Month: March 2015
Microsoft’s working on a smart ring that matches your clothes
Owning a whole wardrobe of jewellery to match your various outfits might soon be a thing of the past. Microsoft's research arm, Microsoft Labs, is working on a range of jewellery that can sense the colour it's placed on, and turn the same shade. Called Blush, the range includes brooches and a ring. We gave the ring a…
Facebook ratings can accurately predict hospital treatment success
If you’re wondering whether an upcoming operation is likely to go well, or have a choice about which hospital to go to, you might want to check out Facebook. A new study’s found that Facebook ratings of hospitals accurately reflect their quality – or at least, how likely treatment is to go right the first…
Just how breakable is the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge screen? We asked Samsung
When we live-tweeted the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge last week at Mobile World Congress, the number one question we heard about that beautiful double-curved screen was, "But will it break?" Screen breaking hasn't been much of a problem in the last couple of generations of smartphones, thanks mostly to the advances in…
Meet the one-man team behind Big Pharma, a PC game set to be the new Theme Hospital
Theme Hospital is my favourite PC game of all time, so you can imagine how my eyes lit up when I saw screenshots of the upcoming Big Pharma game: It's a pharmaceutical-themed PC game where the objective is to manufacture your own drugs, either to make people well or to make money. It's a sandbox-style…
5 Beauty Gifts for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is just two days away, so if you haven’t had a chance to find something lovely for your mum, here are a few beauty ideas to hopefully give you some inspiration: If you’re going for the wow factor then you can’t go wrong with an Elemis Gift Set. I don’t think I know…
12 films you can watch on Netflix UK right now
[nextpage title="Next"] For £6.99 a month, film and TV streaming service, Netflix UK has so much on offer, that sometimes you end up spending half your night actually searching through the vast catalogue rather than actually watching anything. To free you up some time for you to finally sit down and watch an entire movie, we've…
The LG G Flex 2 is now available in the UK – price, availability and freebie details
Hooray! The phone we tried and loved at Mobile World Congress has gone on sale in the UK earlier than anticipated. You can now get it from Vodafone, EE and O2 if you go via Carphone Warehouse (it's not showing on EE or O2's sites at the moment), and get a free LG Circle case and…
12 last minute Mother’s Day gifts that will arrive in time for Sunday
[nextpage title="Next"] So you've suddenly realised Mother's Day is this Sunday, and you've bought a grand total of nothing for your Mummy dearest. Have no fear, there's still time to get her that perfect gift sent straight to her door, or even her phone. For the forgetful of you out there, we've brought you 12…
Apple’s investing $50 million to encourage women and ethnic minorities into tech
If you’ve ever watched an Apple event live stream or taken a look online at its top execs, you might have noticed that the company’s decision makers are predominantly white and male. In fact, its own diversity report, published last year, showed that 70% of Apple’s employees are men, while 55% are white. So it’s…
Researchers are using optic fibres to make computers based on the human brain
Researchers are working on making computers based on the human brain. Scientists from the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton and the Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have used optical fibres called chalcogenides to reproduce the ways neural networks and synapses in the brain work. Existing…
