Duncan Geere

Duncan Geere

Duncan Geere is TechRadar's science writer. Every day he finds the most interesting science news and explains why you should care. You can read more of his stories here, and you can find him on Twitter under the handle @duncangeere.

Articles by: Duncan Geere

Trolls can be spotted from just five comments
Trollbusters: This algorithm can predict if you're going to get banned

By Duncan Geere last updated

A team of researchers has developed a system for identifying disruptive commenters from their first few posts.

Your brainwaves can reveal your password

By Duncan Geere last updated

Researchers have shown that it's possible to guess someone's password merely from data collected on a commercial EEG headset.

Radios in trees power this DIY internet provider
Fed up with your broadband provider? These people built their own internet with radios and trees

By Duncan Geere last updated

The residents of Orcas Island have built their own DIY internet service after years of frustration with commercial offerings.

Electric bikes do actually improve your health
Electric bikes do actually improve your health

By Duncan Geere last updated

A study of electric-powered bicycles has found that using one on a regular basis offers an effective workout, especially for people who'd previously been sedentary.

This smart ring lets you write words and numbers with your thumb

By Duncan Geere Published

Just make the shapes on your fingers, and a gyroscope and microphone will do the rest.

Nasa's next Mars rover is under construction

By Duncan Geere Published

The Mars 2020 mission will be a major upgrade from Curiosity.

Flight's lightbulb moment is nearly here: electric hybrid planes are on the way

By Duncan Geere Published

The proposed aircraft has three conventional jet engines and an electric turbofan.

Doctors want to show you the inside of your body in VR

By Duncan Geere Published

Imaging techniques can now be used to build a virtual cell to explore

The first asteroid from outside the solar system is like nothing we've ever seen

By Duncan Geere Published

Observations show a thin, red object travelling through our region of space.

This nanotube motion sensor could make wearables cheaper

By Duncan Geere Published

A team from Florida State University has created a new kind of sensor that's cheap and easy to manufacture in bulk.

Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can now do backflips

By Duncan Geere Published

The robotics firm's most humanoid creation is becoming a real gymnast

Smarter people are better at League of Legends and Dota 2

By Duncan Geere Published

Researchers have found a link between high levels of intelligence and the ability to perform well at Moba games.

Biologists have made a beetle with three eyes

By Duncan Geere Published

Fully functional, in the hope of studying evolutionary development

The sooner we roll out autonomous cars, the sooner we start saving lives

By Duncan Geere Published

Researchers say waiting for 'perfect' self-driving vehicles is a bad idea.

Nasa's next Mars rover has 23 eyes for scoping out the Red Planet

By Duncan Geere Published

To spot obstacles, create panoramas, and study the atmosphere.

A picture of a brain set against a blue sky.
This is how your brain changes in space

By Duncan Geere Published

Doctors have published a study of the impact of long-term space travel on the brain

This jellyfish-inspired electronic skin can tell a robot that you're hurting it

By Duncan Geere Published

Engineers at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology have taken inspiration from the natural world.

Spider silk could make your smartphone calls clearer

By Duncan Geere Published

Binghamton University researchers want us to listen more like insects do.

Reprojection could make your VR experiences lag-free

By Duncan Geere Published

Taking detail away from the edges of your vision could keep up virtual reality framerates while preserving detail

Just two words can identify the author of an email

By Duncan Geere Published

Forensic linguists show we're easier to identify via our emails than you'd imagine.

Harvard's RoboBee can handle water better than a real bee

By Duncan Geere Published

Roboticists from Harvard have developed the first microrobot capable of passing through water.

Test system finds thousands of errors in driverless car software waiting to happen

By Duncan Geere Published

A team of researchers has come up with a way to test the logic of neural networks.

Underwater microphones can reveal where and when something hits the sea

By Duncan Geere Published

Cardiff University researchers have developed a method for locating the exact time and place something hits the ocean.

This giant smartwatch prototype has a shape-deforming backplate

By Duncan Geere Published

Dartmouth College interaction designers have developed a smartwatch that lets users feel virtual objects

Titanic collision of two neutron stars solves a cluster of cosmic mysteries

By Duncan Geere Published

Ever wondered where gold, platinum, uranium and the rare-earth elements essential to modern technology come from?

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