Science & Technology

Parents overhear thug bellowing obscenities at their child as she slept

Parents overhear thug bellowing obscenities at their child as she slept

An Ohio couple woke up to find a strange man screaming at their baby, after he managed to hijack their baby monitor and used it to torment the youngster. The man had been using the monitor to watch the baby sleep and was heard screaming “wake-up baby” by the parents who were woken up from their sleep at the sound[Read More…]

RIP to internet neutrality

RIP to internet neutrality

This story is an obituary which marks the death of net neutrality, at the relatively young age of 45. The final nail in the coffin of internet freedom was laid bare earlier this week after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the first time in history, will allow broadband suppliers to give some corporate[Read More…]

The secret spy lamp that captures conversations and LIVE TWEETS them

The secret spy lamp that captures conversations and LIVE TWEETS them

A high-tech lamp which can listen in on conversations in the homes has been created, to make people think more about privacy issues, it has been revealed. Dubbed ‘the conversnitch’ lamp, the device has its own Twitter account where it posts snippets of conversations that it has recorded. The lamp was made for under £60 and its current location is[Read More…]

Rise of the nanobots..how mini robots are changing the world

Rise of the nanobots..how mini robots are changing the world

It seems like something straight out of a science fiction movie. But nanobots are not the construct of some wild movie or theory. They are instead, scientific fact and are reinventing technology as we know it. In many ways, they work in a similar fashion to ant colonies, and in fact, the scientists who created them have taken their inspiration[Read More…]

‘Dirty water can make you violent’ study shows

‘Dirty water can make you violent’ study shows

Violent crime has often been attributed to many causes in the UK. However a number of studies have helped to highlight the link between the pollution in our water and increasing levels of violent crime. Excessive amounts of lead in the water and the air has been cited as one of the leading factors in crimes such as robbery, rape[Read More…]