Blockchain startup raises funds for digital collectible cards platform
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry and technology is helping it evolve even more. Once refined to families gathering around a board game, the growth and impact of online gaming is now one of the biggest phenomenons in recent times. From a voice-augmented board game to a video…
App controlled robotic bar lets users craft their own recipes
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Sustainable shoe soles are made from plant-based material
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); One of the raw materials in shoe soles is EVA, a foam made from petroleum. EVA is non-renewable and polluting which means shoe soles are typically harmful to the environment. Now, shoe company Allbirds have launched its Sugar Zeffer flip flops which have soles made from a new…
Furniture rental enters the sharing economy
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Many people would love to own high-quality, built-to-last furniture. But modern life, where people often rent accommodation for their whole lives, and move often, makes it difficult to own long-term ‘investment’ pieces. This type of furniture is also very expensive. Instead, people often buy cheap ‘disposable’ furniture, which…
Robot arm serves customers coffee
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How to inoculate the tech herd from IoT cyber-infections
TechRepublic’s Dan Patterson sat down with Bryson Bort, founder and CEO of Scythe, to talk about the challenges of IoT. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. More about IoT Bryson Bort: For the last two decades I’ve been doing offensive security research, and the way I phrase that is really understanding what’s…
Geofence system keeps track of your belongings
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); It’s no fun to head out for the day only to reach your destination and realise that you have left some crucial bit of kit behind. A number of companies have developed Bluetooth-linked trackers to help people find individual items that have been misplaced, such as wallets or…
Tech Explained: Virtual Reality
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); By now, most people have heard of Virtual Reality (VR), and chances are that many have also tried it out – whether using a head mounted display like the Oculus Rift, or simply attaching Google Cardboard to a smartphone. Virtual Reality is a combination of hardware that uses…
Virtual reality therapy helps overcome acrophobia
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Utilising the way people think is one of the most astonishing ways in which technology can function. From blockchain technology tackling extremist views to children learning about anti-discrimination via an online soccer game, its use is seemingly endless. Researchers from University of Oxford spinout Oxford VR have optimised…
How IoT is reinventing IT architecture
More about Big Data For the last five years, technology pundits have been talking about how cloud computing, big data, and security will reinvent IT architecture and thinking. But companies move at different rates than pundits do, so while IT architecture has changed, change has often come about informally and incrementally—and not as part of…