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Thursday, 30 January 2014

Amazon testing futuristic delivery system

Amazon is testing the “Octocopter”, an unmanned drone that can deliver packages weighing up to 2.3 kg within 30 minutes after placing the order. Can you imagine flying robots delivering goods right to your door? Can you? I am sure for most people this looks like science fiction, but according to Chief Executive Jeff Bezos it’s not,...

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Robot rock band performs live in Tokyo

It is expected that robots will replace human workers in the future; I have recently read an article about Moshe Vardi, an IT professor at Rice University claiming that it may happen by 2045 and it could put millions out of work permanently. Some people claim that before the end of this century, 70 percent of today’s occupations will...

Monday, 13 May 2013

Astronauts wanted for Mars mission

Mars one is looking to recruit people to be sent to Mars in order to set up a human colony, according to the company’s website the aim is to send 4 astronauts in 2023 and then 4 astronauts every 2 years after that, successful applicants need to take eight years of training before their launch. The colony budget is £4billion and the project...

Saturday, 20 April 2013

The world's most expensive iphone

What would you do with a rare black diamond? Well, according to CNN a Chinese business man “Joe” hired English craftsman Stuart Hughes who designs luxury mobile phone to replace his iphone 5’s home button with his family treasure, a 26-carat black diamond. Hughes claims on his website that the device includes a solid 24-carat gold...

Saturday, 2 March 2013

Rovio announces "Angry birds toons"

We first saw them in video games, then clothes, stationery, toys... Well, now the most famous birds in the world will get their own series, Rovio has announced last Tuesday on its blog “Angry Birds Toons” an all-new animated series coming on March 16th. These episodes will last each about 3 minutes and will be available online only....

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Apple developing smartwatch "iwatch"

A few months ago I published a couple of posts Google Glass Project and TshirtOS about wearable technology, well, this seems to be becoming fashionable; Techradar has been told wearable computing is the next big thing Apple is working on. This time the device is a watch obviously called iwatch. At the...

Sunday, 10 February 2013

The world's first bionic eye to go on the market

This reminds me of an American television series “The Six Million Dollar Man” about a former astronaut with bionic implants, I used to watch as a child. On Wednesday news.discovery.com posted that after years of research, the first bionic eye will soon be available in the United States. We may not see a bionic superhero saving the world,...