Brett Venter

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

The trend in modern motor vehicles is towards more screens and touch interfaces, with physical buttons taking a backseat. LG’s newest innovation, set to be on display at SID Display Week 2025 in California next week, wonders why we can’t have both. The South Korean company has a selection of screen tech heading to the event, but it’s the Stretchable display (the capital ‘S’ is LG’s conceit) that looks the most remarkable.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

If you’re rocking a fairly decent 3D printer (and a substantial bank account) it’s relatively simple to create your own humanoid robot at home. Boffins at the University of Berkeley have just released the open-source plans for a robot called the Berkeley Humanoid Lite. The major drawcard is that you’re able to make the most expensive parts of the ‘bot on your 3D printer. The downside is that the remainder of the components are only cheap(ish) if you’re an American.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

If you were going to resurrect a creature from the Jurassic period in the modern day, what would folks use it for? If your answer is ‘leather’, you’re just the sort of person VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather would like to speak to. What would they say? They’ll probably open by offering you a pair of shoes made from Tyrannosaurus Rex leather, the stated aim of the new partnership between the creative agency, the genomics company, and the biotech firm.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

Samsung announced its Galaxy Tab S10 FE lineup at the beginning of last month with little local fanfare. That was expected, since South Africa wasn’t on the initial launch list. That has changed, with the new lot of ‘affordable’ Android tablets making landfall here at last. And pricing isn’t particularly ridiculous either. We expected them to match the Galaxy Tab S9 FE in terms of pricing. Samsung, somehow, is launching the new range for less than the expected R13,000 starting price.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Brett Venter

Isn’t Apple acting more like Samsung one of the warning signs of the apocalypse? Regardless, a report from The Information suggests that could be where the company is headed. According to several supply chain sources that spoke to the outlet, the iPhone maker may be splitting up its smartphone release schedule. The iPhone Pro lineup would stick to the September announce/release schedule, with the more ‘basic’ devices waiting until early the next year.