There seems to be a major fuss in the world of the interweb at the moment about the possibility of “sexy texting” leading to a 10 year jail term in Scotland.
Part of the new Sexual Offences (Scotland) bill covers new communication media, and rightly so – but this is causing a kerfuffle among those who [...]
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sexy communicating…
Posted in Random, Technology, politics on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
not the end of the world…
Posted in Random, Technology on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The BBC kicked of this morning with a story that the earth is not at risk when the Large Hadron Collider goes on line at CERN in the summer.
The LHC (from what i understand – I am no scientist) is a huge underground tunnel in which protons will be smashed into each other at ultra-high [...]
3-dimensional printing – from your pc!
Posted in Random, Technology on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RepRap (or the REPlicating RAPid Prototyper) is essentially a 3-d printer, which can replicate many of the parts (around 60%) to make itself. Developed by genius types at Bath University, currently it prints layers of plastic to create the three dimensional item you require, limited only by the size of the machine. Its also open-source [...]
The Future’s Orange? not likely!
Posted in Technology, phone on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the last 4 or 5 years I’ve been using HTC smartphones and pocket PC’s – a brilliant way to keep hold of my data, take notes in meetings and keep track of my diary (which I invariably lose in paper form!). Oh yeah, and to do the usual phone stuff – calls, text messages, [...]
