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Satoshi Yanagisawa is a sustainable designer based in Farnham in the south-east of England. He's developed "Cyclus", a concept for a wind-up USB charger that will give around 30 minutes juice for a couple of twists. Based on a spring and DC motor, this is simple technology in a great design and is a far more elegant solution than other
The names of thousands for BT & Sky broadband customers who had allegedly illegally downloaded adult material have been leaked on-line. The lists appear to have been obtained from servers of a law firm ACS:Law by the notorious 4chan group. ACS:Law had obtained the lists from ISPs Sky and PlusNet (owned by BT) and had been using the information to
Virgin Media today launched the first commercially available 3D digital TV on-demand service in the UK. Called "3D Movies On Demand", it's ready for Virgin Media TV customers with 3D technology, who will now be able to choose 3D movies from the already extensive range of programmes available on-demand. The on-demand back-end is provided by FilmFlex and it's expected that the number of
In sad news, one of the owners of the Segway company has been found dead after apparently driving his machine off a cliff and into a river. James Heseldon was named by West Yorkshire police in a short statement. He was pulled from the River Wharfe in Boston Spa, North Yorkshire, UK and declared dead at the scene on Sunday morning. Mr Heseldon was a
If you want to get away from it all, then this hotel (motel) room in the Grand Canyon Caverns might be just for you. Over 200 ft down in a vast underground cavern, you'll be pretty much guaranteed to get an undisturbed night's sleep, even if the bomb goes off. New for 2010 and situated in a cave 200 ft wide, 400
I recently travelled from the UK to the USA for a holiday (or vacation). Prior to leaving, I checked how much data was going to cost on my Palm Pre when abroad. It was an eye-watering £6 ($9) per MB. Yes, per MB. Needless to say, I turned off data roaming as soon as I left the UK. However, I wasn't
Today, HP announced its autumn line-up of notebooks, with the HP Envy 17 3D taking the flagship role as the first 17" laptop to support 1080p 3-D and Blu-ray. The Envy 17 3D comes with active shutter glasses which wirelessly sync with the HD display giving a full 3D experience when viewing films or playing games that are "3D". Under