Entries by billywright

VR helping the sick

VR may be fully in the gaming industry at the moment but it may well be in your hospital bed, should you ever be needing medical treatment or therapy. A VR experience called Joy is being tested for its ability to make long staying hospital patients feel less lonely during their stay at the hospital. It is […]

Download Netflix Shows!

Hold the phone! This is a game changer! As of this week, Netflix has allowed you to download it’s programmes for offline viewing, there is no additional cost for this beautiful feature and is available on all plans worldwide. The videos will play on Android and iOS devices. This comes alongside the announcement that Netflix […]

Netflix planning a SPLURGE!

Prepare to kill even more hours on Netflix in 2017 and beyond as the company are looking to spend $6billion dollars (that’s a bit of an increase from $5million dollars in 2016) on brand new original content, spanning across 20 unscripted series in 2017! To put this into perspective as of December 2016 there are currently […]

Apple Drones Make Better Maps!

According to Bloomberg, Apple are making their maps service better by creating a drone team that uses drones to better map your area (alongside the regular camera-equipped minivans) It is rumoured that the company plan to use drones from big players such as DJI and Aibotix to keep the maps up to date with construction […]

Apple’s interest in Self Driving Cars!

It’s technologies worst kept secret – Apple are planning to get into the world of driverless cars – this week it became concrete. Apple have sent a letter to the United States ‘National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’ and put forward in detail how excited they are about automation in the transportation field amongst others. They […]

Wash Clothes Like UBER?!

Electrolux, the BIG washing machine company are testing a crazy new way of getting your clothes washed — by someone else. CEO Jonas Samuelson has told the Financial Times that they are testing an Uber like service where you would pay to get your clothes washed at someone’s house. While you would need to change up your […]

Amazon Supermarkets!

Amazon are testing a radical new concept for the supermarket. Amazon’s crazy idea eliminates any requirement for any cashiers (say goodbye to those annoying self service checkouts!) simply tap in (similar to how you would tap in to the train station in London via an Oyster card) grab whatever food you need and then walk […]