Category: Gadgets
Amazon Prime Day, July 16th: Top 5 ways to win at sale shopping
Amazon Prime Day is the first of the flash sales days this year, taking place on 16th July. Some might say it's warm up for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday carnage later in the year, others that it's simply a good opportunity to grab some summer bargains. Whatever, there's no doubt that it's a very good reason…
Amazon Christmas in July – SubPac wearable subwoofer and smart bike helmet
At London's Old Billingsgate Fish Market, pictured above, Amazon and its partners displayed hundreds of new products that they expect to be big sellers during the festive season. As ever with these increasingly popular Christmas in July events, there is actually little that it completely new. Most of the products are already available, although many…
Can 5G can kick-start a new industrial revolution? 5 things you need to know about the latest technology
5G technology will become vitally important in the latest industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0, which will see an increasing number of robots and other industrial devices connected to the internet Due to launch in 2020, the fifth generation mobile network, or 5G, promises much faster connectivity than current 4G technology. Whereas…
5 things to see at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed – including Tesla Model 3, Ford Mustang GT
Staged every summer since 1993, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is the world’s largest automotive garden party, set against the spectacular backdrop of Goodwood House in West Sussex, UK. Over 600 cars and motorcycles spanning the phenomenal history of motoring and motor sport take part with some of the most legendary figures from the sport (and…
Segway develops new e-Skates category, Drift W1 coming soon.
We've had hoverboards, otherwise known as 'Swegways'. Now it's the turn of electric skates or e-Skates. Billed as a completely new category of personal transport by Segway-Ninebot, the Segway Drift W1 will be the first product in the company's brand-new e-Skates category. The new Segway Drift W1 uses Segway’s self-balancing technology (built on more than 800 patents), giving it an unparalleled advantage in…
Foster and Partners to reveal life on Mars habitation pod at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Foster + Partners is to present its vision of life on Mars and the Moon as part of its Future Lab showcase at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 The architecture firm will display a range of models, robotics and futuristic designs developed by the firm to explore the future of life in space. Forming…
Will Chris help to keep drivers’ eyes on the road and off their phones?
Billed as the 'Alexa for Automobiles', and called somewhat bizarrely Chris (the same name as the author of this post), here's a device that claims to prevent drivers from becoming distracted by their mobile phones while driving. With mobile phone use during driving seemingly reaching epidemic proportions, despite dramatic increases in fines and penalty points, Chris…
Review: PaMu Waterproof Wireless Earphones $79
It's fair to say that wireless headphones and earphones didn't used to be that great. Sound quality was generally poor, often very hissy, and range wasn't all that good either. How things have changed. We've been using these latest PaMu wireless earphones for a little while and so far we're extremely impressed. We first saw…
Autonomous race car, Robocar, attempts Goodwood Hill Climb
It's been completed by several F1 drivers, including David Coulthard, but now the famous Goodwood Hill Climb is set to be undertaken for the very first time by a fully autonomous race car. Designed by Daniel Simon, the automotive futurist best known for his work in Hollywood films such as Oblivion and Tron, Robocar will…
Top 12 tips for surviving summer driving
Most Brits love nothing more than basking in the sunshine, and according to reports, Britain is about to hit a heatwave, as tropical air from the Atlantic Azores islands engulf the nation over the next 10 days. This will affect us all, but for those planning road trips it’s essential to be prepared. Drivers need to…
