Geek McGeekerson

He's bringing specsy back

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New Egyptian Capital

Entire new city erected from Egyptian sand

Capital Cairo Project 

7 times size of Cairo

12 times size of Manhattan

270 Sq Miles

in future, home to 7 million people

$45b 

5-7 years to fully complete

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HYT H3

Timepiece Isaac Newton would be proud of

Hydromechanical

Linear portrayal of time

Two vertically placed bellows

Circular capillary

Titanium coated

Micro satin blasted platinum

170 hour power reserve

25 available in world

One of greatest watches ever built

$290,000+

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Olympus OM-D E-M5

Enhanced image stabilizer

16 megapixel can switch to 40 megapixel stills

Truepic VII Image processor

ISO 25,600

10 FPS

Built in WIFI standard for instant sharing

Remote shooting from accessible smartphone

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Trefecta DRT bike

Are you ready for the Ultra Super Ebike?

Basically, motorbike masquerading as a bicycle

Military-spec aluminium frame

Carbon fibre 26 inch spoke wheels

Top Speed Nearly 45mph

Determined to create the game not enhance it

Bluetooth and WIFI

$25,000+

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Ikea unveil mobile handset charging furniture @MWC 

Ikea plan to include wireless charging spots

Supported by Samsung S6

Charging covers available for incompatible mobile handsets

Available UK & North America April 2015

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Blackberry fights back

Blackberry Leap all touch buttonless mobile

Sales have fallen from 51m in 2011 to 7.9m in 2014

16G internal memory

8 mega pixel rear camera

5 inch 720p HD res screen

25 hours battery life

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Scientists successfully carry out 5G internet speeds

Thousands of times faster than 4G

One terabit per second

Public demonstration 2018

5G could in theory download 100x size of normal movie in 3 seconds

Could be available 2020

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Logitech Bluetooth Multi Device Keyboard

The end of flicking between laptop, tablet and phone

Can link up to three items

Works on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows

Bluetooth connection

Battery powered

Price £50

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Sony SmartEyeGlass

Sony's answer to Google Glass

Available for preorder in UK and Germany

Features tiny projector & hologram system

Camera, accelerometer, gyroscope and compass

Creates augmented reality

Price £650+ 

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Interstellar wins Oscar for Best Visual Effects

Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott Fisher Effects Supervisors

Paul and Andrew 2nd Oscar win following Inception 4 years ago

Special Effects created in Interstellar, never attempted before

Changed movie special effects forever

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"Whoah, Doc Are You Tellin Me This Sucker's Nuclear?"

University of Missouri develops water based, nuclear powered battery

In future could be used as dependable power source

Spacecraft, vehicles, and anything where longevity & safety are paramount

Incorporated, nanostructured titanium dioxide electrode acting as catalyst for water decomposition

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Psych

Spare time devouring new game

1 million + downloads

Similar to classic Frogger, except inspired by 80's movie Tron

Available for Android and iOS

Free (offers in app purchases)

Say goodbye to sleeping

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Raspberry Pi officially UK's biggest selling computer

5 million units in 3 years

Remarkable in era where consumers drawn to tablet devices 

Adopted by educational institutions around world

Capable of running Windows 10

ARM V processor

Ubuntu Core

Region of £20-£25

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Google Self Driving Car

Shortlist for London Design Museum, Design of Year

Competing in Transport Category

Nominated against Tesla Model S, BMW i8

Google Car praised for being simple practical, friendly, with a few surprises

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Samsung Six

Unveiled March 1

IPhone 6 challenger

(rumoured specs)

Increased screen size

Screen on three sides

Octa Core Processor

Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop System

Four Colours

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UK banks allow finger technology to access app.

RBS & NatWest will allow customers to use fingerprint technology on their phone. 

In a UK industry first. Customers only need to activate the service once.

Will be available on IPhone 5s/6/6plus

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Still using £3 headphones on musical tech worth £600+

Stop! Treat you ears with respect.

AKG K451

Less than £50

Comfortable, snug and a real quality sound. (Plus it wont look like your wearing sub woofers over your ears)