TECHNOLOGY
App Transforms iPhone into Hearing Aid
May 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
UK-based BioAid is an iPhone app that provides hearing impaired with a means to amplify the sounds within their environment. It transforms the iOS into a wearable hearing aid with the use of headphones. The way in which it works is quite simple.…
Art Meets Science: Masks Created from Strangers DNA
May 9, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Information artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg has created a rather bizarre series of sculptures for her project Stranger Visions. The sculptures are based on pieces of information; DNA that has been extracted from objects located in public…
Tech Company bans Email
May 3, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Nara’s vision is to humanise the internet and they way we search for information. The company seeks to make the internet more personalised through search recommendations and by eliminating the distracting noise that can interfere…
PivotDesk: Helping Start-ups who Need Space
May 1, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
PivotDesk is a new online platform seeking to eliminate one of the biggest barriers start-ups face, finding suitable office space. The website is able to streamline the process for budding entrepreneurs and supports online transactions…
Citizens Collaborate for Smart Water Management
April 29, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
IBM is leveraging the crowd In South Africa to keep track of water infrastructure and sources with their latest tool WaterWatchers. Launched on World Water Day in the City of Tshwane, the aim of the project is to help capture, share and analyse…
Splitsecnd, Your Emergency Contact
April 24, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Splitsecnd is a GPS-enabled key that instantly connects the driver of a vehicle to emergency personnel when an accident occurs. It significantly reduces the time it takes for life-saving care to reach victims. It is simply plugged into the…
Platform to Diagnose Medical Conditions
April 19, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
CrowdMed uses the collective intelligence of hundreds of ‘medical detectives’ to assist in solving the world’s most difficult and unusual medical cases with the implementation of their online platform. The company…
How Oakley Tested their Wearable Platform
April 19, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Earlier this year Oakley introduced new product Airwave to their range that propelled goggle design and technology to the next level. With a built-in heads up display in the form of a fourteen inch feed that integrates GPS and bluetooth, …
Announcing The Rise & Rise of Made Better in China
April 11, 2013 | Ben Rennie
At a recent conference for the Australian Tourism Industry, I was asked to speak about consumer behaviour and emerging trends. During my research, all roads led to China.
The travel industry in Australia is in a good place. After…
The Future of Passwords
April 11, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
In the not to distant future it may be possible to access private and restricted information with a thought, known as ‘pass thoughts’ and will replace the need for passwords. This new body of research has been conducted at the University…
Walgreens set to Become a Zero Energy Retail Store
April 3, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
US drug store chain, Walgreens have set an ambitious goal of becoming the countries first zero energy retail store. With the fusion of various technologies the store will generate and reduce its energy consumption. The company proposes that…
Postcards from Google Earth
April 2, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Postcards from Google Earth are a series of screenshots collected by Brooklyn based artist, Clement Valla. At a first glance it appears as though there was an error or glitch when the image was captured. However the effect occurs when algorithms…
TEDxSydney Satellite Event
March 25, 2013 | Josh Stinton
Unable to make it to the Opera House on May 4th? Well, we have some exciting news. Here at TEDxSydney we want to share the unique TEDx experience with the world – as well as those attending the event.
Which is why this year, you can hold an official…
Water Generator Billboard
March 20, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Peru has implemented an interesting and innovative way to recruit new students for the year 2013. Enlisting the help of agency DraftFCB, the uni created the world’s first water …
3D Printed Skull Implant
March 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Connecticut based Oxford Performance Materials have created a 3D printed cranial implant. The implant has been designed to replace seventy five percent of an unnamed man’s skull in the US earlier this week. The company gained FDA approval…
North Korea as Seen Through Instagram
March 4, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
The end of February saw North Korea loosen their strict internet usage laws. Foreigners to the country are now able to freely roam the interent via the sole mobile phone service provider, Koryolink. Visitors now have the ability to present…
2013 – Why Aren’t we all Driving Electric Vehicles?
February 27, 2013 | Rui Rodrigues 3
Electric vehicles have seen a slow adoption curve, probably slower than most new technology products, but contrary to popular belief the main reasons are actually non-technological ones.
In the past few months, hardly a week goes by without…
Mobile Meaning
February 25, 2013 | Eva Muller
In the documentary ‘Connecting’, the future of (Interaction) design is discussed as to be used to develop and facilitate meaningful things in our lives. Because we are currently ‘confused about what’s really important in life’.…
ShareDesk: The Airbnb for Spare Office Space
February 20, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
ShareDesk is an online marketplace that connects people with workspace solutions. Studies have shown that workspaces are only utilised less than 45% of the time. ShareDesk has found a need in the market, to provide a platform for businesses…
Paper Made From Stone
February 18, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 2
Repap, as well as being paper spelt backwards is also paper made from stone. It is 100% tree free and requires no timber in production. Created by Ogami, a company based in Milan, this innovative paper is a natural by-product of water and limestone.…
Brewery Uses Beer to Power Plant
February 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
Alaskan Brewing Company have recently created an in-house recycling process that will allow them to pride themselves on sustainability. The innovative idea enables the company to power their facilities using a free resource, the old grain…
Apple Proposes a Peer to peer Money Loaning Service
February 7, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has recently published an application from Apple. The proposed document outlines the idea of a crowd-sourced mobile banking solution. The concept is similar in nature to borrowing and lending…
QR Codes Placed Around Rio De Janeiro
January 30, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Last year we featured an article on the Welsh town of Monmouth who strategically placed QR codes around the town to create a unique visitor experience. Now we learn on a similar concept adopted by the city of Rio De Janeiro. The city has leveraged…
If you are Thinking Mobile, Then you are Thinking Too Small!
January 23, 2013 | Ben Rennie
The year of thinking mobile has been and gone, thinking mobile is thinking small. 2012 was the year when our intelligence became more than just biological. Kurzweil’s singularity isn’t coming; it came and we were all seemingly too…
Firefighters Ingest Data Delivery Pill
January 21, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Firefighters in Australia have swallowed data delivery pills in an effort to measure and monitor their vitals. Once consumed the Equivital EQ02 Life Monitor Capsule relays individual core temperature statistics in real time to give an understanding…
A Mobile Only Bank
January 21, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
GoBank is a new mobile banking platform that puts the features of a traditional bank right in the palm of your hand. The bank will have no physical presence which eliminates one of the largest costs of banks, and all required services will be available…
Website to Offer Travellers Work Opportunities
December 19, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Worksurfers is a new online platform that connects people who seek to travel the world with short term assignments in their destinations. Based out of Santiago de Chile, the service aims to establish an online marketplace where the currency…
Algae to Power Buildings in France
December 12, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Paris based energy systems operations Ennesys, has collaborated with American based algae harvesting company, OriginOil with an ambitious goal of solving Frances energy and environmental problems. Together they are using an urban algae…
Site Makes Sellers Compete for Customers Business
December 5, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Yumani is a new e-commerce platform that allows sellers to compete for buyers business. The site allows buyers and sellers of goods to join for free. Prices are reduced as sellers compete for the potential customers sale. You simply find the…
Self-Filling Water Bottle that Draws Moisture from the air
November 26, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Scientist Deckard Sorensen has created a self-filling water bottle that draws moisture from the air. Sorensen has taken inspiration for the design from the natural world. The Namib Desert Beetle is from where the idea has derived. It lives…
Learning to Love the eBook
November 19, 2012 | White Spaces
eBooks aren’t exactly the sexiest products to talk about when it comes to digital products, but there’s no denying their prominent place in today’s market. eBooks have been around far longer than most current digital…
An Online Community to Spill Your Problems
November 14, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Spill is an anonymous peer-support network where people are invited to spill their problems. According to their website,
We’re making it easy to anonymously share the good and bad moments of your life. Spill lets you vent, get fresh advice…Read More
Given Tablets and no Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves
November 14, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden 2
The One Laptop Per Child Project commenced as a method of delivering technology to schools in areas with no educational infrastructure. Through this initiative they learnt that teaching children stuff, fact and figures is not that valuable.…
Solvish: A Platform to Create Solutions to Local and Global Problems
November 12, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Solvish is a service out of Hamburg, Germany that acts as a digital community board for local and global concerns. Citizens are able to create problem pages for others within their community to follow. These pages will first acknowledge the…
QR Code Stickers will Help Locate Missing Items
November 12, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Co-founder of Findercodes, John Valiton wants to reinvent lost and found for the digital age. The innovative idea uses QR codes to be attached to valuable items. If the item is lost the code will ensure items can be retrieved. The idea enticingly suggests…
Samsung Open Solar Paneled Schools in Africa
October 31, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
The South African village of Phomolong has welcomed the Samsung Solar Powered Internet School that was designed for use in remote areas with limited or no access to electricity. A renovated shipping container plays house to the school with…
Popular
-
7053 Views
