Month: October 2014
Student’s jewellery turn your veins into energy source
If you're squeamish about veins, then look away now. Israeli graduate student Naomi Kizhner has designed some strange but highly functional jewellery which connects to your veins to make them produce electricity. As The Higher Learning reports, Kizhner has created three pieces (see main image) through a project, Energy Addicts, for her BA in Industrial Design at Hadassah…
Is this the best Halloween costume ever?
What happens when you attach LEDs to a toddler in a stick-man formation and film her running around? Here's what - a video that's been viewed more than 22 million times on YouTube, and a truly awesome business idea. As the Telegraph reports, what started out as a bit of fun has been turned into…
It’s official: Sex started in Scotland, says science
A palaeontologist has discovered when and where reproduction by copulation and internal fertilisation (also known as S-E-X) first took place. Professor John Long from Flinders University in South Australia dates heterosexual, penetrative sex to 385 million years ago in the place that later became Scotland (and OK, fine, to Estonia and China, too. But we…
A dislike button is too complex for Facebook
It seems that ever since the launch of the 'Like' button on Facebook people have been pestering the social media giant to introduce the opposite, a 'Dislike' button to express their disapproval. I wouldn't hold your breath for one, apparently it's to complex to introduce. Speaking to TechRadar Bret Taylor, ex-Facebook CTO and creator of…
Microsoft is moving forward with plans to re-brand Nokia phones
Last month it came out that Microsoft may be ditching the Nokia brand in favour of the Lumia brand, and now according to The Verge that's going to start happening in territories across the world -- starting in France. As you may remember Microsoft didn't buy the entirety of Nokia, only the company's Devices and Services…
It’s possible to use Apple Pay internationally, here’s how
On Monday Apple Pay, Apple's mobile payment system, was launched in the US and allows users to pay for various goods and services with their phones. It has yet to officially launch internationally, but MacRumours has discovered that it is possible to use Apple Pay outside of the US. It's not something everyone is going…
The flu vaccine could be the key to preventing heart disease
Scientists have discovered why the flu vaccine reduces the risk of heart disease, and are hoping they can go on to develop a vaccine for the condition as a result. Heart disease is the number one cause of death around the world, killing around 74,000 people in the UK each year. It's caused by a…
7 things to consider when you’re buying a high-end camera
[nextpage title="Next"] So you're in the market for a camera but you don't want to settle for something basic or cheap, you want one of the best cameras currently on the market -- something seriously high end. But when it comes to expensive gadgetry you don't want to end up overpaying for something that isn't…
Is happiness the secret to personal style? We join the debate with Zandra Rhodes, Dawn O’Porter & Jim Chapman
Last Thursday 16 October, shinyshiny put our glad rags on and joined TK Maxx and a panel of industry pioneers for its the inaugural #StyleByMe debate about the future of fashion. Hosted by presenter, writer, vintage-inspired designer and owner of TV's glossiest bob, Dawn O'Porter, the panel featured 'high visibility' grand dame of British fashion Zandra Rhodes, legendary fashion…
A new sensor lets doctors see inside the brain
Engineers have developed a new implantable brain sensor that’s transparent, so they can see what’s happening underneath it. The team, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, used scientists’ new favourite miracle material, graphene, to make the sensor. That’s because it conducts electricity well and tends not to be rejected by the body. It also allows them…
