InfoMotion is also working on a high-tech soccer ball, which it hopes to unveil by the end of 2014. "The hard part is how do you make it at scale," Crowley said. "We're marrying two industries that have never touched each other. Inflatable ball …

The announcements came toward the end of the year, virtually at the same time: all remaining Blockbuster Video stores would be closed by January 2014, and Comcast, the cable giant, would expand from renting movies from major studios to also selling …

Alcoa Finishing Technology for Aerospace-Grade Aluminum Enables Stronger Electronic Gadgets. Published on … As a result of this innovative technology, Alcoa can produce color anodizable aluminum die cast components with high–end cosmetics. The first …

Not only do my old discs get some TLC, but so do new high-res and surround discs packaged in recent special editions from Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Pink Floyd. And I can transfer a … You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is …

This novel property allows the batteries to be deposited on a plastic substrate at room temperature and opens up a world of design flexibility not available with traditional high-temperature manufacturing processes. In theory, instead of dedicating a …

When the delays became lengthy, however, he went on eBay and paid $US130,000 for two high-powered machines, which he set up in June in a data center in Kansas City. This was the beginning of Mr Abiodun's company, Cloud Hashing, which rents out …

Buoyed by last year's Christmas haul, tablets hit the mainstream full force in 2013, which meant an influx of releases in the mid to low-cost end of the market, as well as some new high-spec contenders. iPad Mini with Retina display. While Apple's iPad …

Meanwhile, experts said products such as the iPad could spell the end of the traditional Christmas stocking. As people request more expensive gadgets there is no money left for smaller items. This year, an iPad Air costs upwards of £600, while a Kindle …

They have been churning out toys, trinkets, garments and gadgets to sit on or under the Christmas tree since the 1980s. With the US economy growing at 3.6 per cent in the last quarter, most would expect Asia's factory … Others say that the rise in …