused the match to snap a picture of the line and mark of the ball – that the head chair would not allow.
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Awesome Time Lapse Alert: The Mars Rover’s 9 Month Mission In 1 Minute [VIDEO]
28 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been poodling around on the surface of Mars for over nine months now, poking in the dirt and sending back pictures of its shadow and/or penises that it drew in the sand. You can thank a humanoid, then, for recovering some of Curiosity’s dignity with this excellent time lapse
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Today In 3D Printed Weaponry – Printed Bullets Are Definitely Deadly [VIDEO]
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If it wasn’t frightening enough that a weapon could be printed, you can no get bullets to put into your rifle too. At the moment the bullet has a few aerodynamic flaws – but it still has enough power to go through a dart board.
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Massive 2,7 Kilometre Wide Asteroid Will Slip Quietly By Earth On 31 May
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Asteroid 1998 EQ2 is 2,7 kilometers long and will make its closest pass to Earth soon. The asteroid is set to fly past Earth on 31 May 2013, in what will be the closest encounter for the asteroid to date.
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What Will Apple Unveil? The WWDC 2013 Invite, Deciphered [PICS]
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
What can we expect from Apple next month? Techies have been trying to uncover the secret meaning of the WWDC 2013 Apple invite. This is Arron Hirst’s understanding of the invite.
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The Lazy Man’s Guide: Take A 3D Tour Of Mount Everest With This Awesome App [VIDEO]
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new app has been released, that lets you explore and adventure around the tallest mountain in the world – and all from the safety and warmth of your own home.
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Obviously The Porn Industry Is Very Excited About Google Glass
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look ma, no hands. Despite many consumers’ fear that Google Glass will remove all privacy, the porn industry seems to be buying into exactly that. That is what the porn industry intends to use Google Glass for. That and some strange product placement.
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The Future Is Terrific: Google Will Bring WiFi To Africa On High Altitude Floating Blimps
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has unveiled plans to roll out free wireless networks across Africa and Asia using high-altitude blimps and balloons. If the project is succesful, 1 billion previously unconnected people will have internet access.
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Deliberately Awful Cigarette Packaging Nominated For British Design Award [PIC]
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Australia is known for producing cigarette packaging displaying graphic images, but this packaging design was nominated for a presitgious British design award for its “anti-design.”
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Need A Basic Laptop? Get This One For R3,599
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This well-priced, sleek laptop has everything you need from a basic computer. If you are looking for something with a great design and essential features, then this Lenovo IdeaPad Notebook G580 is for you. Groupies get into the swing of modern devices with a Lenovo IdeaPad Notebook G580 and choice of laptop bag. The IdeaPad […]
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The Beginning Of Human Engineering – Bionic Ear More Powerful Than The One You Were Born With [VIDEOS]
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Scientists at Princeton University have successfully cultured a bionic ear that is capable of hearing radio frequencies a million times higher than the human ear. Suprisingly, the purpose of the bionic ear is not to provide a hearing aid for the deaf but rather superpowers for humans who can already hear.
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Freedom Is Coming: BMW Launches In-Car Music Streaming Service
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re sick of hearing the same playlist every single day on the radio and you have a BMW 5-series, then you’re in luck. BMW, together with rara.com, are in business to launch Europe’s first music streaming service, for your car. The “direct-to-car” concept allows BMW 5-Series owners to access 14 million tracks and 200 […]
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More In Stock! Wireless Home Security Camera Lets You Watch What’s Happening On Your iPhone/Android – Get It Now For Only R899 (Save R1,800)
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whether you need to keep an eye on your new born while he/she sleeps, or you want some extra safety precautions, this gadget is the thing you need. It’s easy to set up, it’s inconspicuous and it can see what is going down on a tripod of levels. Instead of having to rewind tapes to find out what happened, you can have a constant view of the area your camera is in, off your phone or computer. Amazing!
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Here We Go Again: Google Bids Against Facebook To Buy Waze
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Has Facebook’s interest in Israeli startup, Waze, spurred Google to also bid for the company? It seems so, the Internet giant is considering making an offer for the company for an amount larger than $1 billion.
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iPhone App “Drive Awake” Won’t Let You Nod Off While Driving [VIDEO]
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The toll that long distance driving takes on any motorist is often underestimated, and can lead to fatal road collisions. The Drive Awake app will track the movement of your eyes from the front camera of your iPhone. And if your eyes close at any time, an annoyingly loud parrot will squawk to wake you up.
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The Future Of Robot Workers: Working Hard So We Hardly Work [INFOGRAPHIC]
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there have been machines popping up in jobs that us humans once did. A reported 1,1 million robots are amoung us in the working world. In 2011 the robot industry made a hefty R77 128 000 000,00 in sales on the estimated 160 000 robot units they sold. So, what […]
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Of Course You Can 3D Print A Replica Of Your Face Onto A Doll In Japan [GALLERY]
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Clone Factory in Japan specialises in something a little out of the ordinary. The startup company prides itself in the 3D printing…of human faces.
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Tech Report: Apps For Cats [VIDEO]
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
These apps for cats will provide hours of entertainment for your furry friend. You may even have a cat artist living in your house. Seth explains the apps that keep your cat occupied.
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Your Next Home Improvement Project: The Basement Arcade [GALLERY]
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This lucky guy and his Dad got together to create one of the craziest game spaces we’ve ever seen. Click through to see what we are talking about.
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The Best Use For 3D Printers Yet: Printing Pizza In Space
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you have ever wanted to be an astronaut, but the thought of eating food that miraculously appeared from powder creeped you out, this might be the thing that changes your mind. Take a look why.
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The 10 Sexiest Tech Executives [PICS]
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
It is a lethal combination, beauty and brains. These are a few of the sexiest women in the tech industry, either making millions or set to be serious contenders.
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5 Robot Suits That Could Turn You Into Iron Man [PICS]
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Your dreams of one day wearing a “bionic exoskeleton” may soon be coming true. Headway is being made in the area of rehabilitation, where exoskeletons are used to assist people with lower-body paralysis to walk upright.
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MARIKANA REVENGE: Whistleblowers’ Names Exposed, As SA Police Website Gets Hacked By Anonymous
22 May 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 16 Comments
Wow – not great. ‘Anonymous’ has hacked the SA Police’s website in a revenge attack for the killings at Marikana. telephone numbers, email addresses and identity numbers of over 15,700 people have been exposed. Yoh! According to ENCA: Hundreds of whistle blowers have had their private details exposed after the SAPS (South African Police Service) […]
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