If you are looking to develop a project which requires a GPS receiver that is both low-cost and very accurate you might be interested in a new device which is launched on the crowdfunding Kickstarter website this week called the Piksi.

The Piksi GPS receiver has been created to provide users with centimetre level precision together with open source software and board design. Check out the video after the jump to learn more about the new GPS receiver and its capabilities.

Swift Navigation the creators of Piksi explain : "A regular GPS receiver, like you have in your cell phone, gives positions that are accurate to within a few meters. An RTK (Real Time Kinematic) GPS system gives positions that are 100 times more accurate – down to single centimeters. Piksi is an R ... Read more »

Within the next week Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is projected to reach 10 million in sales within the next week – making it Samsung’s fastest-selling device ever. It’s previous fastest-selling device was the Galaxy S3, which sold 10 million within 54 days. If the S4’s progress continues, it’ll almost cut the Galaxy S3’s time in half!

The Galaxy S4 went on sale on April 26^th and has since been flying off the shelves. It’s so popular that Google has decided to ally with Samsung to create a Google Edition of the S4 that will allow users to make use of the Android Jelly Bean instead of TouchWiz. It’ll pretty much turn the device into an unofficial Nexus.

When I first heard about Google Glass, I thought it was a great technological advancement. However, being one of the millions who wear glasses and American to boot, I found myself instantly wanting more.

While the idea was neat, the thought of wearing Glass in addition to my glasses was rather off-putting. If only Glass could be integrated with my prescription, or at least offer a prescription-based version…

Google I/O brought just that! On the show floor was ... Read more »

Did you know there have been four different Mars rovers to touchdown and drive along the surface of Mars since 1997? All four belong to NASA and include – in order of oldest to newest – the Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity.

Curiosity has been getting the brunt of the attention after finding strong signs that life may have once existed on Mars, but Opportunity recently hit a monumental point by breaking the record for the longest NASA drive off Earth.

Opportunity has driven a total of 35.76 kilometers along the surface of Mars – much more than Curiosity’s measl ... Read more »

This week Notion Ink has unveiled a new addition to their range of tablets with the launch of the Notion Ink Adam II dual screen tablet.

The Notion Ink Adam II primary display is a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel IPS screen, which is combined with a Secondary STN or black and white LCD display for notifications purposes.

The Notion Ink Adam II is powered by a 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor, supported by 1GB of RAM and comes supplied running Google’s latest Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system.

Other features include a 6,000 mAh battery which is capable of providing 10 hours of continuous use and, HDMI,802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, 2 megapixel fron ... Read more »

Apple’s iTunes is available for the desktop version of Windows 8, but Microsoft wants Apple to create a Metro version of the app for Windows 8, and Microsoft have being trying to convince Apple to make one.

Apple is apparently reluctant to make a Windows 8 iTine App, and it looks like we may have to wait some time to see one as Microsoft has yet to talk Apple into making the app.

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According to Microsoft, iTunes is one of the most searched for apps on the Windows 8 store, and whilst Microsoft has been able to secure big name apps like Twitter and Netflix for Windows 8 they have yet to convince Apple to release an iTunes app for the platform.

Source ... Read more »

As well as announcing the Olympus PEN E-P5 the company also added another new Micro Four Thirds camera to their range with the launch of the OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL6.

The Olympus PEN Lite E-PL6 features a 17.2 megapixel Live Mos sensor, plus a 3 inch tiltable LCD display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 460,000 dpi, plus it comes with support for SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I support, Eye-Fi cards.

Main Features

Touch AF Shutter – a new style of shooting that combines FAST AF with touchscreen operation.

Superb image quality continued from the flagship of the Olympus mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, the OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5.

Wide ran ... Read more »