Technology

In our Technology section we bring you the latest gadgets, inventions, advancements and ideas from the greatest technological minds from around the world. Future laptop designs, jetpacks, robots, holograms, 3d technology, ambitious futuristic building projects and so much more. We aim to show you the technology of tomorrow today. If its new, better, faster and can do more, were interested. Stay up to date with all the latest technology news and discover new technology before anybody else with the GBC Magazine Technology section.

FlexibleLove Chair

by Andy Ball July 13, 2010

This is the Flexible Love chair, it was designed by Chishen Chium, who one day stumbled upon a small factory producing ‘honeycombed’ sheets of recycled paper in suburban Taipei. Chishen was intrigued by their use of the honeycomb structure to create cardboard palettes that were being used to replace traditional wooden palettes, and believed the [...]

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Futuristic Mangrove Tree Skyscraper

by Andy Ball June 30, 2010

Since the inhabitable spaces over the planet are going scarce, it’s the right time to seek for inspiration from biological elements and to develop ecosystems that could support housing with some adaptive features. Doing just that, Chimera mimics the flexible shape of a mangrove tree to fashion or simply to propose some spiralling skyscrapers [...]

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Future Laptop Designs

by Andy Ball May 25, 2010

In 2020 We Can Wear Sony Computers On Our Wrist:
Our present need for internet connectivity is so profound that secondary devices like the Nextep Computer are bound to be created in the future. Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this future laptop type computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen. Earmarked [...]

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GBC be Virus Free – The War

by Jacques Jones April 29, 2010

It feels like aeons have passed since I last published an article and although its only been a fortnight its been a slow and painful one.
So what’s the low down? Well for the last fourteen days and fourteen nights myself and a very talented programmer from Pakistan have been struggling to remove an exploit that [...]

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20 Best: High Speed Photography

by Andy Ball March 28, 2010

As the technology behind photographic equipment continues to improve and become more readily available to the masses, more and more photographers are presented with the opportunity to experiment with new technologies such as High Speed Photography.
High Speed Photography presents us with the chance to take in the often mesmerising and bizarre moments which are usually [...]

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Milk – Computer Table

by Andy Ball March 23, 2010

Its the best bed you’ve ever slept in, the best car you’ve ever driven, the best house you’ve ever lived in, except its a desk. Well, that’s what the designers say anyway… But as bold a claim as that is, we think the Milk table goes as close to fulfilling that prophecy as any desk [...]

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Jetpacks on Sale Now!

by Andy Ball March 11, 2010

This is the Martin Jetpack, an inventive Jetpack loosely based on the helicopter and designed by Martin Aircraft Company of New Zealand. See it in action below:
It is powered by a 200 Horse Power petrol engine and can reach a top speed of 60 mph, an altitude of 8,000 feet, and fly for over 30 [...]

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Googles Glass Elevator

by Andy Ball March 8, 2010

Google is always looking to take the next step forward on all its projects. The much discussed “20 percent time” that Google employees receive has resulted in a lot of success stories and new advancements and ideas for the company. Jason Holt used his 20 percent project time to create a wraparound view of a [...]

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