Month: December 2016
Will self driving cars help disabled the most?
Study shows self driving cars help the disabled the most. Picture from Mobility Roadshow Vehicles fitted with autonomous technologies will bring most benefit to the personal mobility of the disabled (56%), the visually impaired (42%) and the elderly (30%), according to a survey of the British public conducted by Nissan. Improved…
Top 5 drones under £100 – great fun for the holidays!
You don't need to spend a fortune to have fun over the festive season with a drone. Here are five models under £100 which you can take down your local park to perform tricks, take pictures and film footage from above. Many even offer High Definition video playback! Chris Price reports 1. Husban X4 H107D…
VR is the future of online gaming
Affordable technology like Google Cardboard is bringing VR to the mainstream The way that things are going, in terms of digital technology and gaming, we can’t talk about the future of this industry without virtual reality coming up in the conversation. Game developers are constantly on the hunt for a…
10 Secret Santa gifts for your friends and family for under £10
It’s official: Secret Santa is no longer just a treat for the office! A new survey reveals that, while most are based in the workplace, almost a quarter of Secret Santas in the UK now take place among friends, and one in five families do them too. But the shift from work to home (or…
What will Christmas look like in 2026?
Fast forward ten years – what will Christmas look like in the year 2026? How will technology change our experiences of the festive season? Global futurists Rohit Talwar and April Koury from Fast Future Publishing suggest how the festive season might be technologically different ten years from now: Christmas Cards and Advent Calendars Totally personalised,…
COMPETITION: 5 EuroSport Player subs to give away for 2017
Love sport, especially tennis, cycling and winter sports? Then you need to get a subscription for Eurosport! It offers loads of brilliant sporting content including exclusive rights for the US and Australian Open set to feature last night's Sports Personality of the Year award winner Andy Murray. As well as being able to watch any match…
Review: Blink smart home security and alert system from £109.99
Name: Blink home monitoring system Type: Smart home security and monitoring system (pictured above) Specs: Click here for full specs Price: From £109.99 (two camera system tested is £189.99) US company Blink has been around as the producer of video and imaging chipsets for high definition TVs for quite some time. However, it's only recently…
BBC VR films highlight fire dangers and Syrian migrant crisis
A new BBC VR film depicting a terrifying Xmas Day fire was given its UK premiere today at the London Fire Brigade’s new pop-up museum in Lambeth today It seems the BBC is well and truly embracing virtual reality (VR) with the announcement of two new VR productions today (14/12/16). We…
4G coverage better in Peru than Britain, says damning report from Lord Adonis
Paddington Bear could get better 4G reception in his home country of Peru than at the London station which he's named after Britain has worse mobile internet coverage than Romania, Albania and Peru and suffers from vast 'digital deserts', a report has found. Lord Andrew Adonis, who led the investigation, told…
Doro’s phone for seniors now on Three UK for £49.99
Doro is pleased to announce its first partnership with Three UK. The network will be selling the Doro 6520 handset at a cost of £49.99 . Billed as the ideal phone for seniors, the Doro 6520 is a 3G device with internet functionality. It can also be used for sending emails and enables users to…