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At CES International 2012, PowerSkin has announced new portable power solutions for smartphones and other rechargeable devices. SolarCharge, Key Charge and Gaming Skins are all designed to keep the mobile user going for longer. The SolarCharge is a universal charger for all types of smartphone including iPhone, Android and Blackberry, and it comprises a 1000 mAh battery paired with a
The theft of mobile electronic devices has become increasingly attractive as the value of gadgets rises and the economy falls. A particularly easy way to steal is to simply open likely-looking backpacks and rucksacks while they're being worn and remove the gadgetry without the owner noticing. Sometimes the pack can be unzipped quietly, other times it's cut open with a
"Time is the fire in which we burn" wrote Delmore Schwartz in Calmly We Walk Through This April’s Day, but fortunately a good watch can make time's passing a bit more bearable. I'd love to be a watch connoisseur, or rather, I'd love to have the money to be a watch connoisseur. However, in the absence of the cash, all I can
Travelling by air can be pretty dull - you're jammed into a metal tube with nowhere to go even if you could get out of your seat. Inflight entertainment has evolved from one or two screens for the whole cabin to multichannel personal media players in seat headrests, which certainly helps to alleviate the boredom. More recently and largely responding
The Institute of Engineering and Technology's monthly magazine always has plenty of tech articles and this month is no exception with a look at the different approaches to space flight being adopted by the US and Russia in Gateway to the Stars. In the US, privateers are pushing forwards with the new Spaceport America in New Mexico, while the Russians
The map of the London Underground is world famous for its linear representation of train stations and lines. It was created by Harry Beck in the 1930s and subsequently became the standard by which other metro and subway maps were designed. The map uses a simple set of rules to great advantage, such as coloured lines, stations equally spaced, lines can
Longtime readers of GNC will recall that we sometimes divert from the path of pure geek to cover other interesting topics and there's been a short series of strange hotels. We've had aircraft fuselages, boxes in the woods and undergrounds caverns. However, this has to be the ultimate hotel room at the Conrad Rangali Island Maldives Hotel, even if it