Nothing could work better for tech fiends than James Bond’s phone… the iconic Sony Xperia Z5 (£549) is as stylish and sleek as you’d expect, with a camera that is unrivaled in the smartphone industry. Made for Bond, it has a frosted glass back, embedded fingerprint sensor and its star feature, a 23 Megapixel camera. A smaller version (the Xperia Z5 Compact – £429) … Read more
We live in a world of battery packs. With a constant fear of our phones running out of battery, we carry them around. However, it is not the first time batteries running out has caused us sorrow in the history of humanity. We have looked for batteries for many reasons in our history as humans: Light … Read more
Game Character Design Platfom is the first Lip-Sync Ready 3D Character solution in the market. This platform takes the 3D character creation process into another generation where the long and arduous 3D character design is no longer necessary. Designing a high quality, playable character is a long and difficult process which involves a massive amount of … Read more
Gaming mice are available in hundreds and thousands. They all promise great DPI and great response times, but at the heart of every gaming mouse is a simple thing and a simple question. How comfortable is it? Is it a device that you can use for hours and hours on end, without getting RSI (Repetitive … Read more
The Internet of things (IoT) and smart homes are almost a reality. Every week it seems like a new smart device is being made and the prices of existing devices are falling. But in terms of making everything work together, it can feel like the wild west out there. Some companies have open APIs (application … Read more
It’s ‘Mad Friday’ next week, the last Friday before Christmas and most popular for office parties. It’s been revealed that 27% of lumbering UK revellers aged 18-40 have damaged their phone on a night out. In the survey of 2,000 British adults, conducted by Griffin Technology, Newcastle topped the list of clumsy cities, while London … Read more
Everyone knows that an automobile needs regular maintenance. If you want your car to get you from point A to point B, you have to change the oil, rotate the tires and replace the air filter. But do you give the same level of care to your laptop? In reality, our high-tech gadgets have become … Read more
Health and fitness technology is all around us. The majority of us own a piece of equipment or have used some kind of app that tracks, measures or stores data about our diet, exercise and health habits. There’s no doubt about it, fitness technology is on the rise. Cedric Hutchings, CEO of Withings, who invent … Read more
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are a ‘clean’ way for people to consume nicotine, the stimulant that provides a brief, temporary high. Unless you’re up close to one it’s hard to tell an e-cigarette apart from a tobacco one – manufacturers deliberately design e-cigarettes to closely resemble traditional cigarettes to appeal to smokers. The major, obvious … Read more
It is quite a Marmite subject really. While a lot of us are reliant on our smart phones to carry on our daily lives, or at least think we are, a lot of phone are either worried about themselves, or most often someone close to them being addicted to their smart phone. This … Read more