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• The Unseen uses chemistry to create reactive fashion

  17-10-2015 19:57
  
      Laura Bowker's clothes respond to environment and feelings.Continue reading...
  
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• Make an 'edible Snapchat' out of pond weed and rice paper

  17-10-2015 19:33
  
      Getting a gravy fountain working, it turns out, requires a fair bit of thinking. But that's the fun of experimental food science.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• TomSka thinks you suck (but that's okay)

  17-10-2015 18:51
  
      You suck, but that's absolutely fine.
  That's the inspirational advice that Tom Ridgewell, better known as YouTube star TomSka, gave the audience at WIRED NexGen today.
  The comedy video-maker has 3.8 million followers on his YouTube channel, and one of his early videos has more than 52 million views after ten years online -- despite it not being his best work, according to Ridgewell himself.
  And that's okay. Ridgewell gave five pieces of advice on finding su
  
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• Marshmallow Laser Feast: augmented reality will overtake VR

  17-10-2015 18:39
  
      Augmented reality will soon overtake VR, says Robin McNichols of Marshmallow Laser Feast.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Expert reveals the best ways to nod off all night from eating bread and bananas to listening to broadbasts

  17-10-2015 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Our bodies repair overnight, so a lack of sleep affects skin, immunity, stress levels and can lead to disease long term, says stress expert and nutritionistCharlotte Watts.
  
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• Why are Lego games so popular? The clue is in the bricks...

  17-10-2015 18:37
  
  The Lego video games are popular. Very popular.
  In fact 100 million copies have been sold worldwide -- enough, were they stacked on top of each other in DVD boxes, to reach seven hundred miles high.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• How to train for working in space

  17-10-2015 18:25
  
      You're in space, trapped in a module designed for two people for a 26-hour period. But there's three of you. And you'll be trapped for 96 hours. Eventually, the carbon dioxide you exhale will kill you all.
  That's what happened on the failed Apollo 13 Moon landing -- and it's also a great way to get kids excited, or terrified, about working in space.
  "This is a low-rent version of surviving in space," Dan Plane, an explainer and developer from London's 
  
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• VR flight, self-driving toys and drones are the future of fun

  17-10-2015 17:57
  
     What will having fun be like, in ten years time? If WIRED Next Generation is any indication, there'll be lots of virtual reality in it -- but robotic toy-cars and good, old-fashioned music will also hold their own.By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Why hardware needs to go open source

  17-10-2015 17:52
      Forget Apple's infamous secrecy: the key to better hardware is unlocking the designs and releasing them open source on the web, according to one tech founder.
  The rise of 3D printing led to concerns about copyright infringement spreading from digital goods to physical things, but there's little to be done about such theft -- and much to be won by sharing, according to Wevolver founder Bram Geenan.
  "People are still worried about it, but more and more people star
  
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• Beatie Wolfe wants to you look at music differently, literally

  17-10-2015 17:50
  
      What does music look like? It's a question many artists and innovators are struggling to answer. Does it look like a list of MP3 files? A page on a streaming music service? A -- horror of horrors -- Compact Disc?
  Or does it look like a deck of NFC-enabled cards? A gown woven with digital fabric, or a 3D hologram?
  If you're Beatie Wolfe, it's all of the above.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• How sticky tape and plasticine are making robotics fun

  17-10-2015 17:40
  
  Give kids fifteen minutes, servos, an Arudino, some sticky tape and a block of plasticine and watch the robots start to evolve.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Incredible video shows men listening to radio using weeds

  17-10-2015 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video, which is believed to include Russian-speaking Ukrainians, shows a group of men placing weeds and plants on a radio antenna so they can listen to music and the news.
  
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• How to be a young entrepreneur (and cope with the paperwork)

  17-10-2015 16:54
  
      We learned there's a lot of admin to running a business at the WIRED NextGen "how to become an entrepreneur" workshop.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Start now' teen Google Science Fair winners tell WIRED NextGen

  17-10-2015 16:45
  
      Google Science Fair winners Emer Hickey and Ciara Judge: start nowBy: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• ESA reveals what's next for comet-hunting Rosetta

  17-10-2015 15:51
  
      Mark McCaughrean from ESA gave WIRED NextGen a behind the scenes look at the Rosetta missionBy: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Fab Lab want to give every student Tony Stark's laboratory

  17-10-2015 15:28
  
      Matthew Shaw has wandered beneath ancient Rome and watched polar bears playing on Arctic ice floes, all because of his knowledge of one specific technology -- which the rest of us will soon get our hands on.
  That technology is laser scanning, or Lidar, which his company ScanLABS uses to create 3D digital images of Arctic ice floes, Science Museum exhibits, and even the coat Lord Nelson was shot in.By: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• Teen founder Erik Finman: 'I will never send my kids to school'

  17-10-2015 14:22
  
      A teenage entrepreneur who earned more than $100,000 as one of the early adopters of bitcoin and has since launched his own startup has told young innovators to "just be yourself" at WIRED 2015 Next Generation.
  And don't worry if you'd just rather not go to school.
  Erik Finman, 16, who is founder of Botangle, explained to attendees at London's Tobacco Dock how he switched schools several times due to bullying, over-work, or just finding himself unable to express his true
  
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• Want to be a super-hero? Start trespassing says Bradley Garrett

  17-10-2015 13:56
  
      Bradley Garrett tells WIRED NextGen 2015 to start exploringContinue reading...
  
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• The pointlessness of the long distance runner

  17-10-2015 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many long-distance runners find that even when they are running more than 50 miles in a week their waistlines barely get smaller, with some actually gaining weight.
  
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• How ScanLAB Projects creates 3D laser ghosts of Earth's hidden spaces

  17-10-2015 13:30
  
      Matthew Shaw has wandered beneath ancient Rome and watched polar bears playing on Arctic ice floes, all because of his knowledge of one specific technology -- which the rest of us will soon get our hands on.
  That technology is laser scanning, or Lidar, which his company ScanLABS uses to create 3D digital images of Arctic ice floes, Science Museum exhibits, and even the coat Lord Nelson was shot in.By: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• Post-pub schnellnosh neckfiller: Currywurst

  17-10-2015 13:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  Das Fastfood mit Currysoße, meine Damen und Herren This week's foray into the wonderful world of post-pub nosh examines a street food classic from the undisputed masters of pig-in-a-tube products - the Germans.…
  
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• 'I'm DNA man!': how Thought for Food are inspiring young people

  17-10-2015 12:20
  
     "This smells weird," says one young workshop attendant.
  He's pouring a solution of mashed up raspberries, salt, sugar and soap into a test tube as part of Thought for Food's biohacking session at WIRED NexGen. The workshop is intended to bring the work of organisations like the Human Genome Project to life for young people. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Even rats laugh!': Sophie Scott on the importance of laughter

  17-10-2015 11:49
  
      What makes you laugh? Sophie Scott thinks it goes deeper than comedy.
  Instead, she stresses the social impact of laughter. And Scott, a neuroscientist at University College, London, tells the WIRED NexGen audience that even rats laugh.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Don't let your age hold you back' says teen coder Jordan Casey

  17-10-2015 11:47
  
     Jordan Casey has been dubbed "the youngest app developer in Europe" -- and he wants to encourage other young people to get involved in technology.
  Casey is a self-taught programmer from Ireland. After buying an HTML handbook aged nine, he created his own Club Penguin fan site. And a few years later, seeking a new challenge, he decided to develop an iPhone app. With the help of a self-forged letter from an 'Apple executive' that he sent his own parents, they
  
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• Why technology could end the concept of disability

  17-10-2015 10:58
  
    The world 'disability' is no longer fit for purpose, 'bionic teenager' Patrick Kane told WIRED Next Generation at London's Tobacco Dock.
  "'Disability' will prevent certain people from doing the things they are capable of doing that this word will tell them they cannot," he said.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Agricultural research 'needs women'

  17-10-2015 10:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Policy and business leaders use a major food conference to highlight the need for more women in the global agriculture sector.
  
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• Apple ordered to pay huge damages

  17-10-2015 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US jury orders technology giant Apple to pay more than $234m in damages for patent infringement to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  
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• Treasure trove of late Triassic fossils discovered in Utah

  17-10-2015 02:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paleontologists have discovered a cliff-side in Utah brimming with Triassic era fossils that offers a rare glimpse of desert life in western North America early in the age of dinosaurs.
  
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• The cars chasing the Sun

  17-10-2015 02:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Solar-powered car race kicks off
  
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• Ancient tombs in Cyprus reveal items shed on trade routes in Europe 2,.4k years ago

  17-10-2015 01:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three underground tombs have been discovered near the city of Soli in Cyprus, along with luxury drinking vessels, a gold wreath (pictured), weapons and jewellery.
  
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• Video shows flesh-eating beetles strip away a bodies to the bone

  17-10-2015 01:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flesh-eating beetles sound like a nightmare, but for researchers at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkley, they are a common and effective tool to preserve rare species.
  
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• Sightings of a 'floating city' in China are simply an optical illusion say scientists

  17-10-2015 01:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents of Jiangxi and Foshan were stunned when they saw what they thought to be towering sky scrapers appearing from the clouds. The event was down to an optical illusion known as a Fata Morgana.
  
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• VIDEO: Will this box change car design?

  17-10-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News looks at a new system for changing car oil developed by Castrol, which resembles the 'printer cartridge' system.
  
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• US curbs Arctic offshore drilling

  17-10-2015 00:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US announces new curbs on oil and gas exploration off Alaska's northern coast, after Shell stopped its Arctic operation there.
  
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• Artificial intelligence breakthrough as intuition algorithm beats humans in data test

  17-10-2015 00:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIT's system was able to out-perform humans in a series of tasks designed to look for patterns in data - beating human intuition.
  
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