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The UK – a future global hub for mobile?
August 14th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
There's an interesting post today over at Techcrunch entitled "Why the UK can become the global hub for mobile", talking about the UK's potential for becoming a mobile technology pioneer - thanks to an established userbase and some gifted startups:
The UK mobile market is a great place to launch mobile 2.0 startups; all five national network operators are offering 3G services, and faster 3.5G HSDPA networks are being widely rolled out. There are already over 15m 3G subs, around 25% of all mobile connections. Believe it or not, UK operators have been much quicker than those in...
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Robots robots robots
August 13th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
Maybe it's because WALL-E is in the cinemas right now but the news is full of robots in one shape or another, it seems. Some have a fairly simple purpose in life, such as Robopong, a robot that fires table-tennis balls for anyone stuck at home without a partner. Unlike some ball-firers though, with the addition of an accessory it's still able to pick up balls and reuse them, thus allowing you to keep playing till you drop (or pull the plug).
On the much more sedate end of the robot spectrum comes this amazing robot fish from Japan. Now, fish...
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Zaha Hadid’s eco-friendly sole
August 12th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid seems to have developed a taste for fashion collaborations this year - first the bag-inspired Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion, and now shoes with Melissa, (a brand Susie at Style Bubble recently introduced me to) with this fabulous curvy creation:
Melissa is a Brazilian company which makes eco-friendly shoes that are 100% recyclable, has already collaborated with Vivienne Westwood, Judy Blame and Alexandre Herchcovitch.
According to PSFK the shoes will be available only at London’s Dover Street Market, and will be arriving in eight different (we envision neon) colors in September. The shoe will be officially launched at...
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Quakecatcher: shaking things up
August 7th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
No, this is nothing to do with computer games. Accelerometers in laptops and other devices have been catching on, doing a variety of things - from safety (shutting down the hard drive if your device falls off a table) - to just pure fun (in game controllers, or even on your mobile phone). Five cool things you can do with an accelerometer lists more ideas for what you can do with them.
However sometimes the nicest ideas are ones we never thought of in the first place, such as this one reported by the BBC:
A device originally put into laptops to...
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#Going to the death star and we’re gonna get married!#
August 5th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
I have to share this with you today - I found it on Neatorama - the Star Wars Wedding Flickr set:
Not only were the bride and groom in full costume but so were ALL of the guests:
Neatorama proclaim it to be "undoubtedly one of the BEST Star Wars wedding ever!" Well, I'm not familiar with Star Wars weddings so I'll let them be the judge but as a seasoned organiser of fancy dress parties I have to say I'm hugely impressed that they managed to get everyone in costume! Congratulations to the happy couple and if you'd like to see...
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