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Wednesday 10 September 2008

Segway-riding MP Opik risks arrest

MP Lembit Opik risked arrest yesterday as he rode his Segway at 12mph outside the Houses of Parliament, defying the current ban on the vehicles on UK roads More

Monday 1 September 2008

German police raid Hyundai IT at IFA

German police seized TVs, mobile phones and other gadgets from the Hyundai IT booth at Berlin's IFA electronics fair on Saturday More
BT to save iconic red phone boxes for £1

Telecom giant BT has figured out how local authorities can save their classic red BT phone boxes under the 'Adopt a kiosk' scheme More

Thursday 14 August 2008

Robocop on the beat by 2084?

Robotics expert professor Noel Sharkey says he expects robots with "human-like features and expressions" to patrol the streets of the UK to cut crime within the next 75 years More

Monday 11 August 2008

Scientists closer to not seeing invisibility cloak

Researchers at Berkeley say they are a step closer to developing nano materials that will render people and other objects invisible More
TfL puts Oyster's future in question

Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium, which provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams More

Monday 28 July 2008

London swallows another Oyster fail

London's Oyster travel smart card system failed for the second time in a fortnight with many commuters enjoying a free trip to work on Friday morning More

Monday 14 July 2008

Consumers to turn into armchair gadget designers?

Within five years its the customers who could be whipping up the latest gadgets from their living room chairs, according to an analyst's report More

Tuesday 1 July 2008

Photos: Gibson frets over custom guitars

At the Gibson custom factory in Nashville, Tennessee, the famous guitar manufacturer makes its most expensive and exclusive instruments, including limited edition replicas More

Monday 16 June 2008

Photos: Intel shows off future tech

Company researchers demonstrated Intel's robotic arm and other cutting-edge research on Wednesday during Research@Intel Day at the Computer History Museum More

Wednesday 21 May 2008

Photos: Jet-powered wing propels solo flight

Last week, Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy jumped out of a plane above the Alps and flew with only a pair of jet-powered wings strapped to his body More
Calls to lift UK Segway ban

Peers in the House of Lords are calling for a lifting of the ban on the use of Segways on roads and pavements in the UK, after arguing they are safe to use and environmentally friendly More

Tuesday 13 May 2008

News.blog: JVC to merge with Kenwood

JVC and Kenwood said on Monday that they plan to become one company by 1 October this year, writes News.com blogger Erica Ogg More

Friday 9 May 2008

Photos: Fill 'er up with yeast and sugar

Meet the EFuel100 MicroFueler, which parent company E-Fuel says is the 'world's first home ethanol product'. You'll need some cash and in the US, a federal licence More

Tuesday 29 April 2008

Photos: Fashionable tech hits the runway

You've seen the wearable tech outfits -- now see them sashay down the catwalk at the San Francisco Exploratorium's 2nd Skin fashion show More

Monday 28 April 2008

Photos: Wearable tech at 2nd Skin show

Science and technology converged with art and fashion at "2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing", a runway fashion show More

Thursday 24 April 2008

Social trends spur technology

Social trends and the zeitgeist are more important than how good a new technology actually is when it comes to what consumers buy, according to Gartner More

Tuesday 22 April 2008

Photos: 'Mobots' race for accuracy

Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon University's 14th annual 'mobot' -- that is, mobile robot -- races took place on Friday on a downhill campus course More