Workers at Canon cannot sit down or walk slow
A lot of people do not like their jobs; this can be for many reasons but spare a thought for the employees of Canon the electrical giant.
They have found that all chairs have been removed from the plants and a sophisticated alarm system has been installed that goes off should an employee not be walking [...]
Vatican set to create solar power plant
The Vatican are looking to go green, but this is not some small turbine or a couple of solar panels they are going green in seriously big way.
Vatican City is the smallest nation in the world it covers a small area and there are around forty thousand households within the site. It is the intention [...]
Space suit for sale, one careful owner
It was in 1957 when the Russians launched the first spacecraft and started the space race that is over fifty years worth of space equipment and there is a big business building in the selling of used space equipment to enthusiastic collectors.
Each year there are several auctions that have developed regular sales of this equipment. [...]
Will there be one world currency
The value of currencies have had a serious knock on effect on commerce throughout the world and indeed have to take part of the blame for the current financial crisis that still effects a great deal of the world.
However, if there were a world currency would things have been different?
Surprisingly it is the Chinese who [...]
Church uses coke for baptisms
In the freezing north life still goes on, countries like Norway are experiencing a severe cold spell at the moment and yet life still goes for the people as they go about their daily lives and celebrate all of the normal family events such as a baptism.
Unfortunately, some things do have to suffer, like the [...]
£4,500 per month to live in tube
It may sound like the latest in a long line of reality TV programmes where contestants are put through embarrassing and yet strangely entertaining tasks. However, this is no TV show it is a step forward to the first manned mission to Mars.
Six volunteers will be sealed into the metal containers that are located inside [...]
After sixteen years, Sci-Fi changes name
Not wanting to be limited to providing just sci-fi the most famous genre based channel in the world is about to change its name.
The Sci-Fi Channel has been responsible for providing some the most popular TV sci-fi shows around for as long as satellite TV has been around, but programming has changed over the years [...]
Letting Twitter do the work
There was a time when Twitter was considered a stupid idea, after all who wants to know want people are doing in their lives? Well it would seem quite a lot of people do and that is why the numbers of people who Twitter is growing.
However, it is not just individuals that have the Twitterbug [...]
Twitters get Twitterfall
Twitterfall has been described as one of the most useful Twitter tools on the market, and by accounts that statement could be right. The great thing about this tool is that it has been developed by two students from the University of York.
The growth in the use of Twitter has highlighted that news stories can [...]
NASA’s failure to launch
A new satellite whose purpose was to track the major culprits of global warming has crashed into the ocean just off Antarctica minutes after being launched from California on Tuesday.
The satellite was going to be part of NASA’s already struggling network of environment monitoring satellites. It cost around $280 million and was specifically designed to [...]
Google win Street View case
It has been nearly a year since a couple from Pittsburgh in the US decided that the Street View feature by Google was a step too far. The couple started a lawsuit against the search giant claiming that Google Maps was an invasion of their privacy.
They are not alone because all around the country and [...]
Wikipedia to change policy
Wikepedia is the undisputed champion of free information on the internet, however how accurate this information is a matter for debate, this is because anyone can set sign and join in the fun, but once you are in it is possible to change entries or just create your own version of a story.
This has led [...]
Apple payout for scratched iPods
Apple have settled a class action law suit where customers who bought an iPod were disappointed to find that there were quality issues with the product, this was brought about because how easily it was for the devices surfaces to become scratched.
The law suit argued that Apple was aware that the high gloss surface could [...]
Steve Jobs still want to be on Disney’s board
Despite the concerns over Steve Jobs health, it looks as if he cannot be too worried about it, even though he has taken a six month leave of absence from the day to day running of Apple. He is still interested in being re-elected to the board of Disney in March.
He has been a member [...]
Remember Knol
When Google announced that Knol was going to be the next and best wiki type venture on the net, there were some ripples of fear appearing, yet that was 2007 and when it would not be until July 2008 when Knol finally appeared.
It promised to be better than other knowledge communities for both the reader [...]
App for iPhone earns $100,000
There cannot be many people who have escaped the current craze in applications for the Apple iPhone. There are those, which resemble cigarettes, glass of beer and so on but the one application that is the most successful is iSteam.
What this application does is turns the screen into a steamed up mirror effect, but with [...]
Advertising banned at teatime in France
For the time ever in France, TV viewers will be able to watch the box in the early evening without the interruption of any adverts at all, this is because the French government have banned TV advertising on the state owned channels during these prime times.
These new rules mean that advertising will be banned during [...]
Treasure hunter uses Google Maps
Google maps are great for finding directions from one place to another. However, could this be the first time that this service from the search engine has been used to find lost treasure?
The case comes up because of a legal battle, which has started, between a 39 year old musician and filmmaker and the representatives [...]
iFart makes big bucks for developer
it is always the simple things that seem to make the most money these days, take a relatively new application from the iPhone/iTouch app store, as the name suggests this is a application that will allow the user to left off a variety of sounds in an attempt to break the silence so to speak.
For [...]
The end of the VHS
For a lot of people the video recorder is something that could be found in the technology museum, but surprisingly there are a lot of VHS players out there being used every day but not for long as the last producer of VHS equipment is finally throwing in the towel.
So finally the format that killed [...]