Graeme McMillan
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Author/Co-Author of 356 articles
A transplant from the west coast of Scotland to the west coast of America, Graeme is a freelance writer with a taste for pop culture and technological trends. In addition to Digital Trends, you can find his work on Time.com and Wired.com.
This will shut them up: Polaroid’s Internet Kids Tablet
Polaroid is branching out into mobile device technology with their first release, a 7-inch tablet for kids.
No meteors are about to hit Earth, but Mars on the other hand…
Beware, little Mars Curiosity Rover: There's a comet headed your way, and with some wild luck, it at even crash onto the Red Planet.
Faulty capsule makes it to the International Space Station despite early troubles
Things looked troublesome in the SpaceX mission this weekend, but the Dragon capsule delivered groceries to the International Space Station just a day late.
A key ingredient in the mission to Mars? Poop. Yep, that stuff will save your life
We knew the new Inspiration Mars mission to orbit the Red Planet would need some kind of revolutionary tech. We just didn't think it'd involve poo walls.
Earth’s one remaining exoplanet spacecraft is officially done for
COROT, the French Space Agency's planet-seeking spacecraft, is officially sent to the metaphorical woodshed more than six months after it stopped working.
Has nature destroyed traces of life on Mars?
A team of scientists investigating a meteorite that fell from Mars have discovered that nature may have destroyed the evidence of life on the red planet.
Take one step closer to the Holodeck of the future
Scientists have built a virtual reality world - powered by headsets - that's theoretically endless, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
Huzzah! Library of Congress’ useless Twitter archive is almost complete… but you can’t read it yet
The long-awaited official Twitter archive at the Library of Congress is complete, the library has announced... Well, kind of. All the Tweets are there, but there's the slight problem of the fact that no-one seems to know how to make them available to the world.
Alec Baldwin hatequits Twitter in spectacular fashion
The Twitter career of Alec Baldwin is apparently over (again) after the actor went on a tear against a journalist, threatening to "straighten out."
Can robot soccer players generate interest in the sport for Americans?
If anything will help make soccer happen in the United States, then surely it's the RoboCup soccer tournament currently underway in the Netherlands.
Poppy adds another dimension to your iPhone’s camera
Poppy, the latest Kickstarter superstar gadget, has infiltrated the Web, promising to turn your ordinary iPhone camera into one that can take 3D pictures.
Now you don’t have to worry about accidentally printing a gun
As 3D printing continues to veer into controversy, one company has developed a software to detect when a design resembles too closely to a firearm.
BitTorrent: ‘You didn’t download <i>Game of Thrones</i> from us’
For years, the name "BitTorrent" has been synonymous with the idea of Internet piracy. BitTorrent's reaction? "You're doing it wrong."
Never mind Daft Punk, here’s an actual band made of robots
Sure, it's cool that a French duo can pretend to be robots and get their records in the charts, but what about the bands that are actually made up of real robots? Introducing Z-Machines, a Japanese three piece built to rock. Literally.
Want to break into movies? Check out the Prototype short film competition
The Prototype competition seeks to offer eight filmmakers not only a chance to be seen by movie executives, but also the funding necessary to wow them.
Wikia reveals which Season 4 ‘Arrested Development’ episodes were most loved
Because Netflix doesn't release information, Wikia's WAM meter steps in to let you know which new Arrested Development episodes were the most popular.
Scientists discover genuine use for AR vision by giving firefighters thermal vision
Researchers have developed ProFiTex, a new augment reality technology that can help firefighters measure the space and heat behind the burning door.
British woman nearly jailed for suggesting to ‘burn mosques’ on Facebook
Watch what you say online - especially if you've got offensive views. A British woman learned this the hard way when her comments almost left her in jail.
Comic creation goes digital with ComiXwriter software
After years of making do with regular word processing programs, do comic writers really need a specialized software to help them create their scripts?
Time Warner Cable now lets subscribers watch its content without a cable box
Say goodbye to the cable box if you're a Time Warner Cable subscriber with a Samsung Smart TV. The two companies now offer TWC content via an online app.