General Tech

Microsoft are getting ‘cool' again, according to a poll on Reuters/Ipsos although they fall behind Google who were voted as the coolest company. The polling organisation asked America's 18 to 29 year old's to vote for the coolest tech brands. Around half of them answered Microsoft, which surprised everyone. It …

We love our gadgets and nothing is more exciting than a new, portable vehicle that can get us from A to B faster, without taking up a lot of space. Enter the new ‘Scuddy' scooter, a German made electric scooter that can fold up to carry, can let the rider …

Unless you are shooting a cheap horror film, people don't like juddery hand held video footage. The Steadicam Smoothee is one of the most highly regarded systems to negate this problem, using a counter weighted arm which protrudes out below the camera. Robert Stone has came up with something much …

McLaren released details of the engine that is inside the P1 car. This car has been long awaited, as the follow up to the successful F1. It will sport a 3.8 liter twin turbo V8 petrol engine and an electric motor, combining to deliver 903 bhp and 900 nm of …

Taking a picture from a smartphone is pretty much hit and miss however the technology has been improving all the time, as witnessed by the excellent camera built into the Nokia Lumia 920. Things are looking better as researchers at MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratory have created a new processor chip. …

BMW announced at the weekend that they are recalling 569,000 vehicles, 504,000 of which are made in the U.S. and 65,000 in Canada. Forbes add that BMW recalled 1.3 million cars in the 5 and 6 series in March 2012. These cars were built between 2003 and 2010. According to …

You might not have heard of Lauren Villagran, graduate of Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism with a background that includes Associated Press and CBS, but she's the lady that's helped pen one of the most explosive business stories of recent times: The decision by Hector Ruiz to stand up …

Genius reporter David Lee, over at the BBC, has uncovered a dating mystery. As KitGuru goes into ‘Roses are Red, Violets are Blue – We can Rhyme and so can You' melt down, we also try and bring you some of the facts. It seems that an organisation called ‘Cloud …

Are you getting depressed working indoors all the time without a connection to mother nature? Then one solution by Daniel Zeller may resolve the problem, thanks to his new Terrarium Desk. Zeller is a mobile App developer in Norway and he wanted to add some foliage and greenery to his …

We're surfing on the internet and you stumble upon a website that asks you for your email address. Wait. Stop. Does anyone else remember giving away their email address to a website a few weeks ago? Now every time you log onto your Hotmail you see a horde of spam. Say no …

Ralph R Debbas founded W Motors in Beirut back in July 2012. His goal with Sarl El Kahalil was to make the world's most expensive car. The company have announced their Lykan Hypersport model which was showcased at the 2013 Qatar Motor Show. W Motors claim they will only release …

What started as a solid plastic item being passed to Captain Kirk around 1966, evolved into a real product by 1992. Today, just about 20 years on, the future is dead and another ‘amazing technology' gets consigned to the trashpile of history. KitGuru casts an eye back over yet another …

A new start up called meta has partnered up with Epson to create a pair of AR glasses that allow virtual objects to be controlled in 3D space using hand gestures. meta were founded in December 2012 by Meron Gribetz and Professor Steven Feiner has added his expertise to the …

Late at night, just as you get into bed, you may remember that you need to charge your mobile phone. There is nothing more annoying than fumbling for the light switch while locating the USB cable connector header. A company have tried to cure this problem with their new USB …

Have you ever been stuck in the rain and needed two hands on your umbrella to fight against the cutting wind? In this situation it is normally hard to text, but a new umbrella called ‘Brolly' has attempted to address this problem by incorporating a handle system which leaves both …

Have you always wanted an unmanned aerial vehicle that could follow you around, obey voice commands and shoot video? Your dreams may be answered as company Always Innovating are promising a quadrotor device for only $49. The MeCam is a cool little gadget, but it is still under development, with …

An industrial designer Claudio Sibille has designed a new range of furniture that can be switched from simple chairs into a table, offering a variety of uses for a single environment. The ‘Sensei' is a pair of chairs which can transform seamlessly into a coffee table. The black and white …

Paper-Kit have developed a system to use a 2D printout to turn yourself into a full 3D model. The first process is to upload some photos taken from left, right and front sides of your head. The software automatically maps that into a 3D polygonal model which can be tuned …

It is now a matter of public record that nVidia VP Bob Feldstein and 3 others have been named by AMD in an action filed in Massachusetts. But KitGuru wonders who will be paying the legal expenses? People change jobs. There's no way we will ever go back to the …

For anyone with an iPad and Sky, last night was really fun. Sky's programming team forced through an update, which didn't work, and services across the land were severely disrupted. One reader send us an interesting screen grab and we'd like to share the contents with you. Sky Go runs …

Hennessey Performance Engineering, a well known American tuning house have managed to break a world record. Their Hennessey Venom GT car has set a new Guinness World Record for the ‘world's fastest accelerating production car'. The car had to complete two runs in opposite directions within one hour of each …

Laser Pegs, the originators of light-up construction, is the world’s only patented range of illuminated construction toys.  Laser Pegs is the first unique toy construction set in the world in which each piece feeds the next piece low voltage current.  A must-have for any construction fan, the new Laser Pegs …

We like cars and fancy transport at Kitguru. A new fully kitted out Toyota Sequoia has been created by Lexani Motorcars which features an incredible list of internal changes. This is a car that the President would be proud to drive around in. This armored vehicle features state of the …

In recent times, the Batmobile has been overhauled again and again – until it has turned into a self-aware, 21st century death-dealer, capable of balancing the odds in any armed conflict. But that's not where it started. Now the actual, original Batmobile has been sold for almost £3 million. KitGuru …

There is nothing worse than getting up early in the morning when you comfortable. If you struggle every morning then why not force yourself out of bed with an electric shock? The singNshock clock is a new concept which might cure the problem of late risers. The first part of …

If there was going to be a fatal car crash – with a 4 door saloon plunging over a cliff and exploding into a million pieces – wouldn't it be cool if the driver wasn't you, but you got to claim on the insurance anyway? Outsourcing stuff can be fun, …

For those of us who have a problem controlling our drinking, MIT student Dhairya Dand may have a cure. He has developed a new intelligent ‘ice cube' which will track how much you drink and flash red when you have had enough. The solution was developed when Dand experienced a …

Adverts are a way of life. Indeed, we're constantly surrounded by messages to buy products. That said, in the right context/environment it's something that we roll with. Indeed, the right advert at the right time can be really useful. But spammers are in a different class. KitGuru hears about a …

Three people from the University of Toronto have designed a product to match the 100W lightbulb while reducing electricity consumption. Their NanoLight LED light bulbs could replace the 100W incandescent bulb, over time. Christian Yan, Tom Rodinger and Gimmy Chu of Nanolight met during a university solar car project back …

While we know that most of the world will tread the same path, there are those who will ‘step off the reservation' and do things in a different way. We like those people. But then there are the others. People who stray so far from ‘regular' that, for them, the …