Critics malign the selfie trend for celebrating narcissism. Companies, on the other hand, are embracing this trend as an avenue for free promotion. More and more we are seeing tourism destinations and other venues creating "Instagram moments" that invite customers to take photos of themselves and post to social media. Now Virgin Atlantic...
Naturally controversial as faceless robots in the sky, flying drones also have the potential to solve all kinds of challenges that helicopters, satellites and GPS devices haven't been able to tackle. As they get cheaper and more pervasive, creative people from all walks of life are finding novel uses for the aircraft. Even if you are not a game...
Reusable coffee mugs have been gaining traction over the past few years as the responsible choice for java drinkers worldwide. More and more, people are choosing to be greener by avoiding ordering beverages in container they only use only once. And many companies nudge their patrons in this direction by offering discounts on drinks (and food)...
Mobile computing has already changed the way we watch TV, play games and communicate with one another. Now they are revolutionizing medicine. The American company Nanobiosym is offering a tablet called Gene-RADAR that can analyse a drop of blood or saliva to quickly diagnose diseases even before any symptoms are present. Currently in clinical...
Problems with focus or anxiety are part of the human experience. As antidotes, we’ve developed time-tested solutions like a fresh cup of coffee, a cold bottle of beer, soothing music, or pumping low levels of electricity into the brain to directly control what brain cells are doing. Wait – that last one? Electric brainwave control is actually...
It didn’t take long for drones to graduate from an unnerving military weapon to a big new social trend. From real estate agents using them to photograph estates, to Amazon (and others using them for package deliveries, there are a huge range of possible uses for civilian drones and people keep coming up with innovative new ideas. The drone, it...
The fact that humans are forgetful creatures has led to a slew of high-tech tracking devices that just keep getting techier. If you have a smartphone, you probably know that you can track its location on a computer, should it get lost or stolen. But what about everything else? The California-based tech start-up Pixie has developed a small and...
The jury has not yet spoken as to whether the smart watches will be a trend or a fad, but the makers of these devices know at least one new way in which almost every wearer will want to use the camera on their wrists: to take selfies. The selfie has been around almost as long as there have been cameras, but the phenomenon has taken on a new...
We have already spotlighted in-store computer screens, and even vending machines, that are capable of analysing your face and clothes, and then offering style and make-up suggestions. Now an app called Beautiful Me does something similar, right from your own home. Connect to Facebook and it looks at up to 500 of your online photos, analyzes...
Everything old becomes new again. At least that's the case with the venerable bicycle which seems to be undergoing a renaissance of sorts in cities and towns worldwide. A beneficiary of both the fitness and green trends, bicycles as a popular form of travel and recreation are here to stay. This trend has been solidified by major investments...