Acer sheds the pounds for world’s lightest 16-inch OLED laptop

As I know from painful experience, hauling a heavy brick of a laptop around on work assignments can be an energy zapping strain. Acer's Swift Edge model could help, launching as the lightest 16-inch OLED laptop in the world.

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How Do You Know if Your UX Is Effective?

These days, growing brand loyalty and a strong bottom line are both signs your website or app’s user experience (UX) is working. But how is this achieved? As the name suggests, the user’s experience – i.e. putting humans at the center – is the focus. Designing enjoyable, effortless digital experiences is the new “customer is …

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Your Website Has Finally Gone Live and Now the Real Work Begins

Delivering digital success for leading global brands is what we do at Kooba. We are experts in sites that move the needle forward for our clients. But what’s our magic trick? What makes us more effective than our peers? Simple. For us, websites are a long-term project. Yes our delightful online experiences bring brands top …

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Dino-killing asteroid set off mile-high tsunami and month-long mega-quake

Around 66 million years ago a huge asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out most life. Two new studies have identified evidence that the impact triggered global tsunamis almost a mile high and mega-earthquakes that rumbled for months afterwards.

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Udu Console desperately attempts to get kids off couches

This handheld games console aims to get kids up off the sofa and out into the real world, where they can continue staring at screens and playing video games. It's Pokemon 3D meets the Wii controller – but minus the expensive intellectual property.

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Clone gets deep into the uncanny valley with its lifelike robotic hand

Clone Robotics is going to impressive lengths to make sure its "intelligent androids" will have some of the most human-like hands in the business, and watching the way their hydraulic "muscles" move under a transparent skin is absolutely hypnotic.

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World-first stem cell therapy trial treats spina bifida before birth

In a world-first clinical trial, three babies have been born after receiving stem cell treatment for spina bifida. A stem cell patch is applied to the fetus’ spine while still developing in the womb, and early results are promising one year on.

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Boston Dynamics and other firms pen open letter against weaponized robots

In a bid to prevent the spread of killer robots in society, a group of robotics companies have published an open letter pledging not to weaponize their machines, and pleading with their customers to do the same.

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Prototype four-gun EV charger promises full charge in 10 minutes

Zerova made an energetic debut at the eMove360 show this week. It previewed a prototype 480-kW charger that promises to make EV charging more convenient by slashing charging time to 10 minutes – or under half that for nearly 100 miles of range.

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