Siemens is launching an iPad controlled gizmo for managing your home appliances. Let’s hope that it is not vulnerable to Stuxnet, being a Siemens product!
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
And You Thought Monty Python Made it Up
Well they didn’t…the Queen’s Own McKamikaze Highlanders, QOMH, 23 Bn Royal Regiment of Scotland really do exist:
All things Must Pass
Time for a change. Black is boring. And for you Holden lovers this is what an FJ (my first car in Melbourne, the World’s Most Liveable City) would look like if it were built today. Please GM, pretty please….
Saturday, 27 August 2011
A New Primate
Rejoice! Another new primate has been discovered, this time in an unexplored part of Brazil.
It is described as a type of the exquisitely named titi monkey. What other new species lurk in darkest Brazil?
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
DC has Fun in the Desert
David Coulthard shows that an F1 car plus an American dirt road equals the ultimate fun
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Welcome Back RCAF and RCN
Canada has just announced that it will restore the names Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air force and Canadian Army.
The traditional names were originally dropped by Trudeau in a petulant display of anti royalty. All true Canadians will rejoice at common sense breaking out. No longer will the Canadian military create collective sniggering from others.
Modern militaries are now all joint services and as the Brits, Aussies, Kiwis and Yanks have shown traditional names in no way hamper this and indeed provide a source of inspiration and pride to veterans and serving members alike.
Welcome back Canada, we’ve missed you.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
The Next Innovation is Here
And you thought the technology of Minority Report was way in the future. Well you were wrong. It’s here now and looks incredible: