Robot Cop Cars Could Keep Tabs On DriversRobot Cop Cars Could Keep Tabs On Drivers The news that ‘smart city’ and ‘driverless cars’ technologies are being merged in a bid to automate traffic policing is unlikely to cheer the average motorist. Ford has been granted a patent by the US Government for an autonomous police car. It could drive itself or be…
READ MORE... Clear Online Bills From Providers Are a Huge PlusClear Online Bills From Providers Are a Huge Plus I made the mistake of checking my online bill from a utilities provider, then deciding to stay with that provider but change the tariff package. I still remember those heady days when a single sheet bill came through your door once a quarter. I used to…
READ MORE... Bitcoin Goldrush Sees Few Winners And Way Too Many Empty WalletsBitcoin Goldrush Sees Few Winners And Way Too Many Empty Wallets At the time of writing, the value of Bitcoin, the ‘hot’ cryptocurrency, has collapsed to 38 per cent of its peak value of almost 20,000 dollars just six weeks ago. Now the market price languishes at less than 7,500 dollars. More than a few…
READ MORE... It’s All Go At New Amazon Store..It’s All Go At New Amazon Store.. Monday, January 22, saw a revolution in retail when the Amazon Go store finally opened in Seattle, the world’s first check-out free shop. The new convenience store is packed with sensors instead of tills. The multiplicity of devices, tracking stock items, shopper and their mobile phones, feed a…
READ MORE... Cities Could Be Next For Smart MoveCities Could Be Next For Smart Move Now that Smart Homes are taking off, we have a new concept to get our heads around and that is Smart Cities. This has been a key theme of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the regular barometer of what is expected to be big in…
READ MORE... Toyota’s Take On Transit Of Old Is An Electric IdeaToyota’s Take On Transit Of Old Is An Electric Idea The winner of the official Best in Show Award at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was a self-driving electric box on wheels. Toyota’s e-Palette is a concept vehicle which the Japanese giant suggests can be adapted in multiplicity of ways for a…
READ MORE... Bus Monitoring App Is Simply A DiamondBus Monitoring App Is Simply A Diamond Finally, the public transport monitoring capability that I have been seeking for a few years has materialised, from one local operator at least. Diamond buses have launched bus tracking on their website, and via a mobile app, to show where each of their vehicles is on a map….
READ MORE... Looking Back At 2017Looking Back At 2017 With the final curtain closed on 2017 we can look back and reflect that the big themes of tech in the year just passed have been the smart home, voice recognition and cyber security. Home controllers took off last year. Latest figures indicate that there are over 20 million Amazon Echoes…
READ MORE... Hi-Tech Versions Of Classic Games To Entertain KidsHi-Tech Versions Of Classic Games To Entertain Kids When the presents have been bought, wrapped, unwrapped and put aside, and the fridge, having busted its hinges, has been depleted, with the kids gone from hyperventilating to boredom in just hours, families of old would have reached for a board game. However, that would not cut…
READ MORE... New Speakers Are Aiming To Make A Big Noise IN The Christmas RushNew Speakers Are Aiming To Make A Big Noise In The Christmas Rush Bluetooth speakers for wirelessly booming out music from phones and tablets are old hat, so the leading players have added interactivity and hope for big sales in the pre-Christmas rush. The Amazon Echo Dot and the Google Chromecast Audio are both devices…
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