Peter Griffin • Dec 13, 2017 •
This is a Sciblogs series running through until Christmas Eve highlighting some of the gadgets we’ve been using this year… gadget no. 2 A couple of weeks ago, an alert popped up on my phone informing me that there was an unfamiliar face in my living room. Nest Cam IQ ‘Good grief!” I thought. A burglar is probably … Read More
Peter Griffin • Dec 12, 2017 •
This is a Sciblogs series running through until Christmas Eve highlighting some of the gadgets we’ve been using this year… gadget no. 1 I feel sorry for the people responsible locally for promoting the Anki Cozmo. They really had to try hard to convince me that reviewing a toy robot was going to be a worthwhile experience. Read More
Peter Griffin • Oct 04, 2013 •
From laptops and smart phones to the fibre optic cables and wifi antennae supplying us broadband internet – rare Earth metals are essential to the tech-laden world we live in. This infographic gives a good idea of the metals in demand around the world for technological applications and the pressure now coming on those supplies as demand increases and stocks … Read More
Peter Griffin • Jan 08, 2011 •
Las Vegas: Some 20,000 products are being shown at CES this year. I spent a fairly chaotic day getting acquainted with a tiny fraction of them and here are my top five favourites so far… 1. The Parrot AR Drone This thing is amazing – its a carbon and plastic “quadricopter” that you can steer and fly using controls on … Read More