Technogaze

1 Feb 2014

Bird like drones, Free Google Taxis, Latest 3D Printing, Apple Sapphire Glass ,TV and the cost of Patent Trolls

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This week in the studio we had Michael, Raena and Josh in the studio talking about the latest in Tech. We looked at drones that mimic birds and are able to land on branches, Samsungs foray into Glass and a recently filed Google patent for a taxi service that will take you shopping for free.

3D printing is still changing with new printers that are capable of printing in full colour, use tougher materials such as fibreglass and carbon fibre and a new orthotic supply service that you can use in place of going to your podiatrist.

Edward Snowden is a nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian politicians as Apple’s Tim Cook is denying that there is a back door to their system, although a gag order prevents him from going into more detail. Some rumours of sapphire glass for the next iPhone with perhaps in-built photovoltaic charging and the next Apple TV looks set to include an inbuilt Airport Express and Cable TV Tuner.

Google surprises some by selling its Motorola phone division for a $9bn loss – although it is keeping the patents and the Moonshot advanced technologies and projects division. If $9bn sounds like a lot for patents, Google is set to pay out close to $1bn on a recent case that it lost against a patent troll – so perhaps the sale price was fair. Finally we looked at an ongoing Google Chrome exploit that allows a malicious site to keep your microphone open long after you have thought it was turned off.