Chris Brandrick - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Chris Brandrick

Article | 6/08/2010 Japanese engineers build GPS into glasses

Personal navigation systems are about to get a lot more personal. Japanese engineers have created a prototype device that places GPS navigation techno...

Article | 4/08/2010 Modder transforms motorbike into a PC

A first-time modder has completed a rather ambitious task--taking a motorbike and transforming it into a fully working computer.

Article | 28/07/2010 SanDisk Launches its Smallest-Ever USB Flash Drive

Memory maker SanDisk has ousted its latest USB flash drive, claiming it's the smallest that the company has ever released.

Article | 22/07/2010 Android and Lego come together to solve puzzles

What do you get when you combine the brains of Android with the body of Lego? If you're UK-based chip designer and Lego enthusiast David Gilday, you g...

Article | 16/07/2010 Robotic legs let wheelchair users walk again

New Zealand firm Rex Bionics has been working on an admirable tech-savvy way to enable wheelchair users to walk again.

Article | 15/07/2010 USB connector can be plugged in any way up

How many times have you gone to plug in a USB device, only to get it wrong and try to plug it in upside down? Ultratek is guessing that it's a fairly ...

Article | 14/07/2010 Hack lets you play retro Nintendo games on your iPad

Apple's App Store may well be a haven of new, always-updated touch-based gaming experiences, but what if you have an urge for some retro gaming? A rec...

Article | 2/07/2010 New technology could replace HDMI with Ethernet cables

Could HDMI's days be numbered? It could be, if a new a new audio/video (A/V) cable standard developed by four tech companies catches on.

Article | 29/06/2010 Solar camera strap concept shines

Grabbing your camera as you're about to head out, only to find it's running low on power is one inconvenience that designer Weng Jie is hoping he can ...

Article | 8/06/2010 iPhone 4's Retina display explained

During today's introduction of the iPhone 4, Steve Jobs detailed that the upcoming device will make use of what Retina display.

Article | 5/06/2010 DIY mod: add a USB power outlet to your car

In the very near future all cars will have built-in USB ports. Some do now, but until that future becomes a full-blown reality you can either wait or ...

Article | 6/06/2010 This Week In GeekTech: Chips, Flash and HTML 5

It's time for your weekly slice of geek. This week <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/197041/meet_the_geektechers.html">the team</a> has news on ...

Article | 3/06/2010 Homemade Lego printer says 'hello world'

Hello World! One Lego enthusiast has made a working printer using spare Lego bricks, a felt-tip pen, a few mechanical parts, and a heap of ingenuity.

Article | 2/06/2010 Sony creates tweeting cat collar

The latest gadget from Sony's in-house geeks will surely get your cat tweeting. A prototype tweeting cat collar, which Sony created in collaboration w...

Article | 28/05/2010 Hoverboard project takes flight--and actually hovers

Artist Nils Guadagnin's latest creation is bound to please many fans of the Back To The Future trilogy: He's created a replica of Marty McFly's iconic...