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Staying anonymous online: the technophobe’s guide
Our beginner’s guide to keeping it secret and safe online. Class is in session, folks. With prying eyes everywhere – both official and otherwise – on the internet these days, keeping your online world...
View Article3D-printed spider, exoskeleton etc: Robot Weekly
Pathos-filled robot-related videos. Further coverage of the RoboCup 2013 is in order, considering how surprisingly adept at football these small (or “middle-size”, officially) autonomous robots are. In...
View ArticleWhy sex apps are pointless, unsexy and a waste of time
Are we really so incapable of meeting people organically? Is technology to blame? We’re living in a funny old age. Much like every generation of teens and twenty-somethings before us, we’re pretty...
View ArticleSmartphone mood-sensing technology will harm, not help
Siri detects suicidal thoughts, MoodScope shares our mood online, but this won’t help us express ourselves. Microsoft is currently working on a prototype of MoodScope for smart phones, a feature which...
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Are Generation Y ‘right wing’ or ‘liberal’? And does anyone care?
Y we are the way we are. Recently, the Guardian published an article on the changing tide of young voters’ preferences at the polls, arguing that Generation Y – those born between 1980 and 2000 – were...
View ArticleNew video app will help you get a job
Because Twitter isn’t just for comedians, adolescent girls and stalking celebrities. As if hashtagging everything wasn’t painful enough in your personal life . People love to let you know they’re...
View ArticleSocial media is making us all stress-heads
Maintaining a social media presence is like leading two lives, so it’s no wonder everyone is wiggin’ out about it. Social Media is rapidly connecting the entire world to the point where we can all...
View ArticleWikipedia has your attention, now it wants your trust
The site once scoffed at by education institutions is trying to turn that reputation around; but is it really possible? Last week the co-founder of Wikipedia took to a stage to discuss the future of...
View ArticleElon Musk says Vacuum transport is possible, but refuses to do it
He claims Hyperloop is possible, he just doesn’t have time. I claim I can turn invisible, neither do I. Transportation through a vacuum-like tube is not a new idea. From Robert Goddard, recognised as...
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Is the internet killing the English language?
The poor girl is fighting a losing battle to abbreviation and social media. o noes. For quite some time there has been a growing concern that advances in communicative technology – texting, email etc –...
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