Gadgets

App To Help Blind Text

The Wowster on an app to help blind people text An app has been created to help blind people text using touchscreen devices. The app developed at Georgia Tech will be available for iPhone and android devices. Using a braille writing system, it is claimed that the app makes it up to six times faster for people without sight to text. Currently the only ...

Steve Jobs Revealed

The Wowster on the unexpected pleasure of reading about Steve Jobs revealed It was with no great enthusiasm that I bought Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson I didn't quite expects a snow job (sorry, no pun intended) but my ...

Bank Security in Tatters

The Wowster on bank security being hacked Banks security is not quite what it used to be. Certainly it is no longer safe to leave your money with them. What with casino banking and hackers cracking new online banking, where can you ...

Does work mobile work?

The Wowster on whether work mobile works It's complicated, the answer to the question of whether allowing workers to use their own mobile technology to work mobile works. The answer according to the latest research is not as clear cut as thought. Some ...

Blackberrys Fiasco

The Wowster looks at Blackberrys fiasco for the police A large Blackberry has been blown at giving the police mobile phones to help them with their work. The UK's National Audit Office reports that only one in five forces use them effectively. The ...

Invisibility Cloak

The Wowser assesses the possibilities of an invisibility cloak How long before you can make yourself unseen with an invisibility cloak? Well not long if a recent breakthrough is anything to go by. Japanese researchers have cloaked a three dimensional object making ...