Archive for the ‘Future Technologies’ Category

About a Smart Meter Coming to Your Home

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
About a Smart Meter Coming to Your Home

A few weeks ago you may well have seen or read in the news about Smart Meters for your home and them being installed in all homes across the UK. (more…)

Future House Exhibition is in Town

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Future House Exhibition is in Town

This week sees the London Future House Exhibition hosted in London’s Excel Centre.

Some of the future gadgets for the home are truly expensive, but others are reasonable in price and practicable. (more…)

Love BumpTop, Hate Old Desktop

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Love BumpTop, Hate Old Desktop

A very interesting desktop (literally) application has been released called BumpTop. BumpTop makes the desktop so much better and user friendly.

Some of you will be asking – “So what???” (more…)

Microsoft looks to the future

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Microsoft looks to the future

Microsoft has recently been showing off some ideas of future technologies which it hopes will eventually be in the market place.
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Photosynth Launches

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Photosynth Launches

It’s been in the making for a couple / if not three years in the making, but Microsoft has launched the perfect time waster photo software.

The software is actually very interesting from a technology perspective, (more…)

Clever little clock – batteries not included (or needed!)

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Clever little clock - batteries not included (or needed!)

Every so often, I see a new gadget on the horizon and think “that really is a good idea”, it is however rare. This week, of all things, a wall clock caught my eye. (more…)

Visa gives the humble credit card a touch of the 21st Century

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Visa gives the humble credit card a touch of the 21st Century

Shopping online for various items, whether it be the weekly shop, buying books, holidays or just ordering up Sky TV in time for Christmas is becoming a fairly regular day-to-day practice. At the heart of this is the payments using credit cards, but it is a common concern with sharing such personal details regularly that is always a worry. (more…)

Get your solar panels from … IKEA!?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Get your solar panels from ... IKEA!?

IKEA is planning on going beyond the usual flat-pack furniture market and (hopefully) within the next five years could be adding “green” goods to its product line, including solar panels. (more…)

Cycling jacket changes colour – AKA the Reactiv Cycle Jacket

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Cycling jacket changes colour - AKA the Reactiv Cycle Jacket

Whilst watching BBC Breakfast a few weeks back, I found myself fascinated by a jacket. Not exactly the fashion kind, but a life saving, wouldn’t look at all bad on most people, would help to reduce road rage kind! (more…)

Nokia gets ‘Morph’ing with bendy, touchy phone

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Nokia gets 'Morph'ing with bendy, touchy phone

There are plenty of developing technologies out there, and plenty of wild concepts. Some of the best I have seen over the past year can be read about on the right, just choose Future Technologies on the right menu.

Back in February Nokia certainly got tongues wagging with its latest concept phone, and I have to say I am turning my noise-up here. (more…)