Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: Invisibility Shield creator on his design and how it works

You may remember we reported on a ‘real life’ invisibility shield.

Well, we spoke with Tristan Thompson, the British inventor behind the most curious invention of 2022, which it’s claimed offers users a way to “disappear”.

Tristan says there’s been an explosion of interest after the invention was promoted on their Kickstarter, and from businesses you might not expect.

The FBI says Russian state-linked hackers are “scanning” the systems of energy companies and other US critical infrastructure to probe for access vulnerabilities.

Bryan Vorndran, assistant director in the FBI’s cyber division told a House of Representatives panel that discoveries of nefarious activity pointing to Russia have increased since the invasion of Ukraine.

Sony announces its PlayStation Plus subscription, which includes access to 700 games, including plenty of retro titles.

Dyson has created some very chunky headphones that include a purifying visor designed to help people avoid toxic air in cities - but are you bold enough to wear them in public?

Dyson Zone is a wearable combining noise-cancelling over-ear headphones with a visor that sits in front of the nose and mouth, delivering apparently filtered air.

A board game version of the hit multiplayer horror title Dead by Daylight is crowdfunding. A 33-year-old software engineer has described losing his £300,000 life savings on collapsed cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX after the company’s founder died and apparently took customers’ passwords to the grave. And, a Harvard public health study suggests eating two or more servings of avocado every week could reduce the risk of heart disease by a fifth.

Listen here:

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.