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technology
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These Are The Top African Female Tech Innovators To Keep An Eye On
31 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Africa’s booming tech industry is mainly dominated by males, but there are couple of women who have founded innovative tech companies, including these women.
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Facebook’s New ‘Deepface’ Program Will Blow Your Mind
19 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
‘Deepface’ sounds like a Bond villain or his plot to destroy the world, and it should. Using the world’s largest photo gallery, a la Facebook, the company has created a program that can determine whether two photographed faces are of the same person with 97.25% accuracy. If you consider humans have 97.53% accuracy doing the same task, this program is mind blowing.
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This Is The Most Digitally Connected Man In The World
14 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Meet Chris Dancy, the 45-year-old known as the most connected man in the world. Boasting between 300 to 700 systems running at any given moment, all capturing real-time data about his life, Dancy’s use of technology makes the average tech user look like a gorilla with a stick.
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This Life-size Humanoid Robot Will Blow Your Mind [VIDEO]
12 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The audience members at the CeBit convention’s opening were in for a surprise. Guests that included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, were welcomed by an articulate robot thespian. Meet RoboThespian, the greatest threat to overpaid actors.
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BRCK: A Backup Generator For The Internet
10 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Africa is plagued with internet connectivity issues. This brick shaped device, aptly named BRCK, hopes to get more Africans online and more importantly, stay online. The device started out as a project to solve an African problem, but it may end up being used by hipsters who frequent coffee shop hotspots.
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This Is How The Internet Works In South Africa [PICS]
10 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
As you sit crawling the internet on your smartphone, desktop or snazzy laptop, it is easy to dismiss the work going on behind the scenes to get you your internet fix. Instead of cursing the offspring of your internet service provider when your router light goes off, or when your cat pictures are taking too long to load, take a look at the bigger picture.
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This Is The Nanocoating That Will Waterproof Your Smartphone
28 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Finally the kryptonite of the smartphone is being tackled. Yes, dihydrogen monoxide will no longer be the bane of smartphones around the world. With this nanocoating, evil water molecules don’t stand a chance.
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Thank Poland For This Real-Life Star Wars Hologram Smart Phone [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What do all Star Wars geeks crave? Their very own Princess Leia hologram. This Polish company has already created a fully functioning hologram projector aptly named the Leia Display System, and they are busy developing a holographic smartphone.
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Four Tips For Creating Apps People Will Actually Use
28 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Creating a successful app is similar to climbing Mount Everest. According to statistics you have a 22% chance of maintaining your app users’ engagement. The odds of summiting the tallest mountain on earth are 29%. Here are a couple of essential tips to help you improve your chances.
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Rolls-Royce Is Developing Unmanned Cargo Ships
27 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Companies like Google and Tesla may be developing driverless cars, but Rolls-Royce is upping the ante by developing drone cargo ships.
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The New Samsung Gear Fit Wristband [VIDEO]
25 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Samsung’s new Gear Fit wristband is the latest pawn on the battle front between the two tech giants, Apple and Samsung. The compact, curved screen smart wristband from Samsung becomes the company’s third wearable device following the launch of the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo.
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Presenting Project Tango: Google’s New 3D Mapping Phone
24 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember that scene from ‘The Dark Knight’ where Bruce Wayne mapped a building using a smartphone? Well that shit just became a reality.
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Top Ten Robotics Companies To Look Out For
21 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the spirit of keeping up to date with the length of time we humans have before our robotic overlords take over, here’s a watch list for companies at the forefront of robotic innovation. As they say, keep your friends close and your impending robotic overlords closer.
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You Gotta See This: Stellenbosch Has An Incredible Web App Showing Available Parking Bays In Real-Time
14 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Gone are the days of driving around endlessly looking for an open parking spot. This site shows, in real-time, the available parking bays in Stellenbosch and a couple of other cities and neighbourhoods in South Africa.
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Leaked Images Reveal iPhone 6 To Be Larger With Rounded Edges [PHOTOS]
13 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Rumours have been floating around the web of late regarding the iPhone 6. Apple keep their new projects under tight secrecy but someone, perhaps a disgruntled employee, always slips out a pic or two under Apple’s radar. These leaked images are of the iPhone 6, claims blogger Sonny Dickson.
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Epic: Apple’s Amazing Online Education Program Is Now Available In South Africa
07 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Online education in South Africa has joined a global revolution with Apple’s latest decision to open up iTunes U Course to another 70+ countries from around the world.
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Have You Heard Of Apple’s ‘iBeacon’ Shopping Vibe? It’s Pretty Interesting. See Here
06 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you happen to see someone in Apple’s Grand Central store pick up an Apple product and walkout the store without ever talking to a salesperson or paying at the checkout counter, please don’t tackle them. It isn’t a case of daylight robbery – they may have used Apple’s iBeacon.
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Wow! Science Gives Amputee Real-Time Feeling With Bionic Hand [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the first time scientists were able to restore real-time sensory feeling in an amputee wearing a robotic hand. Bionic hands my not be at the skull-crushing level where would like them to be, but being able to feel our victim may be a step in the right direction.
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TIME Magazine Names The Best Drone For You To Own
31 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With more drones coming onto the market, TIME Magazine might have found the complete package in the DJI Phantom 2 Vision. Almost no tinkering is needed to get this model in the air, and will have even the most amateur of pilots shooting 1080p HD film from the sky in no time.
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Okay, Google Glass Is Starting To Look More Fashionable
29 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Up until recently, Google Glass was only available in one very nerdy frame. But with their new Titanium Collection, Google is trying to make strapping a screen to your face a bit trendier. Four new frames are on their way.
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Say Goodbye To The Old South African Electrical Plug – Here Is The New One [PIC]
29 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Take a good look at the current electrical plug and socket in your house, because starting in 2015 the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) plans to get rid of it for good.
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Here Is The World’s First Multi-Material 3D Printer
28 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Have a spare $330,000 lying around? In a couple of months you could be the proud owner of thousands of sports goggles, flexible shoes, headphones, a blender or colourful football and bike helmets – nearly anything you can think of made from polymers.
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Neuroscience Combines With Virtual Reality To Create Body Swapping [VIDEO]
27 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Never mind wife swap, this is body swap. Yes folks, there’s a device out there that lets you see, hear, and even feel what what it’s like in another person’s body.
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London Parking Nightmare Solution Using Brilliant Smartphone Tech
17 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Getting a parking space in central London has become such an impossible task that the Westminster council has decided to begin rolling out smart parking sensors.
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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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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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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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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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Now You Can Make Your Own Street View On Google
10 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has just dropped their very own DIY-street-view-tool that lets you contribute to their global network of images with your own camera.
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The Complete History of Computers [INFOGRAPHIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A machine called ‘Collosus’ was the first real computer. Designed to help codebreakers in WWII, it was one huge motherclunker. And it didn’t even have ‘snake’.
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