13/05/2013
Google Glass:
what it's like to use, by the inventor of the 'Winky' photo app. Much about Google's wearable computing project has come from people who haven't used it. We spoke to one person who has – and who wrote an app for taking pictures by winking.
26/04/2013
Pittsburgh-Researchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen. But now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated how these
touch-based interfaces can be created almost at will, with the wave of a hand.
16/04/2013
Is wearable technology, the future? A shocking bra, musical jacket, vibrating dress and trackable designer wear just a few of the latest examples to have appeared. From preventing assault, to letting people track their designer clothing if they accidentally lose it.
28/02/2013
A transparent computer that allows users to
'reach inside' and 'touch' digital content has been unveiled at the TED conference in LA. Jinha Lee has been working on the SpaceTop 3D desktop in collaboration with Microsoft.
27/02/2013
The final two polls are
now available for you to complete the first covering
security management can be found
here, while the second covering
emerging trends can be completed
here. You can access all available surveys via the PwC website
here. Everyone who responds also goes into a draw for their chance to win an iPad.
19/02/2013
The second poll as part of the annual Cyber Breaches survey is now open and ready for you to contribute. This part covers
your worst security breach of the year and is now
live. You can access all of the currently available parts of the Cyber Breach survey via the PwC
website. Everyone who responds also goes into a draw for their chance to win an iPad.
13/02/2013
Film-maker, Alexis Kirke has made
Many Worlds, a film that watches audience members as they watch it, allowing them to influence the sequence of scenes as the film unfolds. For the technology to work, the filmmaker requires four volunteers from the audience to be attached to sensors. One viewer's heart rate will be monitored, another's brain waves will be tracked, a third's level of perspiration will be observed, and the final volunteer will have a device strapped to their arm to measure muscle tension.
13/02/2013
Researchers at USC have developed a
new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide superior performance. The new batteries — which could be used in anything from cell phones to hybrid cars—hold three times as much energy as comparable graphite-based designs and recharge within 10 minutes. The design, currently under a provisional patent, could be commercially available within two to three years.
08/02/2013
An
augmented-reality app that "translates" grown-up newspapers for children has been developed in Japan. The Tokyo Shimbun, one of the country's biggest daily titles, has worked with advertising firm Dentsu to create the AR News software. It allows children to hold a smartphone over the newspaper to see a child-friendly version of the text.
06/02/2013
Virgin Media has confirmed it is in talks over a
possible takeover by US cable giant Liberty Global. It is thought that Liberty Global could make a bid within days for Virgin Media - Britain's second biggest pay TV company behind Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB, with almost five million customers. Liberty Global has pay TV operations around the world and is the largest cable operator in most of its 11 European markets, including Ireland.
04/02/2013
PwC and Reed Exhibitions Ltd are once again running the annual Cyber Breaches survey on behalf of the department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The first part of this year’s survey is
now live, this initiative is being supported by the Information and Communications Sector as we recognise the importance of Cyber Security, it is a Sector Key Topic and part of the IET's Thought leadership programme. Everyone who responds also goes into a draw for their chance to
win an iPad.
31/01/2013
There are only a few tickets remaining for the NVI Alan Turing Anniversary: Technological and Social Innovation / LGBT event on 7 February taking place in London, Birmingham and Cambridge. This lecture will celebrate the 100 year anniversary of his birth and his work.
03/01/2013
LG launches next-generation OLED TVs
20/12/2012
Seven bidders for the aution of the bandwidth for 4G mobile broadband have been announced by Ofcom.
04/12/2012
How transparent is graphene; and how could this affect our gadgets of the future?
06/11/2012
Build your own home theater for full-blast entertainment with 'Virtual Sound Ball'.
A KAIST research team developed a powerful audio rendering technology that reproduces a desired sound field 'more clearly and accurately' to an original sound source by establishing an array system of loudspeakers and software interface. Login to see a
video demo in our community videos.
01/11/2012
The University of Cincinatti has some research out this week that brings us one step closer to foldable, rollable, bendable electronic screens using electrofluidic imaging film.
Congratulations to Karim Safi who won the prize at the John Logie Baird lecture on the 18th October!
Karim won a copy of John Logie Baird: Television Pioneer from the IET Bookshop for simply opening up the files on the free USB flash drive given away at the lecture. 
If you didn't get the opportunity to attend you can watch the three speakers on the MMC Network's resource page.
Did you attend the John Logie Baird Lecture last week (18th October)? Then don't forget to check your free USB flash drive to see if you won a prize! Prize must be claimed before the 26th October 2012!
22/10/2012
A new app has been developed for smartphones that offers
real time translation capabilities.
22/10/2012
The FTC are offering a $50,0000 prize to the person or team who come up with a technical solution to
stop Robocalls.
09/10/2012
New infrared system has top
wireless data transfer speeds of 1GB per second.
03/10/2012
Engineers invent new device that could
increase internet download speeds.
02/10/2012
LGBT History Month runs every year in February, and in 2013 their focus is on Maths, Engineering and Science. They are having a pre-launch on
Thursday Novemeber the 15th at Bletchley Park, with the link being Alan Turing who contriubuted to all three areas and our world would not be the same today without his innovations.
17/08/2012
Scientists encode a book into a
string of DNA. They report that one gram of DNA can store up to 455bn gigabytes, or more than 100bn DVDs.
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