Month: August 2014
10 camera accessories to turn your smartphone into a point-and-shoot (part 2) #PhotoWeek
Missed Part one of the 10 best camera accessories? Go back here. 6) Belkin LiveAction camera remote (pictured above) If you’re tired of having to hold your phone in exactly the right position to get that selfie without your arm getting in the way, this camera remote is what you need. Paired via your bluetooth,…
Could future wearables be driven by blinks and blood?
If you don’t fancy powering your gadgets by sweating, how about by blinking? Or, er, bleeding? Naomi Kizhner is an industrial designer, and for her final project at Hadassah Academic College in Israel, she focused on the potential of wearable technology and the ways it could combine with our bodily functions. It’s designed to get…
Tiny gold balls can kill brain cancer cells
New research suggests that gold could be the key to killing off brain cancer. Scientists from Cambridge University made miniature golden balls (not that kind) and coated each one with cisplatin, a chemotherapy drug. Then they infused those into cancer cells taken from patients and used conventional radiotherapy on them. This activated the gold to…
shinyshiny speaks to photographer Geoff Crawford on travelling around the world and the iPhone camera #PhotoWeek
You can always tell a good photographer from the range of different subjects they take photos of, and with a portfolio containing photos of everything from Sudanese refugees fleeing Darfur to university graduations to selfies from his family holiday, Geoff Crawford is a great example of this. We spoke to Geoff about what it’s like…
Nokia Lumia 930 review: Nokiasoft’s first flagship is pretty good – for a Windows Phone
With Nokia’s devices division now completely owned by Microsoft, the happy couple’s first high-end joint venture is this glossy, blocky handset with the best Windows Phone specs we’ve seen. The Lumia 930 certainly looks the part, but is this the phone to finally tempt Android and iOS fans into the Windows Phone stable? The handset…
10 places in the UK you should photograph at least once #PhotoWeek: Stonehenge, Anglican Cathedral, Beetham Tower
There's no point in owning a camera if you're not going to use it to take some great pictures, and the UK has an abundance of places that look amazing on camera. But there are that many of them, how do you know which ones to visit? 1. Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool Image credit Magnus Manske…
A view from a bridge: which London bridge has the best view? #PhotoWeek
Image via Vladimir Rogers at Flickrcc London has multiple bridges straddling the River Thames, many of them providing incredible views spanning the city - they are tourist honeypots in their own right, and quite rightly so. Whether you're walking, driving or cycling, whether it's stormy or sunny, each bridge provides a unique view of the vast…
The iFootpath app wants to get Britain walking
Sure, maps apps are functional, but they tend to be impersonal. And when it comes to walking, especially in the countryside, you don’t want to know that you’ll need to turn south-east in 2.5 kilometres, you want to know that you turn left after the pub with the ceramic chickens outside. (Or whatever.) The newly-released…
Could this sweat-powered tattoo power our gadgets?
In future, if you want to turn on your phone, you might have to start paying. In sweat. Yes, as unladylike as it might sound (everyone knows we only glow), researchers from the University of California in San Diego have come up with a temporary tattoo that can power electronics based on how sweaty you…
Mobile rumours: More Nexus 6 specs, Nokia Lumia 830 teased
The world of mobile news is scary and complicated, with rumours flying about all over the place about what the many different companies are planning on doing. If you don’t know what you’re looking for then chances are you won’t get very far, so to ease your burden here are some of today’s biggest mobile…
