Famous October birthdays in tech
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: October 1, 2011Filed under: Alternative News
Now that we’ve entered a new month we thought it would make an interesting article to look at famous October birthdays in technology. One of the most famous tech people born in the month of October is Bill Gates, with…
X-Rays: History of X-Ray and Technical Advancement
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: November 8, 2010Filed under: Alternative News
I have been to hospital many times, but only needed to have an X-Ray a couple of times, but that is a different story at the dentist, I have had numerous X-Rays there. However, at no point have I looked…
Tricorder A Reality In 2010: One Step Towards Star Trek
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: September 11, 2010Filed under: Gadgets
Most Sci-Fi fans know just what a Tricorder is, although it has always been a fictional gadget in the Star Trek universe – TV series created by Gene Roddenberry – that was dreamed up many years ago. One of the…
Bloom Box Energy Server: 60 minutes and Fuel Cell Technology
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 31, 2010Filed under: Alternative News
You may remember Bloom Box’s energy server from back in February, which saw the fuel cell “In-a-Box”, hit the headlines. Back then we saw a video with their CEO KR Sridhar, and 60 minutes explained the new technology to the…
Invisibility Silk Cloak: Range of uses
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 12, 2010Filed under: Alternative News
Do you remember that Invisibility Silk Cloak that we all see Harry Potter use? Well it seems that scientists have managed to create one, which they have covered in gold. The new technology will not work as easily as the…
United Technologies to cut workforce by 11,600
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: March 10, 2009Filed under: Alternative News
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) (NYSE: UTX) have been hit hard by the deterioration of the commercial aerospace market, as a result they are to cut their workforce by 11,600. This decision is part of the company’s $750 million restructuring program.
Olens Technology XPJ-USA010 Personal Entertainment Projector
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: November 8, 2008Filed under: Electronics, Projectors
Ok, so the first thing that you need to know is, the Olens Technology XPJ-USA010 Personal Entertainment Projector is not going to blow your mind with its design or image quality. This projector is not about that, but what will…
New Website Launches Innovative Lost-And-Found Technology
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: September 16, 2008Filed under: Alternative News
Today SendMeHome.com launches the world’s first free lost and found recovery service. Through the SendMeHome.com website, users are able to register personal valuables which are each given a unique ID code
Hacker Gary McKinnon faces 70 years in jail
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 29, 2008Filed under: Alternative News
Hacker Gary McKinnon could be facing 70 years in jail after he lost his last attempt to fight against deportation. 42-year old McKinnon was named as the world’s biggest computer hacker after he had broke into secret files of the…
Intel Announcement: New Technology Remote Wake, Jahjah
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 14, 2008Filed under: Alternative News, Computers
When it comes to technology we all know that Intel is always ahead in the industry, well the latest news has it that Intel has recently made an announcement of a brand new technology that is interesting. Basically this new…
Scientist developing Star Trek invisibility cloaks or shields
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 11, 2008Filed under: Gadgets
When people start to talk about becoming invisible we often think that they are nut jobs, but it could actually become reality. We know that there are some clever people around, like those clever people at Cal (the one at…
Hands-on: Fire-starting Torch by Wicked Lasers
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: July 29, 2008Filed under: Gadgets, Hands On
Before I start talking about “The Torch” from Wicked Lasers let me tell you in advance that there are loads of images that I have taken below this hands-on review, I have also added videos from Wicked Lasers site as…
Dell Studio Hybrid: Desktop PC’s get smaller
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: July 29, 2008Filed under: Computers, Desktops
It seems like Dell try to give us a little piece of news everyday on their Dell Studio Hybrid. At one stage I must admit it was getting a little boring, as I thought that we knew all there was…
IBM helps doctors care for premature babies with technology
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: July 23, 2008Filed under: Alternative News
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) announced today a first-of-a-kind research project to help doctors detect subtle changes in the condition of critically ill premature babies. The project will see a group of internationally…
Lenovo T40 ThinkPad with Fuel Cell technology
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: July 22, 2008Filed under: Computers, Laptops
The Lenovo T40 ThinkPad is not a bad laptop but what can make it a lot better would be the battery life, this goes for many of today’s branded laptops that seem not too worried about the battery life. The…
