High tech gadgets and gizmos are cool – uber cool in fact. But consider this: You may have all of the coveted gadgets in the world right there on your desk, but if you workspace is one chaotic mess I’m definitely sure it will detract from you totally enjoying those high tech devices. I consider myself a neat freak of sorts when it comes to my workspace. I want everything organized because it makes me think more clearly. That’s why I love the PlugHub.

Touch screens have revolutionized how we control gadgets. It is a more intuitive way of manipulating something and it has practically no learning curve. Place a touchscreen tablet in front of a toddler and in no time they’ll be swiping and pinching away. Despite the versatility of touch screens, it still does have certain limitations, especially when applied to certain tasks because touch screen displays are still quite fragile, escpecially for uses that require vigorous touching and pressing. A team led by Bruno Zamborlin is currently in the midst of testing a new technology that specifically addresses the issues of interface alternatives. The team’s project is called the Mogees mini mic.

I consider myself a very capable touch typist. I can type at a fast clip without having to look at the keyboard. But my typing speed drastically suffers whenever I use a tablet. They say that there is a learning curve for getting proficient when typing on a tablet. I believe them but even if I do spend a lot of time practicing I’m still no nearer to achieving a decent typing speed on tablets. I really think that to be truly productive with tablets you need to use a keyboard. The problem is there are not a lot of good options out there. A lot of them are bulky or just not comfortable to use. Fortunately, Verbatim has released what could be one of the most ideal mobile keyboards in the market today. The Verbatim Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard is an extremely portable keyboard.

One of the banes of owning a lot of tech devices for your home entertainment system is not the space that it occupies – true gadget geeks always find a way of fitting equipment into a room – but the growing number of remotes that one has to contend with. You’ve got remotes for your TV, BD player, receiver, media player, various legacy electronics. You get the idea. The best way to really solve the remote control problem is to be able to use just one remote to control all of the equipment you have. But a universal remote does not usually perform as advertised. The usual universal remote will always have some feature lacking or will not perform as advertised. Even those expensive universal remotes that look like a daunting piece of future tech do stumble during real world applications.

Game achievements or trophies are a big part of video gaming. Introduced first in the game Halo 2, the concept of earning achievements or trophies has caught on in a big way that it has been implemented not just in PC games or console-based games but even in games that you can find in social media sites or on your smartphones or tablets.

Apple have a tendency to need a few model versions in order to clean up all the small issues with their products – but once they do reach that “sweet spot,” they inevitably set a new trend. While some may argue that the iPhone is already there, others can still point out a few quirks with the device’s overall design which need polishing. It seems that with the newest addition to the iPhone lineup – the upcoming iPhone 5 – Apple are really going to hit everything right. Reports indicate that even though the hardware powering the device hasn’t been upgraded much, the changes are there to address the long-standing issues that users have been complaining about. The processor has ...

The scientific community has always been responsible for pushing the boundaries of our knowledge in order to improve the technologies that we have at hand. The scientific industry is itself a thriving market of change and improvement, where progression occurs at phenomenal rates. But what are the current boundary-pushing inventions and research is being carried out? It is important to remember that scientific research does not simply relate to one particular area or field of the subject, but rather encompasses everything within its incredibly broad spectrum. Recent research and development has been made both in the technological fields and the medical, so here are a few examples of ...

Watching movies has increasingly become accessible to the deaf because of subtitling. It is now a standard feature in DVDs and blurays and even downloadable video content has the option of getting subtitles either as a built in feature or downloading a separate subtitle file. But subtitling is not just within the realm of digital media. There are many theaters now that offer a subtitling service for those who need it. The current system revolves around the use of a glass screen that is placed in front of the person, the glass then reflects text from a pixel board that is mounted at the back of the theater. This ...

Mixed drinks are so fashionable nowadays and it’s not just being relegated to your local bartender’s expert hands. People are discovering the fun of making mixed drinks  and cocktails and are doing it in their homes when they host parties.

Stop motion animation assisted by computers is a hot artform right now. Many animated movies are being made using this style. The process of stop motion is a very tedious process that requires minute movements individually shot and the accumulated shots put together to create the illusion of movement. Stop motion animation usually involves the use of puppets but a company in Japan is bringing the old world art of stop motion animation a great innovation that could possibly revolutionize the industry. Japan-based SoftEther has released the QUMA for use by stop motion animators. The device consists of a small puppet that is spiritually similar to the wood ...