Boffins are creating a buzz for Britain’s Olympic athletes after inventing an electric training suit - which VIBRATES when they perfect a routine.Tiny sensors are attached to the wearer’s skin which sends a pulse to Olympic hopefuls when they move in the correct way.
A computer tracks the user’s movements in real time which can be monitored by the coach as the athlete practices.
The ‘MotivePro’ suit, pioneered at Birmingham City University, is being used on British athletes to improve their performances in the run-up to this summer’s Olympics.
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A student at New York University has created a camera which prints out text descriptions of what it sees rather than photos.Creator Matt Richardson said he came up with the idea for his 'Descriptive Camera' after thinking about the metadata cameras produce: date, time and camera settings and wishing they could do more.
But because the technology isn't there yet to produce a text description of a scene his gizmo uploads images to the web and they are described by users on Amazon's Mechanical Turk -- where users are paid to complete basic tasks.
Speaking about his Descriptive Camera, Richardson said: "The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene.
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Some people are only happy if they have the latest technology and the newest gizmo, but not Jason Bognacki -- he enjoys shooting on a 100-year-old camera.Admittedly Bognacki wanted digital images so has to hack his ageing camera to his DSLR, but it's still a 1919 Piccolette Contessa-Nettel folder.
And the results are pretty impressive, sure they have an old-timey feel to them, but what do you expect from an almost 100-year-old camera.
Bognacki snapped some lovely photos of his dog and shots of streets which look like they could have come straight off an iPhone with the Instagram app.
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Online shoppers couldn't believe their eyes yesterday when they saw that Tesco was selling the new Apple iPad for just £49.99 rather than £659.And it looks like they were right to think it was too good to be true… because despite taking orders, the supermarket giant is now refusing to honour the offer.
Social media websites had been set ablaze when the 'offer' first appeared on the Tesco website, with some people claiming it was a publicity stunt.
But it looks like those insisting it was a glitch were right, because Tesco have since emailed all those who placed an order an told them they won't be getting new iPad.
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There isn't a photographer out there who hasn't found themselves pressing the shutter button just as an unwanted character steps into frame and ruins a good photo.And while until now we've been left seething behind a smile and and saying it doesn't matter, it appears there could soon be another way...
Swedish imaging firm Scalado have just revealed their 'remove' technology which can be used to delete unwanted objects and people who entered the frame.
The tech -- which is set to be shown off at Mobile World Congress -- takes a series of photos as people move around and then allows you to delete them with the composite photo filling in the missing background.
Continue reading and comment >>Amazing camera tech removes unwanted people from your photos.
It used to be that if you wanted to entertain a cat, you gave them a ball or a toy mouse… nowadays they apparently need an Apple iPad.The RSPCA in Australia have developed an iPad app for cats which sees them play with a virtual ball of yarn and defend cheese from invading mice.
It's hoped the app could be used to enrich the lives of house-dwelling cats in Oz and promote the organisations 'Adopt a Cat Month'.
RSPCA man Michael Beatty said: "Basically, you place your iPad on the ground, start the game and your cat or kitten can interact with it on his/her own terms.
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42 percent of all iPhones currently in use in the UK are being used with a broken or cracked screen, it has been found.A recent study found not all iPhones are kept in their original condition and that 57% have had a cracked screen at some point.
Phone owners who continued to use a broken iPhone handset said it was because the handset ‘worked fine’ despite the broken/ cracked screen or that they didn’t want to ‘claim on insurance’ for the break.
Of those that had broken the screen on an iPhone handset at some point in the past, over a quarter, 27% had done so after owning the handset for less than one month.
In contrast, the majority had broken/ cracked their handset having owned it for just 1-3 months.
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Type in "let it snow" into a Google search this Christmas and you'll be treated to bit of festive fun from the internet giant.
After hitting the enter button snowflakes will start to fall from the top of your screen and slowly begin to cover the search results in snow.
Users can then use their mouse cursor to manually brush off some of snow or hit a 'Defrost' button to fully clear the screen.
For some other Google easter eggs, try typing "Do a barrel roll" or "Hanukkah" into the famous search screen.
Continue reading and comment >>Google 'Let it snow' trick freezes your screen.
Over three quarters of people are 'drunk' in their tagged Facebook photos, it has been found.A recent study discovered that the average Briton’s Facebook photos were taken when the subject was under the influence of alcohol.
The discovery was made as part of a poll of 1,781 people into the relationship between Brits and the photos they have on social media profiles.
Asked to estimate what percentage of the photos they are ‘tagged’ in on their profile had been taken after/whilst drinking alcohol, the average number was 76%.
And while just a tenth have their privacy settings to limit looking at tagged photos to just themselves, over half, 56%, admitted that they had ‘drunk photos’ on their profile that they would not want their work colleagues to see.
Continue reading and comment >>3-in-4 people are drunk in their Facebook photos.
Some people want to swim with dolphins, but for others that's not enough and they want to swim 'like' dolphins... and for those people there's the Flyboard Jetpack.
Created by Franky Zapata, the Flyboard Jetpack is a bizarre device which users strap onto their feet and is connected to a jetski via a huge hose.
They then hold a pair of hand-guided nozzles which are used to stabilise the flight as water is blasted out letting the user fly like a bird hovering above the water, or swim like a dolphin.
As this video shows, the £4,500 Flyboard (you'll also need a jet-ski to attach it to) allows users to pull a series of impressive stunts… and presumably have some impressive wipeouts while learning to master it.
Continue reading and comment >>Flyboard Jetpack lets you swim like a dolphin.








