Bang & Olufsen’s rolling speaker sounds grand (three grand to be accurate)
The Beosound Edge rolling speaker is inspired by the classic pound coin and can also be attached to walls.
Audio firm Bang & Olufsen has unveiled a unique take on the home...
Virgin Hyperloop One chooses Spain
It's a bit of a surprise but Virgin Hyperloop One has chosen a Spanish village for its first EU development site. The company is expected to create between 200 and 300...
Samsung develops unbreakable phone screen
Samsung has revealed a flexible display that can withstand several hits from a hammer without showing so much as a scratch. The South Korean smartphone maker posted a video of the...
Iron Man jet suit on sale now – going fast
A flying Iron Man jet suit has gone on sale – though you may need to sell your house to buy it.
Just nine of the Gravity flight suits are available from...
An AI car has learnt to follow lanes in 20 minutes
Engineers behind the AI car project believe good old-fashioned trial and error is the key to perfecting autonomous cars. Which sounds a bit dodgy but...
An autonomous car has used artificial intelligence...
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...
