Author: Morgan
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Raspberry Pi gains a touch of glass!
After only one year since it was first announced, the Raspberry Pi touch display finally graced our presences on Tuesday this week. No longer do Raspberry Pi hackers have to use a separate monitor as they can now play with an official 7-inch 60 fps 800-by-480, 10 point multi-touch LCD display with a 70 degree…
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MobileFusion by Microsoft Research. An app that can turn any smartphone into a 3D scanner!
We have all heard of window shopping; standing there dreaming over a new object to add to our lives, what if you could just scan it with your camera and print out a copy? Microsoft Research have been working on a new app that may do just that; enabling you to scan in an object…
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MIT in Scramble to Develop New ‘Yolk’ and ‘Shell’ Nanoparticle Batteries
Some Scientists at MIT have broken the mould with a new type of battery that should obliterate the current lithium-ion batteries out of their comfortable ionic waters. The picture above shows the ‘yolk’ and ‘shell’ nanoparticle. The grey sphere at the centre is representing an aluminium nanoparticle (the yolk), and the outer light-blue layer is…
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Do you have hidden riches? Argos seem to think so
One of the largest retailers in the country has joined forces with the WRAP initiative in an effort to make sure no devices get left behind gathering dust. The WRAP initiative is a registered charity whose goal is to change the way everybody thinks about resource usage. Their three main priorities are Food and…
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Amazon Echo to Take Device Management to New Uncharted Territory?
Up until today, this clever gadget was only available by personal invite from Amazon. Today, Amazon has announced that it can now be purchased by anyone and the devices are shipping out for $180 as of July 14 2015. “We’re excited to get Echo into the hands of even more customers and continue to invent…