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Everything Electric Show, London Highlights 2024

The Everything Electric Show is fast becoming the number one spot to check out the latest EV and renewable technology in and around the UK.  This year's 2024 show was crammed with some cool stuff. We took a walk to check out the most interesting bits, to get a feel for where things are going. continue reading The post Everything Electric Show, London...

Sun Mar 31, 2024 15:02
Breaking Boundaries: How AI is Revolutionizing Art Science and Media

# Feel like reading a nice book?  Instead of visiting Amazon or popping down to your local bookshop, why don't you fire up your A.I. app and ask it to write something to fit your mood? Twenty seconds later you have in your hand - phone, tablet, computer - a complete 100,000 word novel written in the style you love, and in your favourite genre. Even...

Sun Mar 24, 2024 19:56
EMO: Sensational Deepfake Tech From China Shows Just How Insane Things Are Right Now

If anyone has any lingering doubts about the current direction we're heading in with regards to A.I. and deepfake technology, I would urge them to take a look at this EMO deepfake technology demonstration. The official title for the demo is EMO: Emote Portrait Alive. And boy does it deliver. To be clear, this astonishing stuff involves taking a single...

Thu Feb 29, 2024 18:39
The Gadget Manifesto Revisited – plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose?

Seventeen long years ago I wrote a piece here called The Gadget Manifesto. It was a rant borne out of frustration with the relentless increase in junk technology. The problem was basically too much Far Eastern manufacturing capacity chasing too few consumers. Result...price plummeting, quality plummeting, consumers suffering. I'm revisiting this subject...

Sat Feb 17, 2024 15:40
Honda Motocompacto – The e-Bike That Thinks It’s A Suitcase

The Honda Motocompacto has to be one of the weirdest e-bikes we've ever seen. It's not just the strange skinny shape, it's also the fact that it doesn't appear to offer any real advantage over an electric scooter except a rudimentary seat. Just 3.7 inches wide, it's made out of aluminum and plastic, and boasts a max speed of 12 mph and a range of...

Thu Feb 1, 2024 00:39
Solid State Batteries And The Major Players

[caption id="attachment_62432" align="alignnone" width="980"] Image courtesy of QuantumScape Inc[/caption] As we cruise into the future of electric vehicles (EVs), the buzz around solid-state battery technology is getting louder and more electrifying. Imagine a world where EVs charge faster than your smartphone, drive huge distances, and are safer...

Sat Dec 2, 2023 23:44

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