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 [...]
Great ideas need sleep
You hear of stories from people who believe that they go to sleep at night and wake up in morning with a truly wonderful idea. This is true of many creative people such as famous authors etc. However, does sleep really help a good idea come to the surface?
It has long been believed that [...]
Ford speed limiter
There has always been a safety concern by parents when their children first take to the road after passing their driving tests. Despite changing laws and speed cameras, this still has little or no effect on accidents involving the younger driver.
This has led parents to feel helpless, until now! The Ford Motor Company have been [...]
Private rocket in orbit
Space history has been made when Space X blasted into orbit, nothing great about! Well it is something special as Falcon 1, which has become the first privately owned rocket to reach orbit. This launch was the fourth attempt by the organisation, the first three failing to launch.
The rocket, which blasted off from their base [...]
Wave energy takes to the sea
The world first viable wave powered energy plant went into action earlier this week. This took place off the coast of northern Portugal where it has produced enough power to supply fifteen hundred homes.
This small plant has only come about because of the countries rules that power companies need to invest into green power.
Nevertheless, there [...]
Gadgets that should be banned
There can be no doubt that most of us would not be able to live our lives without the help of technology, it is everywhere whether we like it or not. However, for all of its good points there are some smaller additions to the technology market which some people feel should be banned from [...]
August 19, 2008Roads could be a source of power
Anyone will know that when they were children and played outside, the roads during the summer got really hot. This has finally been realised by the science community who believe that this could be a brilliant source of power.
The idea is to lay conductive copper piping before a new asphalt (Black Top) is laid. They [...]
China set to lead manufacturing
Next year will be the year that China overtakes the USA as the biggest manufacturer of goods, this was always going to happen, but the experts had initially predicted that this would actually be taking place in four years time.
The main reason for this jump is being put down to the economy in the US [...]
Segway sales up
The famous Segway personal transport system, have been around since 2001 when the inventor Dean Kamen launched it onto the unsuspecting world to the same sort of public response as the personal transport that Sir Clive Sinclair invented, the Sinclair C5!
But it seems that the tide is changing and the Segway is making a big [...]
Accidental but successful products
Imagine discovering something completely by accident and knowing that it would go on to be one of the biggest things in its industry and stay there for years to come? Wouldn’t that be great?
Here are just ten products that were found by accident:
Potato Chips - Discovered: Saratoga Springs, New York
Viagra - Discovered: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
LSD [...]