The resurgence of vinyl has seen Panasonic revive a long gone hi-fi brand in Australia and lots of turntables.
Category Archives: Technology & Platforms
Covers big tech, social media, streaming, smart devices
Japan leads the 8K TV charge
Incredible advances in visual and audio broadcast technology are on our doorstep.
AI colours 1916 & 1947 matches
A war time 1916 men’s Aussie rules match and 1947 women’s game have been “colourised” using machine learning.
Return to the reel thing
Once a mainstay of mainframe and early home computers, magnetic tape is making a comeback for safe data storage.
Artificial tongue outs fake Whisky
Scottish scientists have developed an artificial tongue that distinguishes Scotch Whisky from inferior counterfeits.
Snooping on Google reveals stream of data from our phones
Meet Chuck and Diane, two Android smartphones loaded with software that feed you the information they feed the tech giant.
Reviewers tear strips off Samsung
It’s been dubbed ‘peelgate’, the reports of early units of Samsung’s Fold disintegrating in the hands of reviewers.
Netgear streams art to our walls
The most breathtaking aspect of Meural is the choice of more than 30,000 digital artworks and photographs found in its library.
Safety in numbers
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to predict and alleviate natural disasters such as earthquakes, bushfires and floods.
Warehouse VR a big success
Gallivanting around a 200-square-metre VR experience has morphed into a lucrative international business for Melbourne-headquartered Zero Latency.
Secrets and lies
Federal parliament passed amendments last month to give Australian agencies more tools to access encrypted conversations.
Robot cleans windows, slowly
My resolution for 2019 is to have gleaming robot-cleaned windows at home.
Cars will communicate in a driverless future
Car-to-car communication is one of the tools the industry is developing to convince us about the safety of driverless cars.
Meural to stream digital art into homes
Meural Canvas lets you view tens of thousands of digital artworks on a frame in your home.
Fancy Stargate shopping?
Going through Stargate portals between worlds is something you associate with sci-fi movies rather than supermarket shopping.
Film fakes: pick the real Obama
Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are helping to manipulate video and audio in frightening new ways.
Every move you make
Google may go past seeing what we buy to swaying our choices.
Anyone for e-sports?
Gaming enthusiasts are taking their virtual reality skills to a new level.
Get on your e-bike
Riding up a hill on a regular pushbike normally is hard work. On this e-bike it’s easy despite the headwind and squalls of rain.
A voice that rings true
Motor neurone disease sufferers may soon get the chance to use a device that turns text into authentic sounding speech.