Technology-infused plant can water itself Looks like the machines could have plants on their side for the inevitable robot uprising. Better stock up on weed killer… Hang on, don’t all plants water themselves? Well, technically yes. But not if they’re confined to a pot on your desk. Who’ll top up your beloved petunias when you’re off on holiday? I have a guy for that You and your disposable income. For the rest of us however, this Arduino-powered setup by Randy Sarafan will enable any plant to water itself without you having to lift a finger....

The cost of James Bond’s car insurance? £50,000 It would cost James Bond £50,000 to insure the Jaguar XJ L seen in Skyfall, according to underwriters If you think your car insurance premium is high, trust us when we say it’s nothing compared with what James Bond would have to pay. The British secret agent and full-time ladykiller would need to shell out seventeen times more than the average young driver for the privilege of insuring the 3....

The Dark Knight Rises behind the scenes video hits YouTube Spoiler alert – there’s only a few weeks left to go till Batman’s back so careful how much of this 13 minute feature you let yourself watch You’ve read the morbid rumours, you’ve watched the trailers in every possible sequence. All that’s left to do before we finally get to clamp eyes on The Dark Knight Rises, hopefully in IMAX, this month is watch the really, really ridiculously good-looking cast (and director Christopher Nolan) talk us through the clips we’ve seen before with a few behind-the-scenes stills thrown in for good measure....

The Google Phone of 2006 revealed Oracle vs Google court documents reveal early renders of Google’s original phone Way back in 2006 – two years before the arrival of the first Android phone, theT-Mobile G1– Google showed off early designs for a Google Phone to carriers. Those early renders have nowresurfacedin the courtroom as part of the ongoing Google vs Oracle copyright case over Java. Specific specs for the portrait-format QWERTY phone aren’t listed, but Google’s baseline Android specs – remember this was six years ago – were a whopping 200MHz ARMv9 processor, 64MB RAM, 3G and a 2MP camera, alongside USB support, Bluetooth 1....

The NEC Medias W gives you two screens for the space of one Is the Japanese company prepping a dual-screen phone for this year’s MWC? And if it is, can it possibly work? As mobile screen sizes grow – with the likes ofSony’s 6.4in Xperia– but pocket space stays the same there’s only one way to turn, and bend – dual-screens. Enter the NEC Medias W dual-screened folding mobile. Just a concept at last year’s Mobile World Congress, we expect to see this final version of the double displaying handset at MWC 2013 in February, before its April release....

The PS4 will play second hand games Worry ye not fair gamer, titles bought second hand won’t be blocked, so sayeth the king of Sony Word on the highway was that Sony would be revealing the PS4 console last night.It was wrong– and we still have no idea what the box itself will look like. Happily, the rumour mill was also mistaken about another claim – that second hand games would be blocked on the PS4....

The Toshiba AT200 is the world’s thinnest tablet, and it’s out February 15 Like a diamond in the rough, the super slim tablet is now available, quietly going up for pre-order online Shout it from the hills, the world’s thinnest tablet – theToshiba AT200– is out February 15, and nobody’s talking about it. We’re excited, not only because of its lithe 7.7mm thin form, brushed metal back and 10.1in screen. But we’re also excited by the AT200’s 1....