Peter Griffin • Dec 21, 2017 •
This is a Sciblogs series running through until Christmas Eve highlighting some of the gadgets we’ve been using this year… gadget No. 8 Competition is ratcheting up among Android phone makers, but nothing topped the Galaxy 8 this year as Samsung tweaked the design of its flagship Galaxy and increased screen quality and processing power to deliver a winning … Read More
Peter Griffin • Dec 15, 2017 •
This is a Sciblogs series running through until Christmas Eve highlighting some of the gadgets we’ve been using this year… gadget No. 4 Last November, during the shaking in Wellington that resulted from the Kaikoura earthquake, my Samsung TV took a nose dive off the TV cabinet onto the floor. I already had “insurance claim” pounding … Read More
Michelle Dickinson • Apr 10, 2014 •
With all the tweeting and checking of e-mail that I do, my phone battery barely makes it to lunchtime without needing a charge, so I was excited when I saw in the press today several articles talking about a company called StoreDot. Apparently they have built a new battery charger that can charge a smartphone… … Read More
Peter Griffin • Jan 13, 2011 •
It was amazing how quickly Las Vegas emptied out over the weekend as the 160,000 visitors to the CES show headed home and relaxed holiday makers reclaimed the bars, restaurants and casinos of Sin City. The quiet tail end of the show gave me a chance to wander the halls of CES relatively unmolested – you needed sharp elbows the … 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
Peter Griffin • May 01, 2010 •
Samsung 50 inch LED 3DTV The newest weapon in the consumer electronics industry’s arsenal aimed at separating you from your hard earned dollars is 3DTV and this weekend sees retailers the length of the country featuring 3DTV sets in store. If the shoppers huddled in front of the Samsung 55 inch LED 3DTV at JB Hi-Fi in Auckland’s Westgate shopping … Read More