Posts Tagged as ‘Technology’

June 7, 2010

Toshiba take the touch screen to the next level

Since the arrival of the iPhone the touchscreen phone has gone from strength to strength. However, many people still don’t like the idea of pressing buttons that they can’t actually feel. The latest technology from Toshiba not only hopes to satisfy peoples’ desire to feel buttons, but hopes to take touch screen experiences to a [...]

April 21, 2010

Share more: Share your plans

People are sharing more and more information about their lives, Facebook tells us that there are more than 60 million status updates everyday, and more than 3 billion photos uploaded to the site each month. Furthermore, people are beginning to broadcast their location through services such as Foursquare and Google latitude. The rapid rise of [...]

March 31, 2010

The Future of Reading?

With more and more people using e-readers, and with the iPad just round the corner there could be a real role for this kind of technology. By using eye tracking technology the text actually knows what your reading and can provide assitance or improve the experience based on this information. Could be great within an [...]

February 16, 2010

Samsung Projector Phone: Do we really need projectors on our mobiles?

Here’s the latest in mobile phone technology, the Samsung projector phone. It’s impressive enough that they have made a projector  so small, but they’ve also managed to get a fully functional phone in there as well. It certainly gives you something that you won’t find on your current iPhone or Blackberry, but although impressive do [...]

February 16, 2010

Man City: Breaking the Big Four with the latest marketing techniques

In English Football there are 4 dominant teams, Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal, collectively they’re known as ‘The Big 4′. Their dominance on the pitch is reflected in their level of support both in the UK and across the globe. The Premier League is a global phenomenon, millions of people across the world are [...]

January 29, 2010

Shanghai: Touchscreen Taxi Advertising

Here’s a nice bit of advertising technology that can be found in the back of taxis throughout Shanghai, China. More than just a screen pushing ads, the interactive touch-screen device (or ipad as they’ll all be referred to as soon enough) gives the user something to do as they make their way across the city. [...]

January 28, 2010

Hyundai mobile phones: Big in China and coming to the UK

In the UK Hyundai is not a name that is readily associated with mobile phones. However, the brand known for it’s budget cars in the UK is a major mobile phone manufacturer in the East. I saw this ad in China of a particularity interesting looking Hyundai mobile. Further investigation led me to find that [...]

November 4, 2009

Japan: Toilets more advanced than the average PC

Here’s a little picture of the toilet in my last hotel room that can be found across Japan. Some very interesting buttons and it was also a little odd to see a power cable going into the toilet seat! Can’t see these appearing any time soon in the UK, more due to reasons related to [...]