Guest Author • Jan 19, 2021 •
Michael Cowling, CQUniversity Australia We’ve probably all been there. We buy some new smart gadget and when we plug it in for the first time it requires an update to work. So we end up spending hours downloading and updating before we can even play with our new toy. But what happens when we can’t update our gadgets any further? … Read More
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