Next Big Thing – sell your rubbish Finally waste can be converted to energy. The future is here, and it’s plasma Sell rubbish? Like in Steptoe and Son? No, my miserly friend, you don’t need to make money from the rag-and-bone man, thanks to a fancy form of plasma. This is the fourth state, not quite gas or liquid, and is able (at extreme heats) to blast materials back to their molecular state....
Next Big Thing – super-fast terahertz Wi-Fi Scientists have gone and done it again, with the new frontier of wireless data transfer looking to be in the gigabyte per second region Faster Wi-Fi you say. How’s that then? Scientists have cracked a high frequency terahertz band for Wi-Fi transmission that will mean speeds 20 times higher than current abilities. The range goes from 300GHz to 3THz which, in English, means these T-rays sit between microwaves and the far-infrared spectrum....
Nexus 7 gets iPad-style SmartCase SD TabletWear SmartCase offers protection, magnetic closure and puts your Google tablet to sleep Got aNexus 7but stealing envious glances at the iPad’s magnetic Smart Case? Well, you can put the green-eyed monster back in its cave, because there’s a cover for Google’s slate that works in much the same way. The SD TabletWear SmartCase covers the front and back of the Nexus 7, with a front flap that holds itself closed using magnets....
Nike+ Running comes to Android with Nike+ GPS iPhone app update Now only Windows Phone and BlackBerry owners can make excuses – Droids and iOS addicts will be on the run from today We return home everyday to be greeted by our flatmate/brother/other half screaming at the top of their voice ‘I just finished my run!’ Not really. But anyone with a Facebook account probably knows at least one such enthusiastic soul tracking their progress with Nike+ and boosting their motivation with self-congratulatory broadcasts....
No keyboard for first BlackBerry 10 phone (UPDATED) RIM has decided that the first device to feature its new operating system will be touchscreen-based Previous attempts by RIM to offer non-keyboard BlackBerry phones have not proved a huge success – but despite this, the manufacturer has decided to go with a touchscreen handset as its firstBlackBerry 10device, which will be out later this year. BlackBerry 10 has long been rumoured to be touchscreen-focussed, but the news is a tad surprising nonetheless....
Nokia EOS PureView Windows Phone incoming Nokia’s Pureview Windows Phone is set to arrive this summer – with the same 41MP snapper seen on the 808 Pureview Speculation has been rife that Nokia will be releasing aPureView-endowed Windows Phone 8smartphone with that juicy 41MP camera we saw on theNokia 808 PureView– but just in case you were in any doubt, here’s yet another rumour. This time it’s theGuardiannewspaper, which claims the new device, allegedly named the EOS and not a Lumia-branded phone, is most definitely on the way, sources “close to the Finnish handset maker” have revealed....
Nokia Here maps app to fill the iOS 6 void left by Google Maps? It looks like Nokia’s super-fast mapping service could be the one to navigate Apple mobile users from browser map back to app Without using the word gate, the Apple iOS 6 Maps issue has been oneyou could call a disaster. And there’s no sign of Apple allowingGoogle Maps back in app form to save the day anytime soon....
