WiFi networks are prevalent everywhere, nowadays with less people wanting the hassle of tethered Internet. Many wireless devices require WiFi or 3G to connect to the Internet. What is most annoying about having WiFi is the people who will try to piggyback on your open network or try to hack your password. With this coated ...

The water and electronics go together like fire and ice, they are foes to be forever separated. Keeping our electronics away from water is the best way to avoid any catastrophes, but accidents do happen. Ever dropped your phone into a puddle? Or worse into the pool, or the sea? This is why Daikin Industries ...

Playing games on touchscreen devices is nothing new, with smartphones nowadays having millions of game applications. Controlling your games would of course be through the use of the touchscreen, but the most irritating thing about using the touchscreen as a controller in smaller devices is the fact that you are blocking part of the screen. ...

Plenty of patents get filed every day, from the simplest of ideas, to the most complicated tech yet to be seen. Nokia’s strange patent application is surely going to set the buzz on things with their magnetic vibrating tattoo. According to the patent application, it is ‘a material attachable to skin, which is capable of ...

Speaking comes naturally to people, and unless one is disabled, there shouldn’t be any problem with one voicing out opinions and ideas. Unless of course you were pointed at with this SpeechJammer device. Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan developed the device, which is capable of making you ...

When one thinks of Epson, what comes to mind usually would obviously be printers and projection machines. Watches are not associated with Epson, but with the imminent release of their latest gadget, we may yet think of the company in a different light. Weighty watches are usually not the main choice of people who jog ...

With more and more interest being generated on 3D printing, there’s still a relatively high hurdle to be crossed, with current 3D printers being still so pricy. Roland’s new iModela 3D mill will hopefully change this, offering up users the chance to make their own 3D objects at home. With the iModela, users can use ...

Gadgets are now part and parcel of our lives, especially with portable devices that we are becoming more and more dependent upon. With laptops, smartphones, tablets and cameras are carried around by almost anyone. As single devices however, they function well, but is your smartphone able to allow you the accessibility of a laptop? Or ...

Imagine this scenario: you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere, you car has probably broken down and you’re very far away from any civilization. The only thing that can connect you to the outside world for your rescue would be your mobile phone, provided you can get a signal. Now how long will this phone ...

Batteries are used to run almost every electrical device we have, including our indispensable mobile devices. Imagine if batteries had never been invented, we would be solely dependent on wall sockets and wired technology. Batteries are not, however, that kind to the environment, and they have been known to suffer catastrophic failure occasionally. Sony has ...