Tag: power
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Gamer Power Use Under Scrutiny – Is That The Issue Though?
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Plant power – A new way to capture electricity
Although the science behind it has been studied for a while, a group of researchers at Peru’s university of Technology and Engineering (UTEC) have come up with their own way of harnessing the power of Geobacters. Geobacters harness their energy from reducing ferric iron to Magnetite through oxidisation of organic compounds. Research on Geobacters has […]
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LiFi – The Light side of the Wi-Fi
Since the dawn of local networking, engineers have been constantly trying to improve speeds, connection types and the security of those connections. Things have moved forward quite a lot since the days of having 6 CRT monitors laying around your living room as you try to connect up all your friends pcs’ for a LAN […]
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Xbox One May System Update – Power Modes, Voice Messaging and Dedicated Chat Servers
The Xbox One May system update has been released and with it comes new power settings as well as improvements to the way you communicate with mates the Xbox Live community. Voice Messaging and Dedicated Chat Servers: First up, and based on user feedback, you can now enjoy one of the most requested features from […]
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Xbox One Setup Adds Energy Saving Option
The Xbox One likes to be on a lot more than you think. the current default setting for the console is to remain ‘on’, so to speak, as long as it’s plugged in. The console doesn’t power on in order to receive files, instantly power on, and also to listen out for the ‘ Xbox […]
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China Builds Hydrogen Fueled Tram
Whilst there’s still an ongoing issue of pollution in China, the country is fighting the good fight for clean energy research and development. Rather than opting to clean up existing technology, the Chinese school of though is to instead invest and focus in finding new ways of generating power and travelling around whilst still using […]
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YouTube Music Key Coming Out Of Beta
Google and Youtube have been beta testing their Music Key service for a little while now, and according to the hype the pay monthly music streaming service will be ready for full public use in the next couple of months. As Apple are also readying a service which will also rival Spotify, Google are also […]
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Possible Apple Watch Battery Life Revealed
We’ve been hearing a lot from both Apple and fans about the speculated limits on the battery life of the new Apple Watch. The device is loosely claimed to need a recharge overnight following a full day of use, with Apple employees themselves speaking of what might be frustratingly short battery life on the device […]
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New Mastercard Scans Fingerprints
We’ve been hearing a lot about secure wireless NFC payment methods lately, most frequently following Apple’s announcement of Apple Pay, a wireless feature which allows payment from multiple cards using the iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2. Also, we’ve seen multiple new services heading for both the US and the UK. Here in the UK […]
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Moto 360 Release Date Timeframe Announced
More info on that amazing Moto 360 smartwatch has emerged, with a ‘top secret’ charging method detailed, something to do with the device’s purple posterior… well, the rear of the device. Here’s a picture so you can mull it over amongst yourselves. Okay, I lied, it’s a lot less secret than you think. Motorola have […]
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Fresh Apple iPhone 6 Pictures Leaked Online
Yet another leak for the iPhone 6! This time we’ve got three pictures showing the rear case, but no internal components. However, eagle eyed users might be able to determine something about the internals from the make-up of this case, so have a look and see what you think. As you can see, the rear […]
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EE Offers Pocket Power for Festival Goers with Portable USB Charger
Ahead of Glastonbury, 4G service provider EE launches Festival Power Bar, a USB connected portable power supply for mobiles and devices..