Leap Motion ControllerMaplin Electronics becomes exclusive UK brick-and-mortar retailer for the Leap Motion Controller – a new way to play, learn, and create on computers using your hands in the air.
Leap Motion Controller
Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals By 2050, it will take 100 billion land animals to provide the world's population with meat, dairy, eggs and leather goods. Maintaining this herd will take a huge, potentially unsustainable toll on the planet. What if there were a different way? In this eye-opening talk, tissue engineering... Continue Reading →
Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals
Dotcom set to claim $6mTaxpayers face a $6 million bill in damages over the unlawful raid and illegal spying on Kim Dotcom and others.Legal papers filed with the High Court allege an "excessively aggressive and invasive approach" by police during a raid on Dotcom's mansion 18 months ago.
Dotcom set to claim $6m
Mind-boggling software pops 3D objects out of your old photos
http://youtu.be/Oie1ZXWceqM There's no end of "meh" ideas floating around on YouTube these days, but this, friends, is not one of them. 3-Sweep is a proposed piece of software that takes a 2D photo and pops out objects into full 3D models. While the technology seems highly complex, using it yourself looks relatively simple. Just trace... Continue Reading →
Official One World Trade Center Time-Lapse 2004-2013
http://youtu.be/Nn11DWH_LEA Watch and share this commemorative time-lapse movie, highlighting progress at the World Trade Center site from October 2004 to September 2013. Witness the rise of One World Trade Center, including the installation of the spire, bringing it to a staggering height of 1,776 feet. Hundreds of thousands of high definition images were captured over... Continue Reading →
Hankook's Revolutionary Airless i-Flex Tire is Puncture-Proof and 95% RecyclableUnlike the automobile, the pneumatic car tire has undergone little innovation over the past 100 years. Now Korean manufacturer Hankook is giving the humble wheel a makeover with the i-Flex, an airless tire that is light, puncture-proof, and made from 95% recyclable materials!