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It might seem an obvious thing to say, but people really do live the most extraordinary lives. Iain Ferguson was at the UK’s photographic “frontline” of the Cold War after developing a passion for photography and video from an early age. That passion for photography has also continued through his life – with stunning results.  A passion for photography As a youngster, Iain started off his photography and video interest by using the family video camera. As a teenager he started…

The Northern Lights are nature’s very own incredible light show. With eerie luminous streaks running across the sky, they have long been a source of fascination and wonderment. The Northern Lights are also known as the aurora borealis – named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas. Scientists have discovered that the Northern Lights are created when particles thrown out by the sun during solar explosions interact with the atmosphere in…

Mobile phones will be available to vast majority by 2020, says communications firm Ericsson It forecasts that 90% of the world’s population over 6-years-old will have a mobile phone within 6 years. And smartphones are expected to soar in popularity. There have been 800 million new smartphone subscriptions in 2014 – bringing the total to 2.7 billion globally, according to the latest edition of the Ericsson mobility report, which is a comprehensive update on mobile trends. But this smartphone figure is predicted to…

Creating your own mobile phone with features you want is the goal of Google’s Project Ara and a market pilot is planned for 2015. Project Ara: Part of it (Video: Google ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects group)/YouTube) The goal of the project is to develop a modular phone, which allows consumers to buy a phone frame and data backbone, and then add the building blocks they want to personalise the features they want. For example, they could choose the camera they want rather than…

The 200GB SanDisk memory card is the size of a finger nail, but can hold up to 20 HOURS of Full HD video. On top of that you can transfer up to 1,200 photos a minute. Card manufacturer SanDisk says it achieved the breakthrough by creating a new design and production process. “We continue to push technology boundaries to deliver record-breaking solutions that transform the way consumers use their mobile devices,” said Dinesh Bahal, vice president, product marketing, SanDisk. “By focusing…

Super-fast charging, long-lasting and cheap – aluminium batteries could be the answer to our battery woes. Scientists at Stanford University, in the US, have developed a new type of battery that offers a safe alternative to many lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in use today. One major benefit is ultra fast-charging. As anyone with a smartphone knows, it can takes ages to charge up a lithium-ion battery. But the Stanford team reported “unprecedented charging times” of one minute with the aluminium…

But E-recycling company says there’s a $100,000 (£65,492.17) cheque waiting for her. Silicon Valley based CleanBayArea is looking for the woman who dropped off the rare Apple 1 computer, produced in the 1970s, among a couple of boxes of e-waste about a month ago. She told them she had decided clear up her garage after her husband had passed away. The woman did not leave any contact information, and a couple of weeks later a recycling manager found the computer –…

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Well, it’s been a busy time over here, but we have some exciting news… After a lot of hard work on the programming front, we have just launched a new website for our sister company, Snapmad.com   What is Snapmad? Snapmad.com is a digital printing service used by photographers across the UK.  We specialise in printing of any photos, on to prints (up to 60×30 inches), ready to hang canvas pictures, and mugs.  We take pride in offering great service, price, and amazing quality – we are…

If you have ever shouted at your mobile phone, it could actually do some good in the future. Using sound to charge a mobile phone could become a reality, according to new research. A team from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and mobile phone maker Nokia have created an energy-harvesting prototype – a nanogenerator – that could be used to charge a mobile phone using everyday background noise. That could be traffic, music or even our own voices. The…