Smart Tech


The Perfect Device

Many road warriors have dreamed about the ultimate device that combines all the best features of a diary, phone, media player, computer, GPS camera and a battery that lasts for days.   One can but dream. Generally we resign ourselves to more than one device because of the compromises that must […]


Smart Car

While overseas recently I had the opportunity to hire a car for two days to explore the south of France.  By shear coincidence I was staying next to an outlet that had the Daimler Chrysler Smart Car. At first glance this small pug like vehicle looks more at home in […]


iBot

From Wikipedia – QRIO (“Quest for cuRIOsity”, originally named Sony Dream Robot or SDR) was to be a bipedal humanoid entertainment robot developed and marketed (but never sold) by Sony to follow up on the success of its AIBO toy. QRIO stood approximately 0.6 m (2 feet) tall and weighed […]


Mobile TV old style

There is a lot of debate about digital mobile television in Australia at the moment and who will bid on the upcoming spectrum being auctioned later this year.   What types of services will be offered and what effect it will have on the advertising pie, not to mention how mobile […]


Digital Home 2.0

Our humble homes have been undergoing an internal makeover with the advent of new technology a slow and subtle shift but it is well underway.  Over the last 10 years we have  lost the humble turntable, VCR and cassette player. These have been replaced with iPods, DVD players, Home computers, […]