It sounds like an act of witchcraft, but it's actually the cutting edge of medicine — on paper, at least. Researchers at China's Wuhan University say they can grow genetically engineered rice that yields blood. Human blood. Blood rice.
The UK's first CubeSat has passed muster and gained approval from the UK Space Agency. The mini-satellite, UKube-1 from Clyde Space, uses off-the-shelf components and will launch next year.
As noted in our review of the Lumia 800, the Nokia Maps app was curiously missing. It's now available from the Windows Phone Marketplace, if you happen to have a Nokia Windows Phone.
It's that crazy time of year again when Amazon goes sale-mad for a week. The date is set for 21st - 25th November, so make sure Chrome is up-to-date and your mouse wired in. Up to 80 per cent off? This could get ugly. [Amazon UK via Cnet UK]
Virgin Media's 100Mbps service is now available to 'over 20 million people' or a third of the UK, with half the UK scheduled for mid-2012. It's also been testing 1.5Gbps and is ready for the higher speeds when needed.
Fans of gadget fire sales might soon be able to pick up some cheap going-out-of-business Olympus equipment, as the troubled camera maker has admitted to cooking the books for decades. And another senior manager has been sacked.
Panasonic's outed a new 10.1-inch Toughpad to take Android tablets to the frontline. The Honeycomb-equipped survivor will take just about any abuse you can throw at it including water, sand, fire and a crutch?
What's in the water down under? This is the second year in a row an Aussie has won the James Dyson Award, with both designs also aiming to save lives -- albeit in very different ways. This year's winning product is Airdrop, a network of pipes that sucks water from the air and feeds drought-stricken Australia with the condensation it needs to grow plants.
Whether you've got to start that campfire, like, 30 seconds ago, are ineffectually defending yourself from Polar Bear attack, or just really want to get arrested at airport security, this hand-crafted hand-torch can do them all. Here's how to construct you own.
Microsoft's already signed licensing deals with many of the top Android phone makers, now it's turning to upcoming budget manufacturer Huawei for a slice of its Android income overly hotly-contested smartphone patents.
Just because you don't want to spend thousands of pounds on audio equipment (and as many hours configuring it) doesn't mean you can't enjoy quality audio. In the case of headphones, a single c-note can reap rewards.
The Ministry of Defence is offering up a bit of radio spectrum for rent around the 3500MHz mark. Only one problem: it's up for sale in 2015, so anyone taking advantage will have to clear out by then for the new owners.
"Hotels around the world have it, so why wouldn't we?" is what Michael O'Leary, boss of budget airline Ryanair, says about in-flight porn. Joining the mile high club might be about to get a lot quicker and easier.
A Wi-Fi network's range is limited by the transmission power, antenna type, and environmental obstacles (i.e. trees). So, if you're out in the boonies where the signal is spotty, you may be SOL. Unless, of course, there's a baking pan handy.
There’s only one deal worth seeking out in the cold, harsh world of retail today -- that’s the mighty Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Unless you’ve already been playing it non-stop for the past eleven hours.
Is it flattering to have people mistake you for Julian Assange? That's what happened to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who confused UK border controls when they thought the Wikipedia man was notorious international man of mystery Assange.
