AI can transform football matches into 3D holograms
Watching football in 3D from the comfort of your own home may still be a distant dream, but a team of US researchers have found a way to create 3D holograms...
Kitty hawk flying car – you can fly with two hours training
Flying cars have been in the news a lot lately. And a start-up backed by Google co-founder Larry Page is close to making it a reality with the Kitty Hawk flying...
Pilotless planes unlikely to take off
You may recall we wrote about pilotless planes on our blog last year and the reaction to the prospect of taking a flight sans pilot wasn't exactly welcomed by the majority....
BinDayCator lamp lights up to tell you which colour bin to put out
A Scottish inventor has gone viral after creating BinDayCator - a lamp that tells you what colour bins to put out.
Darren Tarbard’s creation – originally called the Bindicator but changed to...
Gatwick Airport trials facial recognition tech
To try and speed up boarding the airport is working with easyJet for an initial trial of the facial recognition tech.
Gatwick Airport has launched a trial of biometric technology aimed...
Robot dog to be let off lead in 2019
Fed up with mounds of pet hair in the house? Can't be doing with early morning walkies? Why not trade in the Labrador for a robot dog?
Actually it just looks like...
A NASA helicopter is off to Mars
A small autonomous NASA helicopter will be on the next rover mission to Mars.
The US space agency revealed the NASA helicopter will be carried aboard the Mars 2020 rover as a...
First Boring Company tunnel under LA almost finished
Elon Musk has revealed the first Boring Company tunnel under LA is almost complete, and he hopes to offer free rides to the public soon.
In a new video posted to his...
Facial recognition software used by police wrong 90% of the time
Facial recognition software should be dropped by police amid concerns it is “almost entirely inaccurate”, campaigners have warned.
Figures revealed in response to Freedom of Information requests by Big Brother Watch have...
Where will Uber flying taxis land next?
The search is on for an international city to join the pilot locations for the Uber flying taxis service. Could London, Manchester or Birmingham be on the short list?
Uber has announced...
Delivery bots invasion
Autonomous robot firm Starship Technologies are to launch 1,000 delivery bots. The machines are coming to work and education campuses in the UK, Europe and US.
A company specialising in autonomous delivery...
Contact lenses could shoot lasers like Superman
Scientists have designed ultra-thin contact lenses that have the ability to shoot lasers from your eyes like Superman.
The lenses contain stick-on membranes which are 200 nanometres thick and can beam lasers...
Branson’s hyperloop delivers at speed of flight
Sir Richard Branson has unveiled plans to revolutionise freight deliveries using his hyperloop system.
The Virgin boss and billionaire wants to develop technology which can move time-sensitive goods “at the speed of...
Hand-tracking technology and the future of augmented reality
Software firm Leap Motion has published details of its work on an AR headset and interface controlled by hand movement. The hand-tracking technology looks amazing. Watch the videos here.
Motion gesture software...
Augmented reality shopping demo
This augmented reality shopping tool is brilliant. Developed by London entrepreneur Andrew Hart you could soon be using it in your local supermarket.
Augmented reality is not just for using Snapchat filters...
Mind-reading headset can understand voices in your head
Researchers have created a mind-reading headset that can ‘hear’ silent speech. Scary. Or exciting?
A new mind-reading headset created by university researchers can understand words the wearer says internally but does not...
How do astronauts print in space? With a zero gravity printer of course
HP has built a zero gravity printer especially for the International Space Station.
Apparently even astronauts occasionally need to print out important documents, so tech giant HP is providing the International Space...
In too much of a rush for driverless tech?
Pioneering autonomous car firms such as Uber and Tesla are rushing into driverless tech “too soon”, according to a leading robotics professor.
Speaking out after a woman was killed by an Uber...
Uber self-driving car in fatal crash
An Uber self-driving car has struck and killed a pedestrian in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle, prompting the ride-hailing company to suspend road-testing of such cars in...
3D-printed housing could reduce global homelessness
US start-up Icon wants to use 3D-printed housing to build cheap homes for millions without shelter.
3D-printed housing that can be built in less than 24 hours has been unveiled in...
