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In the world of hi-fi ‘retro’ usually applies to traditional looking equipment, like glowing valves, spinning turntables, wood finishes and twitching VU meters, but for folks who like their retro, …
Gramovox Bluetooth gramophone horn goes beyond retro Read More
Look away now if you have any kind of fear of spiders, because this spooky little bug robot will probably send you fleeing.
Extra creepy Spider robot looks set to terrify arachnophobics everywhere Read More
NASA has used technology from panoramic experts GigaPan to help stitch together around 900 separate images photos to create a massive image of the surface of Mars – and it’s a truly beautiful creation.
NASA releases a spectacular 1.3 billion pixel interactive panorama of the planet Mars Read More
Describing itself as “a mutual aid dating community to help us discover loving relationships that are in solidarity with our political struggle,” is a new website called Anarkissed.org.
Anarkissed.org – a dating website for anarchists goes for crowdfunding Read More
Now, we’ve already seen no end of weird stuff coming out of Japan, but these ‘Human Clone’ dolls really are a bit special.
Behold the utter weirdness of the Human Cloned Dolls from Japan Read More
Taking its cue from the innovative Asus Transformer range, HP has announced its new HP SlateBook x2 convertible Android tablet, packing a powerful NVIDIA Tegra 4 Tegra 4 CPU.
HP SlateBook x2 convertible Android tablet/notebook packs Tegra 4 chip and 1920 x 1200 display Read More
Things don’t get much cooler than playing a guitar in space, and Commander Chris Hadfield cuts a dash recording a revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity on board the International Space Station.
New Space Oddity video recorded onboard the International Space Station Read More
Brilliantly pointless, this Smart Trash Can from Japan will shuffle around an office floor to guarantee that any objects thrown at it will hit the target.
Fabulously over-engineered motorised Smart Trash Can from Japan guarantees a slam dunk every time Read More
We’ve seen all sorts of crazy. mad and inspired PC case mods, but this one featuring a mini living room scene inside a computer is by far our favourite.
The best PC case we’ve ever seen comes with a built in living room Read More
Folks smarting from the upmarket price tags on the Microsoft Surface Pro tablets announced yesterday may be interested in taking a look at Asus’s budget Asus VivoTab which runs the full blown Windows 8 …
Asus VivoTab tablet offers Windows Surface Pro for just £399 Read More
This phone is so hot that it sold out within seconds when it first appeared in Google’s Play store, and it’s been the same situation all around the world.
Red hot Google Nexus 4 handset going on sale in the UK from 5pm tonight – get in quick! Read More
So many details about Panasonic’s exciting new Lumix GH3 camera were leaked in advance, that the actual announcement felt more like a formality than a surprise.
Panasonic Lumix GH3 packs in high-end still and movie making features Read More
Technicians from GE have been busy clambering around London’s iconic Tower Bridge to install a new LED lighting system which will be 40 per cent more energy-efficient than the old lights …
Tower Bridge gets a new cloak of LEDs for the Queen’s Jubilee Read More
Rarely has a £30 purchase bought so much joy around the Wirefresh offices, but we’re absolutely chuffed with the Fotodiox m43 adapter for our Olympus OM-D camera.
Best £30 Olympus OM-D upgrade you can buy – the Fotodiox m43 adapter Read More
Well, that’ll teach us. No sooner had we enthusiastically posted up our ICS upgrade guide for the Samsung Galaxy SII phone than all the wheels came falling off the wagon.
Samsung S2 Ice Cream Sandwich introduces glitches and annoyances galore Read More