A Faraday Cage is any sort of enclosure that can block out radio frequency signals. It’s typically metal or wire-mesh based., and is the principle behind special sleeves now being used to protect RFID-enabled contactless credit cards and e-passports. It seems that Faraday Cage-enclosed rooms will now be used in the UK during some exams [...]
Nokia and Gizmo have teamed up to allow users of the Nokia N80 Internet Edition mobile phone to download and install Gizmo on the phone, using the software to make cheap calls using Voice over IP. Great news for anyone using that particular handset, now you just need to find a wireless carrier who won’t [...]
The rumor mill just keeps on churning out the Apple iPhone rumors, and it’s only set to get worse as the January MacWorld approaches. There have been interviews with bloggers on CNBC, hypothetical design mockups and now reports that the manufacturing contract has been signed and handed over to Foxconn Electronics who will ship [...]
The concept of Six Degrees of Separation (Google search results) is often misunderstood. It’s a hypothesis that says that any two random people in the world are separated by no more than six degrees of social interaction. That is, if I wanted a way to connect with someone in particular, all I have to do [...]
Havin’ my baby… For people too lazy or dumb to figure it out by other means, the mad scientists at Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has a mobile phone [Antara News] that will ring wanna-be mommas to let them know when they are at their most fertile. Seriously. One wonders how the Earth was populated before DoCoMo [...]