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Tech/Sci
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Hey Singletons: Bang With Friends Has Just Launched On iPhone And Android [VIDEO]
10 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The app dedicated to anonymously hooking up Facebook friends for casual sex, or whatever else people are in to, has spread its, erm, wings and joined the world of iOS and Android.
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Tech Report – Bitcoin Explained In Under Four Minutes [VIDEO]
09 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you still unsure of how exactly this decentralised currency works, or keen to get in on the action? Then check out this video for a step-by-step process of opening a Bitcoin wallet.
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Ramp Up Your Home Security Game With This iSPY Motion Activated Camera
09 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With this iSPY Motion Activated Camera, you can capture all the shenanigans that go on in and around your house, including criminal activity, and childhood misdemeanors, for less than R1,500.
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Local Tech News Site, MyBroadband, Asks Users To “Find The White Name” When Registering
09 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 53 Comments
Local technology industry and consumer news website, MyBroadband is home to a thriving user forum which is incredibly popular with hundreds of thousands of readers, even if the user registration form asks users to pick out the “white name” as a security measure during registration.
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This App Will Tell You How Long You’ll Live For [VIDEO]
08 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Based on the ancient adage of “you are what you eat”, this app called IGNITE tracks the day-to-day your life, from the meals you eat to the amount of exercise you do, and computes that info into an estimation of how long – or short – you’re likely to live.
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Today’s Viral Video: Mind Blowing Stop Motion Animation – “Maker Versus Marker” [VIDEO]
08 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Animator Jonny Lawrence is responsible for creating this stop motion masterpiece in which he pits his own hand against his own drawings, Street Fighter style. Since its upload a week ago it has already enjoyed over 1,000,000 views
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Save R1,500 On A Brand New Samsung Galaxy S3
08 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sharp screens, snappy functionality, apps for days and solid features made the Samsung S3 one of the top smartphones of 2012. The S4 is on the way, sure, but waiting lists and premium prices are a drag. If you’ve been considering entering the smartphone set for a while, this is the push you needed.
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The Future Of Medicine: Brain Implants Will Restore Your Lost Memory
08 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
American-neuroscientists from the University of Southern California, and North Carolina’s Wake Forest University believe that the restoration of lost long term memory could be achieved through brain implants within the next few years.
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You Could Be Flying In A Pilotless Plane, Sooner Than You Think
07 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The fond and familiar mumble of “this is is your captain speaking” could soon be a distant memory. New robotics could replace pilots on passenger planes within the next few years, according to experts.
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Oppikoppi Organisers Talk About Their Beer Delivery Drone [INTERVIEW]
07 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Waiting at a bar is a drag. Waiting at a bar at one of the world’s most frenetic music festivals, Oppikoppi, is possibly hazardous to your face. Which is obviously why the fine people over at Oppikoppi HQ decided that they needed to utilise the power of robots for good. Enter the Beer Drone
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Martha Stewart Is Using Online Dating Sites To Find A Lover [PIC + VIDEO]
07 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Media mogul Martha Stewart has taken to online dating site Match.com to find Mr Right. Stewart talked to Matt Lauer from the Today Show to enlighten him on her progress. After posting this profile of herself, she has since received more than 20,000 views and 1,000 messages of interested suitors.
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3D Printed Gun Fired For The First Time In Texas, Obviously [VIDEO]
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A 3D printed gun was fired successfully for the first time at a firing range in Austin, Texas in the United States on Saturday morning. Defense Distributed headed by University of Texas law student Cody Wilson, created the gun. The company now plans to make the blueprints available online
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Solar-Powered Plane Completes The First Leg Of Its Epic Journey Across The USA [VIDEOS]
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The solar-powered plane named the ‘Solar Impulse’ embarked on its maiden voyage in the United States on Friday morning from Moffet Field, near San Francisco and has successfully landed in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the first leg of the plane’s journey across the United States using energy produced by the sun.
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Save R1,300 On A Brand New Smartphone – Blackberry Z10 For R6,799
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you still haven’t decided on what smartphone bests suits you, and you absolutely let go fo the BlackBerry brand, the Z10 is probably a safe bet. Of course, you’ll be minus your beloved keyboard, but perhaps you’ll finally get to grips with the touch screen that the adults have been using for a while.
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Is Google Glass Just Another Segway Or Bluetooth Headset? [VIDEO + GALLERY]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
When the launch date was announced, we were excited to see what the Google Glass was going to be like – now we’re not sure. We’re not so sure, because it’s becoming increasingly apparent that, while technologically incredible, Google Glass might not actually fit in with our social patterns as humans. Wired journalist, Marcus Wohlsen has […]
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Are You A Student? Check Out This Excellent Portal For Entertainment, Jobs, Life, Etc
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Have you noticed the lack of online student communities? How you people are even surviving your first years on campus is frankly astonishing. You need books. You need a job. You need a place to live. You need the notes of the people who took them in class. This website has all of that stuff, in one place.
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Say Hello To 1 World Trade Center – The Tallest Building In The Western Hemisphere [GALLERY + VIDEO]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The rebuilding of the One World Trade Centre has been completed. Construction workers cheered as the final pieces of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere were installed. One World Trade Center will stand at 1,776 feet (541 m) tall. Check out the impressive pictures.
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Here We Go: They’re Adding Facebook-Style People Tagging To Instagram [VIDEO]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We know some of you have been getting frustrated. You take an amazing shot, or someone does of you. It’s filtered perfectly on Instagram, posted, and then it disappears into the black hole of the internet. But don’t you fret, there is now a way to avoid having to reload your masterpieces onto Facebook just to tag yourself, or your friends.
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Just When You Thought Warren Buffet Couldn’t Get Any Cooler, He Sends His First Tweet – And It’s Awesome
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to Forbes, Warren Buffet has a net worth of $53,5 billion (R478 billion). He is number 4 on the Forbes Billionaires list, second in the United States. He is the 15th most powerful person in the world, and is ranked number two on the Forbes 400 list. And now he has sent his first tweet.
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If Barbie Were A Real American Girl, This Is What She Would Look Like [GALLERY]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Illustrator Nickolay Lamm undertook an investigation into what Barbie would really look like, in the real world. Lamm compared Barbie’s Mattel image to a proportionate 19 year old girl. Have a look at the disparity between the million dollar industry and the real world.
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Meet The World’s Smallest Flying Robot [VIDEO]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
American scientists, Dr Kevin Ma and his team led by Dr Robert Wood, have created a flying robot as small as a fly. Dubbed the “robo-fly”, the robot is built from carbon fibre, weighs less than a gram and has “super-fast electronic muscles to power its wings.”
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UNICEF Reminds Us Facebook “Likes” Mean Nothing [VIDEO]
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Clicking the “like” button on Facebook page that supports a worthy cause does absolutely nothing to help. Unless it is a donate click, then you really are not being as proactive as you think you are. UNICEF has released a TV commercial detailing the shallow emotional reality of “slackivists”.
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The World’s First Ever Website, Resurrected
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
30 April marked the World Wide Web’s 20th anniversary. And to celebrate this milestone in history CERN is reviving the orginial and first website. This URL has been dormant for years.
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Tech Report – Should You Buy The Nokia Lumia 920? [VIDEO]
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Has Nokia finally launched a product capable of swimming in the same smartphone pool as Apple and Samsung? It’s a fair question, given that you, the consumer currently find yourself in a tricky position. Do you go for a now considerably cheaper S3 or iPhone 5, or for the rather foreign, but attractively-priced Lumia? Check this out to decide.
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“A Boy And His Atom” – IBM Creates The World’s Smallest Movie [VIDEO]
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“A Boy and His Atom” is officially the world’s smallest movie. The movie was created by IBM and was developed through the manipulation of thousands of carbon monoxide molecules. The result is an animated stop-motion short.
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The Future Lies With These 10 Technologies
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Investment bank, Citi has released a report detailing the 10 technologies that will mould and shape the future. According to their analysts, these are the 10 technologies, some new and some old, that are going to make a significant impact on the development of our society.
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The Technology You Need To Become Iron Man Already Exists [PICS]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look at this list of amazing gadgets that can get you up and moving like Iron Man.
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Historic Virgin Galactic SpaceShip2’s Supersonic Flight [VIDEO + GALLERY]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
First flight of the SpaceShipTwo goes supersonic. Virgin Galactic’s rocket has taken flight over California with Richard Branson watching every move. Watch SpaceShipTwo’s first flight.
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Are You Making Yourself A Target For Hackers? Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself [INFOGRAPHIC]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The latest and most prominent victim of hacking was the Associated Press’ Twitter handle. The handle was used to publish a tweet that falsely reported a bomb explosion in the White House, which injured Barack Obama. This infographic provides you with all the information you need to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.
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Scientists Will Be Able To Give Robots The Sense Of Touch With Artificial Skin
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A team of scientists from the United States and China have experimented in creating an array that can sense pressure similar to the interpretation of touch on your fingertips. This experimrnt could lead to further development of artificial skin which would be able to “feel.” Even robots could have a sense of touch with these sensors.
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