Archive for the 'Technology' Category
12.05.08
David

Visited the Grand Designs show at Excel in Docklands at the weekend and amongst all the haberdashery and eco-challenges were some pretty cool pieces of innovation. The most notable was the pioneering Vertebrae from industrial designer, Paul Hernon. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Technology
09.05.08
Matt

OK, so you’ve got the minimal approach to search typified by Google, but what if you’re after something a little more exciting. Well PicLens can offer you a full-screen, 3D, visual solution to searching and browsing images and video.
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Technology, Web
05.03.08
Jamie

Web Directions North 08 wrapped up a few weeks ago and I have finally found time to write up my notes. As with dConstruct 2007, all of the speakers were excellent and although I didn’t get to see all of the presentations, here are my notes on most of them. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Dusted, Technology, Web
29.02.08
Vilmar

The sky is the limit when it comes to creating electronic devices for entertainment purposes, specially for the conventionally called ‘geeks’. For better or for worse, some of them can be really catchy and appeal to the greater public, be it die-hard techies or young and well-off curious. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Technology
15.02.08
Matt

How do you like your coffee? Extra shot, Venti, cream on top or without human interaction? Well imagine an application on your iPhone/iPod Touch that would allow you to select your java-juice of choice and pay for it all on your tiny shiny screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Life, Technology
14.02.08
Vilmar

For those who can’t resist a new gadget, there’s a new little thing coming up this month that, I suspect, will stir things up in the digital music oriented market.
Pacemaker it is called (quirky?) and it is a portable device in which you can mix tunes in a rather professional way. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Technology
14.02.08
Jack
Google’s Android is a Linux-based, open operating system for the mobile phone which will support Google’s applications. It will be free for manufacturers to adopt and developers to write and design cool programmes for the system. Read the rest of this entry »
Technology
08.02.08
Matt

Yahoo’s Advanced Products Team have recently launched a live video experiment. Think YouTube but live… Yahoo! Live allows anyone with a webcam to launch their own channel on the site. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Technology
28.01.08
David

With all the fuss over Apple Air and Adobe Air I wondered if anyone had frequented the public loos at Waterloo station recently and encountered the new Dyson Air? Dyson Airblade to be precise. I have and I have to say they are fantastic – the Dyson, not the public loos at Waterloo… Read the rest of this entry »
Life, Technology
22.01.08
Jamie
We are quickly becoming overwhelmed with the number of online accounts we have to open, maintain and access. Within each of these accounts, we store all sorts of personal data including photo’s, contact details, bookmarks, video and music. The privacy of our data is out of our control and the whole process has become very difficult to manage. Read the rest of this entry »
Technology, Web