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For anyone who uses water on a daily basis, knowing the quality of the water is essential. For these people, CleanGrow has developed a "laboratory in a suitcase" which is able to analyse six water-based nutrients in one go. Ian from CleanGrow tells me more about it at Gadget Show Live. Developed for food growers and other industries that need to
Ransomware is the latest phase in online fraud. Think of it as an old-time mafia shake-down. It amounts to protection money. Your data gets encrypted and you have to pay to unlock your own files. It's a deplorable practice, but unfortunately also a lucrative one. And it's that promise of money that keeps the market for these things going. In
The Internet of Things and by extension, the connected home, is here. But is the world really ready for every facet of our daily lives to be connected to the internet? That smart toaster that notifies you via smartphone when your breakfast is ready might be a cool, convenient addition to your kitchen. But it's a potential attack vector for
Nintendo revealed that it will be releasing its popular Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem games on smart devices. This news was part of a Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year ending March 2016. Nintendo is planning to release both Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem as their next steps in their smart device business. Both are popular games and are anticipated
Road Show today with an Audio only. Lots of hot tech topics in this episode and a little more laid back show today. Download the Audio Show File Show Links: Malware Creator Fined. Twitter Case Partially Dismissed. Give me your Fingerprint. Tesla Hepa Filtering. Reset WiFi Plug. H1-B Fraud. SI2 to Phoenix. VR Gone Wrong. Remote Ship. Delta goes RFID. Craig
Although the march of technology has been towards miniaturisation and making gadgets smaller, there are some things that need to be big and there's no value in making them smaller. For example, luggage and suitcases need to be big enough to get enough clothes and belongings in for the trip. This is perfect while the bags are needed on travel,
Supersonic (traveling faster than the speed of sound) flight has been possible for about 70 years. The auditory results of cracking the sound barrier are sometimes heard (and felt) in the form of sonic booms. But what does it look like when an object reaches Mach 1? Often, aircraft are photographed with a visible plume of moisture erupting around them
When Apple released the latest version of its set-top AppleTV box, much hype was focused on the device's ability to run third-party apps. This development was a departure from the closed-off nature of previous iterations of the Apple TV. The addition of third-party app support meant that Apple TV could now be used as more than just a media-consumption box.
There is a bill going through Congress that could attach a 20-year prison sentence to the act of “swatting”. The bill passed the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, and its next step is a floor vote in the House. “Swatting”, for those who are unaware, is when a person calls the police to notify them of a bomb
We've all seem people walking while staring down at their phones, even resulting in some hilarious videos. Even one that went viral a while back when a surveillance camera captured footage a woman in a shopping mall falling into a fountain while staring at the device in her hand. Now a city in Germany thinks it may have found a
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