Google Inc. has unveiled its long-rumored augmented reality glasses officially named ‘Project Glass,’ gaining a lead position in the fast-growing business known as wearable computing. The futuristic glasses, which are still in the experimental stage, will place a tiny transparent screen above the user’s eye that can display maps and other data. These...
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According to a new research, children from the United Kingdom aged 10 years and below spend almost an hour per day using tech-based products. The survey commissioned by educational entertainment company Leap Frog reveals that 63 percent of children aged 10 years and below now own a digital camera, gaming or mobile device. Six percent of those own a tablet PC such as an...
An interesting new story caught my eye this week, as it showed how a big an influence new technology is having on the way we speak. The scholars who compile and update the Oxford English Dictionary aren’t known for making changes easily, so we can only imagine the scratching of learned heads as they found themselves forced to admit that LOL deserves a placed in the dictionary. The...
If you are a young driver, or indeed a parent of a young driver, you will know that the costs of insuring your vehicle are border line crazy at the moment. Young drivers are being forced to pay extortionate amounts to insure a car worth a fraction of the premium. The average quote is £2,251 with some young drivers receiving quotes of over £8,000 for cars worth £900;...