Archive for the 'Science and Technology' Category

Easier Ways to Surf

12/04/2008

A friend of mine has an iPod Touch, not so much to listen to music, but so he can check his mail and surf the web quickly and easily sat on his sofa. He’s been finding it great for those times when you want to quickly look something up or check your email without [...]

Energy-Saving Lightbulbs

24/03/2008

I’ve been meaning to buy some lower energy replacements for my halogen GU10 bulbs for a while, but I wanted to test the options out first. For those who don’t know, GU10 bulbs are the standard halogen bulbs used in down-lighters and a lot of the small, modern room lights. We’ve got plenty [...]

The UK in Space

4/11/2007

There’s was an article on BBC Online recently which had an interview with Alan Thirkettle, who is a Brit working for the European Space Agency (Esa), where he says the UK urgently needs to get into manned space flight.
I, personally, think that space developments are one of several strands of research that will [...]

Microsoft Launches Surface

30/05/2007

Yesterday Microsoft announced a new product, called Surface, it’s basically a computer in a coffee table, with a multi-touch screen.
Designed to do away with the need for a traditional mouse and keyboard, users can instead use their fingers to operate the computer.
It’s a bit like the desk used by one of the characters in the [...]

Battle of the Sexes Won

26/05/2007

Bring it on, it’s finally been proven, no need to hide away, make excuses and hang your head in shame because you’re a bloke. Slowly it seems women and the media have been grinding away at our masculinity and claiming we are not worthy to rule the world. Well, BBC Radio 4 has [...]

RIP the Album?

26/04/2007

I was reading through this article on the New Media Family, where the BBC have given a load of the latest high-tech entertainment gadgets to a family to see how we might all use media in the future, and this paragraph grabbed my attention:
But bad news for the future of the album - the girls [...]

Mind-Enhancing Drugs

16/04/2007

I’ve just been listening to a programme on BBC Radio 4 (and that doesn’t happen very often) about the future use of mind-enhancing drugs, sparked by the recent decision by the Department of Health to ask the Academy of Medical Sciences to assess the impact and effects of these drugs, apparently already in widespread use [...]

Falling Asleep

11/02/2007

I remember hearing/reading somewhere that a sensation of falling when you start to go to sleep is fairly common. I could remember any specifics about it though, so I went looking. What triggered my research is I seem to have had this happen a number of time recently and because it’s followed by [...]

The Future is Coming

9/02/2007

I almost wrote a post about how the iPhone was the start of something I wrote about MFDs (Multi-function devices) and how your mobile phone will slowly morph into one back in May 2005. I didn’t write about it because the iPhone is still a long way off.
Somewhat more quietly though, Polymer Vision launched [...]

Britain Gave Away Technological Innovations to Secure US Support in WWII

5/02/2007

A long title I know, but to the point. We traded technological military secrets for financial aid at a critical point in WWII.
As Bowen knew, the seemingly ordinary solicitor’s deed box - for which he was personally responsible - held the power to change the course of the war.
Inside lay nothing less than all [...]