Category Archives: Tech

How to preorder the Nintendo Switch right now

Nintendo finally revealed all the important details about its new Switch console today, and preorders for the device are already live. If you’d like to get your hands on the $299.99 console when it launches on March 3rd, you can head over to Target or Best Buy to place an order. The Switch comes in […]

Las Vegas is testing autonomous shuttles

Public self-driving vehicle tests are becoming more and more commonplace, and the latest to launch in the US just hit the roads in Las Vegas. French driverless electric vehicle manufacture Navya just announced that its autonomous electric shuttle is now taking passengers through Las Vegas’ Fremont East entertainment district from today through January 20th. Navya and […]

Smart transport modelling essential to Dubai’s future liveability

As a key part of its awe-inspiring vision to be a world leading smart and sustainable city, Dubai is developing a seamless and efficient transport network. But with population growth set to increase 400% and only a small proportion of the country’s land currently developed, creating a forecasting tool that accounts for such dramatic change […]

Urban indoor agriculture the answer to an over populated and hungry world?

Any Smart City vision is incomplete without smart food. The current world population of 7.3 billion is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050. Of that population 7.7 billion (80 percent) are expected to live in cities. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) also estimates that farmers will have to produce 70 per cent […]

Watch Steve Jobs introduce the iPhone 10 years ago

On January 9th, 2007, Steve Jobs stood on a stage and introduced the device that would come to define the biggest tech company in the world — the iPhone. Exactly 10 years later, Apple is celebrating that announcement at Macworld 2007, remembering the “revolutionary product” that Steve Jobs promised, and the famous keynote in which […]

The First iPad For The Blind #tactile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4O3AxtbnM This is pretty cool, an iPad for the blind. It’s been a long time since there’s been innovation in this space. The company is competing at CES 2017 in Vegas. BLITAB is the World’s first tactile tablet for blind and visually impaired people. BLITAB is a next curve Braille device for Braille reading and […]

Faraday Future Introduces Its Would-Be Tesla Killer, the FF91

It’s been a rough year for erstwhile electric car company Faraday Future. Several members of a senior staff recruited from the likes of Tesla, BMW, and Google, as well as the aerospace and medical device sectors, reportedly jumped ship. The company fell behind in paying the contractor building its factory in Nevada, where state treasurer […]