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• Robbie Bishop-Taylor uses NASA data to create images of summer solstice

  05-01-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A PhD student from the University of New South Wales, Australia used data from NASA and an algorithm to design maps showing how the US and Europe look just before sunset.
  
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• CES 2017: Solos smartglasses help cyclists get fitter

  05-01-2017 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyclists are being targeted with a new pair of smartglasses that display training data to help them get increase their performance.
  
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• Razer unveils Project Valerie machine with THREE giant 17 inch screens that fold out

  05-01-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Razer announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it will be releasing a three-screen laptop optimized for immersive gaming.
  
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• Record-breaking image reveals highest number of monster black holes ever seen

  05-01-2017 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The central region of the image contains the highest concentration of supermassive black holes ever seen, and gives
  
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• Prosthesis' 'anti-robot' that can run 50mph almost SILENTLY revealed at CES

  05-01-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exhibitors revealed the massive Prosthesis bot at CES 2017 in Las Vegas today.Despite its imposing size, it’s nearly silent when it moves.The 7,700lb ‘anti-robot’ is controlled by a human pilot at the center.
  
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• Ataraina reveals flying air cleaner and high-tech shoe insert that kills odors

  05-01-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At CES in Las Vegas today, the firm presented what it says is the ‘world’s first flying air cleaner,’ using a drone-based system to remove dust, pollen, and other harmful particles from inside your house.
  
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• Fossil fruit from 52 million years ago revealed

  05-01-2017 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fossils of ancient plants shed light on how the family that includes crops such as potatoes evolved.
  
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• Canadian research reveals more likely to suffer from dementia if you live on a busy road

  05-01-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Toronto and Public Health Ontario found people exposed to traffic fumes and noise were up to 12 per cent more likely to develop the disease.
  
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• Watch Honda's incredible self balancing motorbike ride itself

  05-01-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Honda's self balancing motorbike can even ride itself and follow its owner to a parking space. Honda says it hopes it could cut down of the number of low speed accidents where owners drop their bikes.
  
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• Boomerang study reveals how to send an email that won't be ignored

  05-01-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boomerang found that Monday is the worst day to send emails, as we tend to make more mistakes in the subject line. And this type of mistakes decreases the chance of getting a response by 14%.
  
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• Researchers reveal hackers could make it impossible to call 911 during a terror attack

  05-01-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveals that hackers can knock out 911 access by infecting numerous smartphones with malware and having them flood the infrastructure with traffic.
  
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• Chicago study finds shootings 'spread like flu' 

  05-01-2017 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Harvard and Yale University have found that gun violence spreads very much like an infectious disease such as the flu. Knowing how gun violence spreads could help prevent it.
  
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• Drake leads streaming explosion as on demand services overtakes US digital music sales

  05-01-2017 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian rapper Drake helped music streaming services explode in 2016, rising by 76 percent in the United States to overtake digital sales for the first time in history, Nielsen Music has revealed.
  
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• Polar bear cubs exposed to 1000x over limit of toxic pollutants in Arctic

  05-01-2017 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Polar bears face health risks due to pollutants in the Arctic. Researchers at the University of Milano Bicocca found that the pollutants can cause brain damage and other health problems.
  
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• Amazon's AI assistant dominates CES as it appears in everything

  05-01-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon doesn't have an official presence at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas but its Alexa voice control software seems to be everywhere.
  
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• Toyota unveils driverless Concept-I with 'Yui' AI assistant that learns preferences

  05-01-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Toyota Concept-i car was unveiled at the CES technology show in Las Vegas, and was produced by the firm's CALTY design centre in California.
  
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• Egyptian mummy thought to be dead bird turns out to be miscarried baby

  05-01-2017 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speculation has arisen that the 2,300-year-oldmummy, on display at Maidstone Museum in Kent, is the love child of a pharaoh king who had a secret affair with a mistress.
  
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• CES 2017: Vacuum sucks bugs out of bed pillows

  05-01-2017 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A vacuum designed to suck tiny bugs and other hidden causes of allergies out of bed pillows is on show at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S8 leaked photo reveals curved gold handset and no home button 

  05-01-2017 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new photo has surfaced claiming to show Samsung’s much anticipated Galaxy S8. The South Korean firm appears to have killed the home button in order to design an end-to-end screen.
  
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• Northern Lights display could reach millions across the world this evening

  05-01-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An increase in solar activity means the chances of seeing the Northern Lights tonight in places like Canada, Scandinavia, Scotland and even England and are greater than usual.
  
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• NHS to diagnose patients via new smartphone app after criticisms of 111 helpline

  05-01-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NHS will roadtest new smartphone technology in a bid to diagnose patients.
  Starting at the end of January, more than a million residents of north London will trial the triage app.
  
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• Duke University finds breakthrough for cancer victim infertility after chemotherapy

  05-01-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breakthrough for cancer victims could prevent women becoming infertile after chemotherapy.
  
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• Baby spiders erupt from 'Stonehenge-like' web spun by arachnid in Peru

  05-01-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Video has been captured of baby spiders emerging from mysterious 'silkhenge' structures for the first time. The strange white picket-fence structures were first discovered in the Peruvian Amazon in June 2013.
  
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• Fertility breakthrough for cancer victims may stop women becoming infertile after chemotherapy

  05-01-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breakthrough for cancer victims could prevent women becoming infertile after chemotherapy.
  
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• Is this the love-child of a pharaoh? Egyptian mummy thought to be a dead bird turns out to be a miscarried baby

  05-01-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speculation has arisen that the 2,300-year-oldmummy, on display at Maidstone Museum in Kent, is the love child of a pharaoh king who had a secret affair with a mistress.
  
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• Duke University finds second-hand smoke affects baby BEFORE you get pregnant 

  05-01-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We know pregnant women should avoid smoke exposure. But new research by Duke University has shown this risk was identical in lab rats exposed to tobacco before conceiving.
  
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• Gadget makers offer voice controls through Amazon's Alexa

  05-01-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon doesn't have an official presence at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas but its Alexa voice control software seems to be everywhere.
  
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• HTC's Viveport brings subscription gaming to VR

  05-01-2017 18:06
  
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• CES 2017: Intel reveals credit card-sized modular computer

  05-01-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Intel reveals a handheld computer that can operate as a PC or act as the brains of other equipment.
  
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• Chicago police hold four over live-streamed attack

  05-01-2017 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four people are held in Chicago over a Facebook Live video of an attack on a man with special needs.
  
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• Researchers reveal hackers could make it impossible to call 911 during a terror attack: Claims technique could block all calls to emergency services

  05-01-2017 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveals that hackers can knock out 911 access by infecting numerous smartphones with malware and having them flood the infrastructure with traffic.
  
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• Is this the friendliest car yet? Toyota unveils its driverless Concept-I which comes with 'Yui' - an AI assistant that learns your preferences

  05-01-2017 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Toyota Concept-i car was unveiled at the CES technology show in Las Vegas, and was produced by the firm's CALTY design centre in California.
  
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• Entertainment, news or real life? Live streaming is complicated

  05-01-2017 17:10
  
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• Playbuzz quiz challenges you to pair shapes with their identical shade

  05-01-2017 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new quiz devised by Playbuzz has very simple rules - match the colour of the shape to matching shade shown in blocks below. There are ten shapes in total each with the option of four colourways to choose from.
  
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• Would YOU trust it? NHS to diagnose patients via new smartphone app after criticisms of 'inadequate' 111 helpline

  05-01-2017 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NHS will roadtest new smartphone technology in a bid to diagnose patients.
  Starting at the end of January, more than a million residents of north London will trial the triage app.
  
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• Intel's 'merged reality' headset arrives this year

  05-01-2017 17:00
  
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• Intel's wireless headset Project Alloy turns users' living room into a game

  05-01-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The game, demoed at CES 2017 in Las Vegas yesterday, replaces pre-scanned furniture and other objects with video game scenery in virtual reality.
  
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• Japanese insurance firm replaces 34 staff with AI

  05-01-2017 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan's Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance will use artificial intelligence instead of humans to calculate payouts.
  
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• The blockchain came after bankers and now it's going after lawyers

  05-01-2017 16:35
  
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• NASA probe reveals Pluto's Earth-like ridges in stunning photos

  05-01-2017 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, led by York University, Toronto, and Johns Hopkins University , indicates these icy features may also exist on other planets where environmental conditions are similar.
  
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• Acer's Predator 21 X notebook will cost you more than a family car

  05-01-2017 16:15
  
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• Terrifying image shows 'winged creature' caught on video in Arizona

  05-01-2017 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the image which has baffled people in Arizona with many claiming it is evidence of 'evil' and others declaring in an authoritative fashion that it is definitely a 'front-line demon'.
  
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• Shanghai Tower holds the world's fastest elevator that travels at 42.8mph

  05-01-2017 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a ceremony at the end of last year, the Shanghai Tower elevator was officially awarded the title of world's fastest elevator by the Guinness World Records.
  
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• Polar ship's Antarctic base gets £100m upgrade

  05-01-2017 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's largest Antarctic research station which will be home to the ship nearly named Boaty McBoatface gets a £100m upgrade.
  
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• BMW and Intel to bring 40 self-driving cars to US and European roads by the end of 2017

  05-01-2017 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German car manufacturer made the announcement jointly with Intel and the Israeli-based auto firm Mobileye at CES in Las Vegas.
  
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• Online safety: Internet 'not designed for children'

  05-01-2017 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Youngsters are being left to fend for themselves on the internet, says England's children's commissioner.
  
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• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center grow stomach's outside the body

  05-01-2017 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breakthrough from researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center could help researchers to explore how certain diseases and drugs affect the human stomach.
  
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• Samsung NEXT launches $150 million investment fund

  05-01-2017 15:00
  
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• Children are 'ill-prepared' for life online, children's commissioner claims

  05-01-2017 14:32
  
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• All the big announcements from Sony's CES conference

  05-01-2017 14:17
  
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