A wireless connection using an LED bulb has been tested in an Estonian office. The technology achieved a 1Gbps transfer, though the theoretical maximum is 224Gbps. The basic principle of “Li-Fi” is the same as Wi-Fi, just using wavelengths of visible light rather than radio waves. Instead of using a router, it involves varying the […]
For those who don’t know, Todd Howard is the creative force behind Bethesda. You know, the guy who helped make that Fallout game you have been playing for two weeks straight now? The man is very well known in geek circles, but here are 5 facts about Todd Howard we bet you didn’t know. [Gameranx]
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Huawei claims it has made a phone battery that can reach a 48% charge level in five minutes. It’s a 3000mAh battery, which should be enough for many smartphones. The downside is that the battery requires a separate, relatively bulky charger that looks to be about the size of the packaging that a smartphone comes […]
A Google self-driving car has been pulled over by a police officer for driving too slowly. The officer appears to have concluded no law was broken but warned Google about possible safety risks. According to the Mountain View Police Department in California, the car was traveling at 24 miles per hour in a 35 miles […]
Simone Giertz built an alarm clock that slaps her in the face with a rubber arm to wake her up in the morning. She took a regular alarm clock apart and wired it to an Arduino UNO board, which controlled a rubber arm attached to a 165 rpm brushless DC motor through a relay. Simone […]
Nashville is now home to a vending machine that dispenses cars rather than candy. And yes, it is a massive gimmick. It’s operated by a company called Carvana which lets customers buy cars online without having to deal with sales staff in person, whether that be because they dislike pushiness and pressure, or are just […]
Japanese researchers have found a way to make stiffer and harder glass. However, reports that it could mean phone screens stronger than steel are misleading at best, partly because of confusion over what has been measured. The work by the University of Tokyo and the Synchotron Radiation Research Institute, doesn’t involve any new materials, but rather […]
Google’s Inbox email app will soon not just make it quicker to reply to messages but will help you decide what to say. A new ‘Smart Reply’ feature in the app (which runs separately from the main Gmail app and includes a variety of organizational tools) is based around the idea that often messages simply […]
George Boole, the mathematician whose work indirectly made modern computing possible, was born two hundred years ago today. Boole’s work is one of the great examples of a seemingly abstract process having practical physical benefits, albeit around seven decades after his death. The British-born Boole developed a new form of algebra, with the difference being […]