Bento Lab: A DNA Laboratory for Everybody
Bento Lab is a portable DNA laboratory designed for anyone and everyone. It aims to bring molecular biology to the masses without the need for a full lab, or huge cash investment. Founded by Bethan Wolfenden and Philipp Boeing, Bento Lab is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.
Hands On With Visijax At Wearable Technology Show 2016
One of the key buzzwords flying around this year's Wearable Technology Show was "safety," which is why Visijax are seeing so much success! The premise is simple, but this CES innovation award-winning range of activewear brings a lot to the table for any cyclist.
NASA Images Reveal New Details About Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots
NASA's Dawn satellite has sent back the most detailed images yet of the large, bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres. Orbiting at just 385 km above the surface, pictures reveal a mini-world of complex land formations inside the region known as Occator Crater.
World's Largest Pokémon Card Made Out Of 13,000 Cards In One
What? Pikachu is evolving! As part of Pokémon's 20th anniversary celebration, British artist Quentin Devine has created the world's largest trading card mosaic, made out of 12,987 individual cards.
Face-Tracking Tech Lets You Make Putin Pout And Bush Blush
Researchers from Stanford University and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have worked with the Max Planck Institute for Informatics to create face-warping technology. Using a clever bit of kit, the team can manipulate the faces of people on YouTube in real-time.
5 Things You Need To Know About The Apple iPhone SE
The iPhone SE has been announced in an event at Apple's campus, and a lot of what was rumoured about the product has been confirmed. But what specifically does it bring to the table? Here are the five things you need to know.
Twitter Celebrates Tenth Anniversary With 140-Character Thank You Note
On March 21st, 2006, Twitter entered the social world. Ten years later, it has over 300 million active users and went public to the tune of more than $10 billion. Granted this is $30 billion less than 2013 and many people still misunderstand how to use it, but the company hopes to change these preconceptions wth its new ad.
Watch The World's Tiniest Rube Goldberg Machine Made Of Watch Parts
We love a good Rube Goldberg machine. They are amazing feats of creative engineering that serve the smallest, almost pointless purposes. Seiko have built one from tiny watch parts, which can fit onto a table rather than fill two suitcases.
Spielberg Enlists Crystal Skull Writer For Indiana Jones 5
Feeling excited for the new Indiana Jones, announced on Tuesday by Disney? Well, get ready to have that feeling struck down. According to The Hollywood Reporter, David Koepp has been brought on to write the film's script - you may know him as the screenwriter on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Domino's Introduces World's First Autonomous Pizza Delivery Robot
Domino's Australia has just introduced 'DRU,' which they claim is the world's first autonomous pizza delivery robot. Short for Domino’s Robotic Unit, a team at Marathon Robotics teamed up with the pizza chain to create this piece of military-grade kit that's ready to take our jobs!
Lying Down With Beddit At Wearable Technology Show 2016
I love sleeping so much, my energetic girlfriend consistently questions how I can be so lazy. With this in mind, imagine my excitement when I came across Beddit at the Wearable Technology Show.
Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee To Feel Sense Of Touch Again
A man who lost his left hand has had his sense of touch restored with an artificial fingertip, which can detect pain, temperature and pressure.
The Chuckle Brothers Become Brutal Assassins In Real-Life Hitman Game
Oh dear oh dear. You've probably already seen the live-action version of Hitman that IO Interactive helped make to promote their new game, which YouTubers had a field day with. But it wasn't just them. Turns out the Chuckle Brothers had a go too, and they are ferocious assassins.
Scientists Successfully Grow Crops In Mars Soil Conditions
Researchers from Wageningen University & Research centre in the Netherlands have created Mars-equivalent soil in the lab and successfully managed to grow crops in it. This is a huge step towards the potential future colonisation of the red planet.
New Emulator Transforms Classic 2D NES Games Into 3D
A Vietnamese developer has created a unique web-based emulator, which breaths new life into old 2D Nintendo games by turning them into 3D. Aptly called 3DNES, the software only works with the Firefox browser at the moment.
Shoreditch One Vape Kit Review
My name is Jason England and I'm a smoker. Not the kind you could tolerate, but the social smoker that will ask for my friend's cigarettes when I've had more than a drop of alcohol. What can replace this craving for me (and the annoyance of my friends)? Nothing has worked. That is until I got my hands on the Shoreditch One Vape Kit.
Eye-Tracking App Lets Paralysed People Make Music
Plenty of work has already been done in creating eye- and face-tracking technology, which helps the paralysed to communicate. But what if you want to have some fun? What if you want to create music? That's where Andreas Refsgaard and his new app, Eye Conductor, come in.
Origin Story Of Darth Maul Told Through Amazing Fan-Made Star Wars Short Film
You may hate The Phantom Menace, but Darth Maul was one hell of an interesting character. He was an amazing Sith lord with a fresh look and opened our minds to the possibility of a cracking villain for the prequel trilogy (Belated Media agrees). However, these were struck down in a cheap early death that meant he lived up to half his potential (pardon the pun). Luckily, this sin has been absolved by an incredible 17-minute feature named Darth Maul: Apprentice - A Star Wars Film.
The Ghostbusters Overreaction: Stop Freaking Out. The New Film Could Be Good
So the long-awaited trailer for Paul Feig's reboot of Ghostbusters is out, and the reaction has not been great. In many of these irrationally tweeted opinions, people feel it doesn't capture the spirit of the original. Unfortunately, all of these can be summed up in one word.
Women. It's because the new team are women.