techno-culture

If you thought the PlayStation 3 is overindulgence for geeks, then turn away now. You won’t want to know about the Oculas, an entertainment pod complete with surround sound, climate control, smart fabric, PC, MP3 player and gaming console of choice, lighting control and gull wing access. Oh, yeah, and a cup holder.

So, in a series of searches at the supposedly high security Portlaoise prison, police found hooch, needles and drugs, mobile phones, and a budgie. A budgie, believed to have been smuggled into the jail by a female visitor who concealed the bird internally in her body, is understood to have belonged to a prisoner serving [...]