Category: General Gadgets
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Smart Tattoos – MIT Asks: Are You Smart Enough?
MIT have been at it again, just when you thought you were as sci-fi as you could be they throw out a curve-ball. Forget smartwatches, Smart tattoos are probably going to be popping up all over the place in the future. Named Duoskin and developed by MIT Media Lab, in partnership with Microsoft Research, these…
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Star Wars: Rogue One – What We Know So Far
Three days ago the new trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One was released to the general public to critical acclaim both for and against. For some, it was instant exhilaration once the music cut in, for others, not so great. Kylo Ren, for one, was not too happy about it. A Spoof video on Youtube…
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Smart Phones Might Use Smart Dust
Smartphone cameras are really beginning to impress me over my old fashioned bridge camera (5 years old, already a relic of a past age). As every year passes it seems that the cameras get smaller and even harder to differentiate from the level of quality you would expect out of a reasonable SLR. We could…
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Pokemon GO Patch 0.33.0 (For Android) and 1.3.0 for iOS Now Live.
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The new Pokemon GO patch has hit for iOS and Android, and it brings a plethora of tasty changes to everyone’s favourite AR game. The patch has bumped the game up to 0.3.0 and 0.33.0 for the respective operating systems. The patch notes contain a healthy dose of fixes. Some more significant than others, the…
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Stranger Things – Now In VR
Upon watching Stranger Things pilot episode, I was instantly transported back to watching The Goonies for the first time, though this time there were elements of Stephen King crossed with Back to the future and E.T. Yes, the show is that good! Massively creepy with characters you can really get behind, it is a wonderful…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – The New S Pen
This week saw the long-awaited arrival of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and with it some significant upgrades to the S-Pen – Samsung’s high tech stylus which has become not only an accessory, but an essential companion to the Note family of products. The new S-Pen is designed for life – and both business and…
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Gaming Weekly 05/08/2016 – Xbox One S, Warhammer 40K, Nintendo Power, The PokeRock is Back!
The Gadget Helpline’s GAMING WEEKLY is here! Each week our dedicated team of gamers will gather some of the top gaming news and announcements from the last seven days and deliver them here to you, our fellow players! Xbox One S 2TB Model Goes on Sale This week the first Xbox One S model was released…
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How to Connect Xbox One Kinect to Xbox One S
The Xbox One S has arrived! Microsoft’s latest, slimmest, smallest and sleekest Xbox went on sale this week in a full-fat 2TB version, giving players their first taste of 4K next gen gaming. But as many have noted there seems to be a slight hitch when trying to use last season’s Kinect sensor which was…
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Eyefluence – Controlling AR With Your Eyes
Tech comes and goes in relatively frequent cycles. Sometimes they enrich our lives and sometimes they flop in spectacular fashion. Pokemon GO has taken the world by storm which is kind of expected when you consider it is the first of its kind that has been taken up in such a global way. It is…