technology

  The world’s smallest astronaut is heading into deep orbit. At barely a foot tall and lighter than a pair of moon boots, Kirobo is a talking Japanese robot that will be the newest guest at the International Space Station. The robot, which is equipped with voice recognition programming, will record and relay communications to Mirata, […]

  (By Dotun Onimole) Two 500 level students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ilorin, Ali David and Patrick Effiong, have constructed an aircraft prototype. The duo told newsmen in Ilorin that they had nurtured the passion to construct the aircraft when they were in 100 level, adding that it was now

  Can you clean 40 lines of Tetris in 19.68 seconds? I can’t, but look at this guy breaking the 20-second barrier for the first time ever. The last time the world was so amazed was when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. It’s so freaking insane that this cat is freaking out. Are you

  Teachers no longer have to rely on their eyes and internal instincts to catch cheating students. In an effort to help educators take back control of the classroom, Berkeley Varitronics Systems has unveiled the PocketHound, a portable cellphone detector designed to let teachers covertly track cheaters. The PocketHound works by vibrating and lighting up

  Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (US) have created what they say is the most accurate clock anywhere in the world, able to keep its ticking rate to a variation of less than two parts per every quintillion. This number, not only too infinitesimal for the average mind to comprehend, is

  Like most video-game settings, Super Mario Bros.‘ Mushroom Kingdom bears little resemblance to real life. Where can you find grasslands, desert and snow all in one approximate geographic area? Is there any place where coins and tokens actually float in mid-air? The answer to these questions is “no,” but one video offers a glimpse

  The headlines are abuzz with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s final play – buying Nokia’s phone business for $5 billion. But what remains of Nokia actually might be the more interesting piece of the deal. The new, slimmer Nokia shifts away from being one of the most iconic consumer phone brands and becomes a top

  A television that allows two people to watch different shows at the same time has been unveiled by Samsung. The S9C features a giant 55-inch curved screen to give viewers a cinema experience in their living room. The television, expected to cost around £7,000, boasts a cutting-edge OLED screen – offering the ‘amazing’ MultiView

  (By Dotun Onimole) Researchers have developed a novel computer system that enables deaf people to translate gestures used in sign language into text. Using the new technology, people who are deaf or hard of hearing can simply type words and sentences using a keyboard and read those typed to them, researchers said. Researchers Microsoft

  Nokia has announced its biggest WIndows Phone yet, the 4.7-inch Lumia 625. It’s far from a flagship, though — with a 1.2GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, a 5-megapixel camera, 512MB of RAM and 8GB of storage (expandable via microSD memory card), the Lumia 625 is a mid-range device. The screen, although diagonally large, sports