About James Bruce
James has a BSc in Artificial Intelligence and is CompTIA A+ and Network+ certified. When he's not reviewing hardware and producing YouTube videos, he enjoys LEGO, VR, and board games. Before joining MakeUseOf, he was a lighting technician, English teacher, and datacenter engineer.
Latest Articles
What is Arduino: Everything You Need to Know (In Video)
What is an Arduino and why should you care? In this video, I attempt to answer that question, and more.
Love South Park? Buy Stick of Truth. Now. (NSFW)
South Park: Stick of Truth is a polished adventure role-play game, drawing from both JRPGs and point and click adventures of yesteryear. If you like the show, you will love this game.
Arduino Home Automation Remote Control from iOS or Android
For home automation, remote control or monitoring of your Arduino, Arduino Manager does it all.
5 Essential eCommerce Tips for 2014
We all know that the old SEO tricks don't work anymore, so is all hope lost for eCommerce? Nope! Here are 5 actionable steps you can take.
How and Why to Add a Real Time Clock to Arduino
In order to keep your Arduino in sync with the world around it, you're going to need what's called a "Real Time Clock module". Here's how use one.
Holi Smart Mood Lamp Review and Giveaway
Is the Holi Smart Mood Lamp the ultimate night lamp? Mood lamp? Disco ball?
3 Game Capture Software Solutions Tested
Gaming is awesome: but sharing that with the world is even better. To do that, you'll need some way of recording your antics. In today's video, I'll show the best way to record from a PC, a console, and even from an iPad.
5 Xbox One Myths Dispelled: Don't Brick Your Console!
The web is full of myths and disinformation on the Xbox One. Not all of it is harmless though - some of the "helpful tips" you’ll find will actually end up irrecoverably bricking your console. Don’t be a victim.
Android Lemon KTV Karaoke Player Review and Giveaway
The Lemon KTV Karaoke player (KHP-8836) is available direct from China for around $350 plus shipping or from Amazon for $349.99 with free shipping, complete with a selection of English and Chinese songs.
Build Your Own: MOS Magnetic Cable Organizer
For many of us, having a tidy set of device charger cables is but a pipe dream from a distant technological utopia. Some magnets, metal and glue is all you need.
Planning A LAN Party? These Classic Games Will Get It Going
In a time gone by, multiplayer gaming basically meant gathering some friends round your house. For the console gamers it was huddled round a split screen, but those able to lug around huge PCs had a glorious few years of LAN parties.
Fairphone Review and Giveaway
The Fairphone was quietly put on pre-order last year for an initial European-only run of 25,000 units.
8 of the Weirdest Simulation Games You Can Play Now
People are weird; like really, really weird. Some of those weirdos go on to be game developers, and that beautiful marriage of madness and digital potential creates the most random simulation games you’ll ever find. Here’s just a few of them, all of which you could play right now if you really had the desire to.
Smartglass with the Xbox One - Is it actually useful now?
SmartGlass was Microsoft's attempt to integrate this phenomenon into the gaming and Xbox experience - interactive meta displays when watching movies or TV; mini-maps for games or extra controls. But mostly it was just crap. Have Microsoft upped their game this time or is it more of the same?
Sony HMZ-T3W Personal 3D Cinema Review and Giveaway
The HMZ-T3W is Sony's latest attempt at an entertainment headset, but is it a premium futuristic personal display or just a silly head gadget?
How To Make Your First Musical Light Show With QLC+
Learn a new skill this weekend: how to make your holiday lights flash in time to music. It's like being a DJ, but way cooler.
Arduino Night Light and Sunrise Alarm Project
Today, we'll be making a sunrise alarm clock, which will gently and slowly wake you without resorting to an offensive noise-making machine.
Quirky Nimbus Smart Dashboard Review and Giveaway
The Nimbus Dashboard has four individual dials that can be customised to display information relevant to you. That's a pretty awesome idea - but how useful is the end product, really?
Cubify Cube 3D Printer Review and Giveaway
Most affordable 3D printers are sold as self-assembly kits, but the Cubify Cube promises to be plug-and-plug with minimal fuss. Does it live up to that promise?