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• VIDEO: Are robots a real threat to jobs?

  14-09-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Research by Oxford University and accountancy firm Deloitte says many of today's jobs are at high risk of being automated in the next two decades.
  
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• VIDEO: Two years to find 'missing' space balloon

  14-09-2015 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in the US who lost a weather balloon carrying a camera sent to the edge of space have found it - and two years on are able to view its spectacular footage.
  
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• James Bond-style coffee cup lid is latest tool in fight against crime

  14-09-2015 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain’s police and security services are said to be ‘very interested’ in the device (pictured), which has been created by Cornwall-based company LawMate UK to fit any takeaway coffee cup.
  
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• Dutch scientists create £20m tsunami generator to boost country's defences

  14-09-2015 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The highest artificial wave generated so far is just over 5m but engineers are hoping to produce even larger ones at the newly-completed 26m euro facility just outside the city of Delft in the Netherlands.
  
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• The airbag for a BULLET: Ping pong ball-style cushion can be attached to any gun to slow down shots and prevent fatal injuries

  14-09-2015 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device (pictured), designed by Alternative Ballistics in San Diego, California, takes the form of a metal ball or ‘bullet capture device’ that is fitted over the barrel of a gun.
  
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• Nasa reveals infrared footage of the Northern Lights from space

  14-09-2015 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The amazing image shows the aurora borealis across southern Canada and the northern United States during the nighttime hours of September 8, 2015.
  
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• Boston researchers reveal supercomputer that can predict when you'll DIE

  14-09-2015 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system collects data on patients every three minutes, measuring everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure to give doctors 'everything we need to know about a patient'.
  
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• Apple reveals record setting preorders for iPhone 6s

  14-09-2015 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Preorders for its latest iPhone have been so strong that Apple expects to surpass last year's record, when it sold 10 million phones during the first weekend.
  
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• How an early human diet changed the course of evolution

  14-09-2015 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore analysed the tooth enamel of 152 fossilsof early humans, primates and other mammals from across Africa.
  
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• Robotic limb allows patients to feel what it touches through a microchip

  14-09-2015 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Miami working with Darpa have developed a robotic arm (pictured) that can allow patient's to'feel' by sending tiny electrical signals to an implant in their brain.
  
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• Super Mario Maker review: you are not Shigeru Miyamoto

  14-09-2015 20:10
  
      The odd thing about Super Mario Maker, the level making app masquerading as a video game released just in time for the irrepressible Italian plumber's 30th anniversary as a leading man, is that it gives players direct responsibility for the single element that made Mario worth playing in the first place: design.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Scientists peer at complex organs by turning human tissue transparent

  14-09-2015 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Riken Brain Science Institute in Japan have developed a new technique for creating transparent tissue that can be used to illuminate 3D brain anatomy at very high resolutions.
  
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• Busy? Rent a PA to do your chores for you! 'Taskers' can assemble furniture, clean your oven and even queue for an iPhone 6s

  14-09-2015 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People in London and in cities across the US are becoming full-time taskers can can earn up to $7,000 (£4,547) a month, according to odd job service TaskRabbit.
  
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• Some folk have all the luck! Tall people are genetically more likely to be slim...and the opposite is true for short

  14-09-2015 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Queensland and British universities analysed DNA of people from 14 European countries to find those from 'tall' nations have DNA to keep them slim.
  
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• The flatpack, 3D-printed, robot-built Moon base of the future

  14-09-2015 18:25
  
  Foster + Partners is designing a base for the Moon. We speak to architect Xavier de Kestelier about ambitious projects, virtual reality and laser-wielding robots.By: Madhumita Venkataramanan, Continue reading...
  
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• Playlist 09.15: Ai Weiwei, data design, desktop DJs

  14-09-2015 17:50
  
      We round up the top cultural picks of September 2015, including Ai Weiwei, vlogging the apocalypse, desktop DJing, data by design and more.By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Why 'Electricomics' is more than just comics on tablets

  14-09-2015 17:44
  
      Electricomics is trying to redefine what comics can be in the age of the tablet. Launched earlier this month on iPad, the innovative project allows creators to use technology beyond the humble pencil to absorb readers into their worlds.
  Shepherded by comics writer Leah Moore, the anthology title sees a global who's who of comic book creators -- including her father Alan Moore, and husband and regular co-writer John Reppion -- experimenting to find
  
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• 'Disobedient' camera brings back the thrill of taking photos

  14-09-2015 17:27
  
  From Pinterest to Instagram to Google Image Search, the internet is awash with photographs that are mostly variations on the same landmarks and themes. Thanks to the smartphone revolution, we are all photographers now.
  In a quest to inject some originality and back into the format, German interactive design student Philippe Schmitt has developed Camera Restricta, a concept camera that uses GPS to stop you from taking photographs of frequently snapped locations. By: Katie Collins, Continue
  
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• Robotic Landing Gear could help pilots land on rocky mountains and moving boats

  14-09-2015 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Darpa and Georgia Tech have designed Robotic Landing Gear, which comprises four articulated legs that can bend and fold beneath the fuselage.
  
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• Bloodhound Diary: How flat is flat?

  14-09-2015 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ensuring the fastest car runs on the flattest track
  
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• Apple Pay goes live for Lloyds and Halifax customers but Barclays is still missing

  14-09-2015 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The group - which includes Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland - emailed its customers in the UK over the weekend to explain how to set up the service.
  
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• Chilean astronomers capture the early stages of a distant solar system being formed 

  14-09-2015 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To observe this distant system, which sits around 325 light-years from Earth, the astronomers used the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) based in an observatory in Chile. Concept shown.
  
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• Simple tricks to boost poor mobile connections revealed

  14-09-2015 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Going upstairs and opening a window can help to improve mobile reception, while turning on airplane mode briefly can reset the mast the device connects to for a better signal.
  
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• Record sales expected for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus

  14-09-2015 15:56
  
  Apple released a statement that the newest smartphone model is "on pace" to beat the iPhone 6's 2015 record of 10 million sales in the first weekend. By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Poor phone signal? Open a window! Simple tricks to boost mobile connection revealed

  14-09-2015 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Going upstairs and opening a window can help to improve mobile reception, while turning on airplane mode briefly can reset the mast the device connects to for a better signal.
  
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• TELLY INNN SPAAACE: Nothing to watch on your 4K TV? NASA to the RESCUE

  14-09-2015 15:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  How can we get on the telly more? Have a TV channel At last, some UHD content to go on that new 4K telly or gadget you bought ages ago: NASA has announced it is launching its own 4K television channel on 1 November.…
  
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• 'Hardcore' may be the most NSFW action movie ever

  14-09-2015 14:55
  
  Sometimes, a movie is simply, perfectly titled, telling you everything you need to know about the film. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial is about an alien. Star Wars is about battles in space. Now add Hardcore to that list, as the brutal new action flick says it all in the name.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• What Jeremy Corbyn's victory means for science and technology

  14-09-2015 14:30
  
  With the support of almost 60 percent of the Labour selectorate, Jeremy Corbyn holds a stronger mandate than any major political figure in UK political history. But what impact will the new leader of the opposition have on the UK's science and technology sectors?By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple's iPhone 6S has a SMALLER battery than older models: Video reveals cell won't hold as much energy as the current range

  14-09-2015 14:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A screenshot (pictured) from a promotional video played at the iPhone 6s' unveiling at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, shows the new handset has a 1,715mAh battery.
  
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• Cancer patient implanted with an Australian manufactured 3D printed sternum and rib cage

  14-09-2015 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 3D printed sternum and and rib cage, prepared and created in Australia were successfully implanted in to a Spanish cancer patient - the first operation of its kind in the world.
  
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• Bionic hand can feed physical sensations directly to the brain

  14-09-2015 13:48
  
  A revolutionary prosthetic hand that connects the directly to the brain has allowed a 28-year-old paralysed volunteer to "feel" physical sensations for the first time in a decade.
  The prosthetic has been created as part of a project being run by Darpa, the US government's defence research agency, which is primarily famous for its work in military robotics. As well as building weaponised drones however, the agency also has a programme dedicated to revolutionising prosthetics through the introduc
  
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• Medieval remains are snapped as storm rips tree roots containing skeletons up

  14-09-2015 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Half of the skeleton (pictured) was found trapped in the roots of a birch tree in Collooney, Sligo in Ireland, which blew over in the winter storms of last year.
  
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• Parents of larger families are happier and more satisfied with their lives

  14-09-2015 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The results come from a five-year study into different family set-ups, carried out by Dr Bronwyn Harman from the Auckland University of Technology.
  
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• Krafcik takes wheel at Google driverless car project, so to speak

  14-09-2015 13:24 via go.theregister.com
  
  Soulless robo cabs to take lead from ex Hyundai chieftain Gigantic automated advertising firm Google has hired the former CEO of Hyundai to head up its famous driverless car outfit. John Krafcik confirmed that he would run the (road)show from late September.…
  
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• Hyundai ex-chief finds himself at wheel of Google's driverless car

  14-09-2015 13:24 via go.theregister.com
  
  John Krafcik eases behind lifeless controls of Chocolate Factory's autonomous project Google has hired Hyundai's ex-CEO to head up Mountain View's self-driving car project.…
  
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• 'Blade Runner 2' answers the biggest mystery in sci-fi

  14-09-2015 13:20
  
  Blade Runner 2 director Denis Villeneuve has said he will "take care" of the mystery of whether Rick Deckard is a replicant or not. "I would just want to say to the fans that we will take care of that mystery. I will take care of it," he told fans.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Arizona lads recover epic stratovid – two years after launch

  14-09-2015 13:07 via go.theregister.com
  
  AT&T worker stumbles upon balloon payload lost in space the desert A groups of lads from Arizona has posted a nice vid of a balloon flight over the US's majestic southwest – having finally recovered the footage two years after their payload went AWOL in the desert.…
  
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• DNA suggests Neanderthals species emerged 700,000 years ago

  14-09-2015 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geneticists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany have obtained the oldest genetic information from an early species of human to ever be sequenced.
  
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• Dolphins' social intelligence suggests they may share a collective consciousness

  14-09-2015 12:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The idea of a dolphin 'collective soul' was proposed in the 1980s by paleoneurologist Harry Jerison and the theory has now been discussed in Susan Casey's new book Voices in the Ocean.
  
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• VANISHED GLOBAL WARMING may NOT RETURN – UK Met Office

  14-09-2015 12:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  But it might. Hey, we don't know, we're the Met Office There hasn't actually been any global warming for the last fifteen years or so - this much is well known. But is this just a temporary hiccup set to end soon? A new report from the UK's weather bureau says it just might not be.…
  
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• GLOBAL WARMING may NOT RETURN – UK Met Office

  14-09-2015 12:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  But it might. Hey, we don't have any idea Those who follow climate-change matters are well aware that in one important respect - that is, temperatures measured around the world - there hasn't actually been any climate change for the last fifteen years or thereabouts. Now, a new report from the British weather bureau says that this lack of global warming may persist for a while.…
  
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• Global warming hiatus 'may NOT end soon' – UK Met Office

  14-09-2015 12:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  But it might. Hey, we don't have any idea Climate-change followers will know there hasn't been any global warming since around the turn of the century. Observers had been expecting that to change, perhaps from this year, but now a fresh report from the British weather bureau suggests it may be business as no-warming usual for a while yet.…
  
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• GLOBAL WARMING HALT 'may PERSIST' – UK's Met Office

  14-09-2015 12:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  But it might not. Hey, we don't have any idea One of the most hotly debated issues on climate matters is the fact that there hasn't actually been any global warming for more than fifteen years. This may be about to change - but a new report from the British climate bureau says, actually, maybe not.…
  
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• GLOBAL WARMING HALT 'may be set to persist' – UK's Met Office

  14-09-2015 12:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  But it might not. Hey, we don't have any idea Not everyone is aware of it, but in fact there hasn't been any global warming for more than fifteen years. A new report just out from the British meteorology bureau says that this state of affairs may continue for some time.…
  
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• ABSENCE of GLOBAL WARMING 'may be set to continue' – UK Met Office

  14-09-2015 12:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Or it may not. Don't expect us to know which It's now widely admitted that global warming, as measured by temperatures around the world, stopped at the turn of the century. Many observers have been expecting it to resume, perhaps starting this year – but a new report from the UK Met Office says that in fact the so-called "hiatus" may carry on for some time yet.…
  
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• ABSENCE of GLOBAL WARMING 'could be set to continue' – UK Met Office

  14-09-2015 12:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  But it might not. Hey, we don't have any idea It's now widely acknowledged that global warming stopped something like fifteen years ago. Some experts had been thinking that it will start up again, perhaps even this year – but a new report issued by the UK Met Office says that the so-called "hiatus" could actually persist for some time yet.…
  
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• Watch Disney's Glen Keane 'drawing sculptures' in virtual reality

  14-09-2015 11:53
  
  A new short film by the Future Of StoryTelling festival shows what happened when Disney's Glen Keane, 61, put on the headset, and recreated some of his most famous characters from Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast in virtual reality.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Buzz Aldrin: We will settle Mars

  14-09-2015 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronaut Buzz Aldrin thinks humans can not only land on Mars by 2019, but also colonise the red planet.
  
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• Why sudden global warming means colder summers in Europe

  14-09-2015 11:24
  
  Europe could see cooler weather over the next couple of years while the rest of the world experiences the hottest temperatures on record. Met Office data shows 2015 and 2016 are set to be warmer than 2014, which was the warmest year on record. 
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• Big changes underway for the planet? The next two years could be the hottest yet as El Niño will heat up the world, experts claim

  14-09-2015 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the UK's Met Office say a major El Niño event in the Pacific could heat the world overall, marking an end to the slowdown in global warming.
  
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