| December 2008 |
Radio freedom |
| Audio tailored to your tastes, when and where you want it: podcasting puts you in the programme manager’s seat |
It’s not the sharp styling and nifty controls of her new Nokia N78 that have Amy Allais all worked up. The clincher: Wi-Fi, and how it’s added a new dimension to one of her favourite things,... |more| |
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Peak to peak Gondola |
| When the world’s most daring gondola opens this month, it will connect the two massive peaks at the largest ski resort in north america. Passengers will travel for over 3 km between towers, dangling in cabins more than 300 m above the valley floor |
If you’re afraid of heights, forget about riding the new Peak to Peak Gondola at British Columbia’s Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. Passenger cabins hang as high as 435 m (that’s... |more| |
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Digital clinic Q&A |
| Joel Johnson answers questions about Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista and over-heating laptops. |
Service pack woes Q I know the Service Pack 1 update is supposed to solve many of Windows Vista’s performance and security issues. Well, I installed it, I’m still... |more| |
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Cutting edge |
| Only an elite few are qualified to steer the giant borers that create tunnels around the world. One of them’s South African |
It’s midnight, and progress has been good – a metre and a half – since clocking in at 9 pm. Time to grab a quick coffee. In the brief lull after the borer’s steady rumble is stilled, an intermittent... |more| |
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| November 2008 |
DIY tech
Digital clinic Q&A |
| Master your camera phone, fix the volume on your Apple MacBook, keyboards for Wii's and Windows Vista file uploads. |
Master your camera phone Q My camera phone claims to have 3 megapixels, but my pictures always come out looking blurry and generally terrible. How can I take better shots... |more| |
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So you want to buy an LCD TV |
| To some people, it may seem like the imminent digital TV changeover* has been a long time coming. Others may feel suddenly wrenched from the analogue sets that have served them well for years. |
Regardless, the era of standard-definition, cathoderay- tube TVs is fading into history. LCD TVs - such as the model shown here - rule the market now, and shopping for one requires a new... |more| |
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Indie director brings realism to new Bond action sequences in Quantum of Solace - Erin McCarthy |
| PM's Digital Hollywood sits down with Quantum Solace director Marc Forster to find out how the Monster's Ball director tackled the latest Bond flick's hardcore action scenes. Forget green screen and fans – Forster took Daniel Craig to a wind tunnel.
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Nefarious villains, beautiful women and action, action, action: these are all key components of a James Bond film. But could a director who has more indie cred than smash-and-awe experience tackle... |more| |
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| October 2008 |
Shooting the moon |
| Short on time and tight on money, a team of Nasa engineers aims to solve the mystery of lunar ice – by crashing its spacecraft into a crater. |
Astronomers hate the Moon. It’s so bright that it blinds telescopes like the sun in a driver’s eyes. There’s no atmosphere, and the geology is basically dead. Maybe that’s why, decades after Neil... |more| |
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FIRST robotics competitior |
| You don’t need an expensive lab to engineer a sophisticated robot – just the vision of a maverick inventor, the spur of competition and a bunch of high school students armed with power tools. |
Part battle-bot rally, part engineering crash course, FIRST Robotics takes science education out of classrooms and throws it into arenas packed with fans. Each year, high school teams receive a... |more| |
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Digital clinic Q&A |
| Joel johson anwers questions about airports' Wi-Fi networks and synchronising Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar. |
Airport tech survival guides Q I’m a frequent traveller, and I’ve noticed that few airports these days have free Wi-Fi networks. Some even shut off their wall... |more| |
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