Month: December 2014
Memory lapses can predict stroke, says study
Researchers from the Netherlands have found that people who complain of brief lapses in memory are more at risk of having a stroke. If they’re also educated to degree level, their risk is even higher. (So university brings debt and disease? Fantastic.) As Psych Central reports, neurologists from Erasmus University Rotterdam led by associate professor…
10 Christmas gifts every film fan wants
Need a gift for that one person who spends their free time looking up the latest casting rumours online? Rather than being lazy and buying them a box set or worse, a Netflix subscription, here's a selection of non-obvious film-related gifts that they're bound to love. [nextpage title="next"] 1. Dredd Screenplay, £25 Dredd was a fantastic film that…
The key to super sensitive wearables is… Spiders?
If you're not creeped out by spiders then there is something very wrong with you. That being said even the world's biggest arachnophobe will agree that spiders do have their place. One of those places, as it turns out, is giving researchers clues that could bring about a new age of wearable tech. Using the principles…
Someone’s finally putting the driving license in a smartphone app
Smartphones already have an incalculable number of uses, and one of the big things people have been working on is trying to make sure that they can replace the wallet. But systems like Apple Pay are all well and good until you realise that your wallet/purse is used to carry around things other than your credit cards. Things like…
Could breaking the law be genetic?
A new study from the University of Montreal looked at different factors that are associated with anti-social behaviour to try to determine what causes it. The researchers studied 1337 Swedish high school students aged 17-18, all of whom anonymously answered a series of questionnaires – about everything from their family background to criminal activity to…
“I don’t give a sh*t if Instagram has more people looking at pretty pictures” says Twitter’s co-founder
Yesterday we mentioned that Instagram now has more users than Twitter, and we imagine the folks at Instagram feel that this is a massive accomplishment. Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter, doesn't see it that way - in fact he doesn't seem to care about how many users Twitter has in comparison. In an interview with Fortune, Williams…
The Galaxy Note Edge is now on sale in the UK
Those of you have been desperately waiting for the Galaxy Note Edge to arrive are in luck, because Samsung's curved-screen-phablet is now on sale in the UK. Just in time for Christmas. To get the Note Edge on contract before January 9th, you will have to switch over to Vodafone who is offering a number of deals ranging from…
The GCHQ has released an Android app to inspire budding cyber-spies
Normally when we hear about the GCHQ in the news, it's because there has been some revelation about a new method to spy on people using digital technology. Today that is not the case, because the intelligence organisation has released a new Android app. Best of all, it won't be spying on you. The app…
Energy-efficient housing increases the risk of asthma
Things that are good for the environment often turn out to be good for our health as well, but that’s not always the case. In fact, a new study’s found that when it comes to energy-efficient housing, people are actually more at risk of developing asthma. A research team from the University of Exeter Medical…
21 Christmas gifts for her for under £50
[nextpage title="Next"] Here at ShinyShiny we've all been collecting together our top gift suggestions for Christmas 2014 (check out our huge collection over at our One stop Christmas shopping post), from presents for beauty lovers to fitness fans and gamers to presents for your gran. But today it's a big one. An important one. Drum…
