Month: August 2014
The five best free photo editing tools for your laptop #PhotoWeek: Photo Flitre, GIMP, pixlr
We all want to be able to fiddle around with out photos once we've taken them. Whether it's to try and correct the lighting, enhance the colours, or mess around to make it look like you're being chased by a bear. The stuff like Photoshop is either expensive, or comes with a relatively expensive subscription,…
You could get free Marc Jacobs Daisy perfume just for tweeting this weekend
If you’re in London this weekend, be sure to head to Covent Garden, as you could bag yourself a Marc Jacobs perfume, just for tweeting! On 15th August, the luxury fashion house will be opening a money-free pop-up store in Covent Garden, where social media will be the only currency accepted. Tweets with the hashtag…
This amazing new 3D sketching system could revolutionise design
Today, at the SIGGRAPH 2014 conference in Vancouver, researchers from the University of Montreal will unveil a new sketching system that blows previous innovations in 3D design out of the water. It’s called Hyve-3D, which is short for Hybrid Virtual Environment 3D, and it allows designers to easily create a 3D simulation of any object,…
“Who is TAKING all these photos of you?” And 9 other comments we wish we could leave on Instagram #PhotoWeek
…but never will because ultimately we’re good people, damnit. "Careful, you’re almost out of loo roll…" Ain’t it just one of life’s cruellest tricks that the most flattering lighting is always in the toilet? Still, anyone looks great next to an avocado bathroom suite. "D’you know, I think the 13th hashtag might be overkill?" But…
Mobile rumours: Nexus 9 leak, Samsung’ watchphone, Galaxy Alpha specs leak
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…
Scientists can manipulate bacteria to kill cervical cancer
Researchers have manipulated the body’s natural defences in order to nip cervical cancer in the bud. Scientists from Duke University in the US were able to destroy genes which trigger the spread of the disease. Because it's caused by a virus, human papillomavirus (HPV), which also causes half of all head and neck cancers, the…
Apple rumours: Fake (?) retail boxing, final assembly pics, iWatch release window jokes
Those Apple rumours just keep coming, especially coming up to the iPhone 6′s rumoured launch window, and keeping up with them all is proving to be a difficult task. To keep you up to speed, here is today’s round-up of the biggest Apple rumours and news. 1. Pictures of the iPhone 6 in retail packaging have…
INSIGHT – Wearables and mindfulness: Should we really be outsourcing our sense of wellbeing and awareness to a gadget?
The latest wave of fitness trackers claim to be able to help you achieve magical things, like lose weight, get motivated and exercise more. However, the fundamental idea behind most of these gadgets and services is that the more you know about how you’re living your life, the more you can identify the changes you…
Would you buy Sproutling (essentially a Fitbit for your baby)?
So, we all knew wearables were a big deal. Anyone who’s anyone’s got one, and now it seems babies are jumping on the wearable bandwagon too. Sproutling, the self-proclaimed ‘world’s smartest baby monitor’, is trying to give parents some peace of mind, but is it just a bit too much? Designed by a team of…
JustPark finds you parking spaces straight from your car (if you have a Mini)
Do you find it a nightmare going shopping on a weekend, only to find you spend most of the time just looking for a parking space, because it’s so busy? If so, then you could definitely make use of a new app called JustPark, which allows drivers to find, book, pay for and navigate to…
