#WorldCup2014 – 10 iconic World Cup moments, celebrated in pictures – an annotated infographic

This is it. The final few football-free days. For those fans bursting for the World Cup 2014 tournament to kick off, it’s three interminable, pointless, torturous days. For everyone else wholly indifferent to the World Cup’s charms, these are the final days of peace and quiet. Today’s infographic celebrates 10 iconic moments from past World Cup tournaments. All the classics are here: they think it’s all over, the Hand of God, Pavarotti, Pele, Zidane and the debut of the Jules Rimet trophy, awarded to Uruguay on beating Argentina. It struck us earlier this week how small the Jules Rimet trophy … Continue reading #WorldCup2014 – 10 iconic World Cup moments, celebrated in pictures – an annotated infographic

Smart tags: how 1980s industry braced itself for the distributed memory revolution

Contactless electronic identification is something we take for granted now. When Peter Hewkin of Scientific Generics wrote about the subject for E&T’s predecessor magazine IEE Review in June 1989 the idea of using data-storage badges to keep track of people, animals or car bodies on a large-scale basis was an exciting and potentially revolutionary prospect. Read what Hewkin had to say about smart tags and the distrubuted memory revolution in this article from our archive. Continue reading Smart tags: how 1980s industry braced itself for the distributed memory revolution

#Google Android Wear smartwatch news – wearable technology continues apace – an annotated infographic

Ahead of Google’s annual techfest shindig, Google I/O, later this month, we hear tell of something called Android Wear, the operating system of the company’s smartwatch. Google is expected to demonstrate the Android Wear smartwatch OS at the technology conference in San Francisco. Working closely with technology partner Motorola – which already has its own smartwatch, the Moto 360 – the Android Wear smartwatch is expected to do all the hip tricks, like voice control, touch screen, messaging, internet browsing, changeable fascias. Funny how there’s no mention of its timekeeping abilities! Naturally, there can be no discussion of a Google … Continue reading #Google Android Wear smartwatch news – wearable technology continues apace – an annotated infographic