Sony’s new bed-partner Sharp are to release budget LCD TVs in the UK in the not too distant future. Weighing in at 26″, 32″ and 37″ these HD-Ready televisions will cost £499 for the smallest and £599 for another 6 inches. The price for the 37 inch set is still unconfirmed.
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BT have recently been testing a new device called an interstitial plate, or iPlate, that claims to be able to cut out the interference caused on telephone lines by televisions, faulty wiring and the like. Costing just £10 the handy self-installable gadget has already been tested by 1000 customers and, on average, provided […]
Polaroid are releasing a great new printer that isnt much bigger than the average mobile phone. Via bluetooth 2.0 you can print off your latest drunken images whenever and wherever you want. The device will use specialised polymer paper, consisting of 3 crystalline layers, and by way of heat & pressure can […]
Albeit using nano-machines instead of huge ratchets, cranks and levers. Being designed by US researchers, these computers will be much more rugged and durable than standard silicon-based CPU’s, allowing for many military and space-based applications. Although they will be comparable to the size of a silicon processor, they will be relatively much slower […]
MSI have just announced a bizarre laptop that is part computer, part air purifier. Dubbed the PR620 the laptop is capable of emitting anions - negatively charged particles that are purportedly capable of cleaning ambient air and helping asthma sufferers or aleviate anxiety. If you don’t buy into that, then the laptop is […]
BBC News have reported that the worlds first chemical ‘brain’ composed of 17 molecules has been demonstrated by Dr Anirban Bandyopadhyay of the International Center for Young Scientists, Tsukuba, Japan. Using 17 molecules chemical duroquinone to act as individual ‘logic centres’ they are manipulated using a scanning tunnelling microscope to allow for a possible […]
Verizon are looking to deploy a 100GB/s (yes, 100 Gigbits per second!) network across America over the next twelve months. Initially pretty much no-one will be able to tap into such ridiculous speeds but it certainly paves the way for future streaming HD television and cheap internet becoming a lot more viable.
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Tag Heuer have been developing these shades for a while now, originally for Le Mans 24 Hours racers but now they’ve decided that as they look so damn cool they are going to release them to Joe Public in the coming months. Using Tag Heuer’s special opthalmic lenses with an anti-reflective coating they reduce […]
So, a rumble pack doesnt quite cut it anymore? Try out the Mindwire-V5 for that extra buzz, literally! By attaching 5 adhesive pads to your arms, legs and stomach you can torture yourself to your hearts content, as long as you dont have a pacemaker. The device interprets the rumble signals and sends a shock […]
Fancy a designer virus to go with your designer laptop? Look no further than Troika’s Newton Virus, said little critter is downloaded on to the unsuspecting victims laptop via a neat little usb dongle, after which the ‘Virus’ is executed only once at a random time, leaving the user staring in disbelief as Newtonian […]