Tesla Eats Into BMW, Mercedes, Audi High-Margin Sales As Germans Miscue
BMW, VW’s Audi and Porsche, and Mercedes have invested huge sums to produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, but one German expert believes this is a big mistake, and […]
What’s putting the brakes on driverless cars?
What’s putting the brakes on driverless cars? Image captionAudi’s prototype driverless car is sportier than Google’s, but will it ever go mainstream? […]
Facebook hits one billion users a day
Facebook has a billion users in a single day, says Mark Zuckerberg For the first time over a billion people used Facebook on a single day, according to company founder Mark […]
LED light that lasts for 40 years
Bright spark Jake Dyson has designed an LED light that lasts for 40 years How many design engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? One: Jake Dyson, son of Sir James, who […]
Sense: A gadget to change the way we sleep
British entrepreneur James Proud, 23, presents a white sphere the size of a tennis ball covered in a criss-cross pattern. “It is beautiful,” he says, when asked to […]
A mood-changing headset, Thync, that uses electrodes to perk you up
Alcohol and coffee are about to get competition from a set of electrodes you wear on your head. Branded the Thync, the calming effect it produces is comparable to how you […]
2015 will be the year wearable tech
2015 will be the year wearable tech gets under the skin Want to know how much ultraviolet exposure you’ve had on a summer’s day? Next year, a hair slide could tell you. […]
Will Robot Assist In Shopping?
Will robot shop assistants spell the end for shop work? It would be surprising if Wickes or Homebase announced they were opening a futuristic research arm aimed at developing […]
IBM’s SyNAPSE chip:
IBM’s SyNAPSE chip: creating a neural computer like your brain Computers are pretty good at some things, like number crunching and logic, but terrible at others that are […]
3 D-printed electric car
The Strati: a 3D-printed electric car that could be built in 24 hours When Jay Rogers drove away from the International Manufacturing Technology Show in September and toured […]