Quite often, the best technology comes at a hefty price but not always. One of the exceptions to this rule is Google’s humble Chromecast. It’s great value and simple to…

The rumours are true, the Nokia 3310 is back – making a comeback 17 years after its first release. Anticipation has been high ever since news of its release leaked…

Anyone who’s spent any amount of time digitizing photos using a flatbed scanner knows how tedious and arduous a task it can be. Not only that, but the results can…

It can be daunting enough making a doctor’s appointment but imagine a scenario where you had the option to receive a diagnosis through your smartphone. Although it is early days,…

On the left, 8×8 images; in the middle, the images generated by Google; and on the right, the original 32×32 faces. Photograph: Google Google has revealed technology capable of restoring…

From cloud technology to more easily adjustable seats; there is no part of a bicycle that won’t benefit from the upgrades we will be seeing in the coming year. Get…

No longer willing to let Amazon have the space to itself, Google on Tuesday officially launched Google Home, its long-awaited wireless hub. Google Home is an interactive personal assistant and…

In a nationally televised commercial that premiered last month, an empty search box sitting against a stark white background slowly morphs, becoming taller and skinnier. As Redbone croons “Come and…

At first, it struck me as a gimmick: Nearly 30 years after Michael J. Fox strapped on auto-lacing Nike sneakers in Back to the Future II, the company has created…

Tech giant Samsung has said it is suspending sales of its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 7, as reports of exploding batteries threaten to damage the reputation of the South…

With DuoSkin, wearables are no longer just an accessory. They become part of your skin. The MIT Media Lab and Microsoft Research set out to create on-skin user interfaces using…

High in the stark Nevada desert, a couple of hundred miles north-west of Las Vegas, is the shimmering circular mirage of Crescent Dunes. Ten thousand silvery glass panes surround a…

It has emerged that an attempted hack was made on Garda computer systems earlier this week. The attack, happened on Thursday, forced Garda admin workers to shut down a number…

  An American company called StarChase has watched enough James Bond movies and come up with a product for launching projectiles from police cars. Law Enforcement agencies wont be shooting…

GPS Bullets Policing in America has just gotten a little more James Bond (or Batman if you prefer). GPS bullets, the new technology that allows police to track a suspect’s…

ShotSpotter is a new technology that works by using a series of acoustic sensors to recognise gunfire and triangulate it’s positioning. Specialised software is used to record audio throughout the…

We are all by now familiar with the concept of motorised bicycles. You might have seen them sputtering about like labored lawnmowers, and not looking too dissimilar either. They are…

Ford is the latest company to receive a a permit to test-drive their autonomous car of Californian public roads, bringing the technology one step closer to actualisation. The American car…

Ryan Tubridy has already donned his Christmas jumpers and hosted the annual Christmas Toy Show. It’s the night when kids all over the country mentally draft their first letter to Santa, filled with…

Over the past decade the internet has given us a whole slew of new ways to entertain ourselves: Youtube videos, online gaming, an endless supply of memes, apps to satisfy…

According to Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, the main reason we don’t want to wear bicycle helmets is because we are vein. We don’t like how bulky they look, how…

We’ve all seen the scene in CSI: Miami where a blurry image of a criminal is ran through a flashy database at lightning speed before matching with an identifiable suspect….

The Hollywood science fiction film Minority Report depicted a futuristic scenario in which a Pre-Crime department of the police arrests criminals for crimes before they actually get around to committing…

As of March 31st 2018, all cars and light vans in the European Union will be equipped with a device called an eCall which automatically alerts emergency services in the…