In this issue of Banter M: The Technology That Could Save The World - Ben Cohen discusses a revolutionary concept and technology he has been investigating that he believes could genuinely change the world. Has he gone mad, or is there something to it that could radically alter ...read more
If you've ever read TechCrunch for a sustained period of time, you'd get the distinct impression that not only are there thousands of 'disruptors' out there revolutionizing the economy to work for the benefit of mankind, but some sort of Silicon Valley inspired tech utopia is ...read more
On a day when the spoiled-rotten First World exults in the premiere of Apple's latest overpriced fashion accessory, I suppose someone has to be the cranky old man, so here goes. While reading about the rollout of the new iPhone 6 and something called the Apple Watch, I stumbled ...read more
I'll spare you the “There's an app for that” joke and get to the point: BroApp for the Android ($2) was designed for men who fancy themselves too busy to text their girlfriends. Called “your clever relationship wingman” by its developers (and a way to "outsource our humanity" ...read more
It's call inFORM. Developed by MIT’s Tangible Media Group, inFORM is what's called a "Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically" -- in other words, it reads your motion under an array of sensors then transmits that information to a tabletop array of pegs, which ...read more
NASA has experienced some of the biggest budget cuts it has seen in decades, heavily reducing what used to be one of the country's biggest technological assets to a mere shadow of its former self. The end result? Heavy privatization of the space industry that has inexorably ...read more
Want to know how to get valued at $13 billion? Apparently, make sure you lose $79.4M a year, and have your primary business model revolve around sending teenage-like text messages in public. From a relatively unknown startup to being one of the biggest social media giants in ...read more
As if your Tuesday afternoon wasn't complete, it turns out that the impending Zombie apocalypse we've all been fearing is finally upon us....well, at least you would think that if you recently checked out Fox News' website which was apparently hacked earlier today. According to ...read more
The above footage is of the world's first 3 dimensional printed gun. Reports the Guardian: The world's first gun made almost entirely by a 3D plastic printer has been successfully fired in Texas. The successful test of the plastic handgun, which was built by Defense ...read more
An interesting campaign is taking off in the UK that is attempting to stop the 6 major energy companies making obscene profits while people are dying of fuel poverty. The Independent is lending its support to the cause: More than 5.5 million households are suffering under fuel ...read more
A great piece by Alex Magnin on the history of technological innovation and how the latest economic slump may pave the way for a more sustainable future: The great technologies of our era – computing and the internet – drove twin bubbles and crashes. The late 1990’s ...read more
According to a UN report, that's how much it will cost per year to transform human societies in order to prevent ecological catastrophe. From Fast Company: Companies and governments the world over are investing billions of dollars in transitioning to clean energy, more ...read more
by David Glenn Cox I was twelve years old when men from the Earth first landed on the moon on July 20,1969. That night I stood in my back yard all alone and stared up at the glowing moon and it made me tingle to think that three men were up there and two were resting in the ...read more
Its sort of rare when a piece of technology acts almost exactly as advertised. As someone who had been in the Windows world for about 15 years I think I'm mighty skeptical. I remember lining up for Windows '95 and then realizing that while better than Windows 3.1, better is a ...read more
I don't want a silly folding plane. I want a jetpack. ...read more
About a year ago I made the switch from PC to Mac. I long ago gave up gaming on a PC because I don't have the kind of budget required for it, and frankly my XBox 360 is one of the most fun gaming machines I've had since the Genesis. I use a computer now for my writing, graphics, ...read more
The first DOS-based computer I owned (my first machine was a Commodore 64) had a whopping 40mb hard drive. Now there's a one-terabyte hard drive you can buy. Yet, as folks pointed out, no freaking flying cars. ...read more
From Techcrunch: I’m excited to announce the next three experts for the TechCrunch20 Conference in San Francisco this September. Caterina Fake, MC Hammer and Rajeev Motwani join the previously announced experts. M.C. Hammer. LOL. I worked at a early-00s dotcom whose claim to ...read more
I'm a veteran of the console wars (I picked NES over the Master System, Genesis over Turbografx-16 and Super Nintendo) so imagine my surprise as an owner of the Sexybox 360 (shout out to Gears of War, Madden '07) that I'm actually cheering on Microsoft and hoping for Sony to ...read more
