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Why wait for 12th September?
Millions of microscopic suction cups grip to the back of the iPhone with incredible strength, unlike a glue the Micro Suction pad can be attached and removed time and time again while leaving no residue. With no bulky clips or… Read More ›
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Bob day
It’s Bob day today. In a week where something at work has been bugging me beyond belief, where freelance work has been full on and where my children needed many more hours than usual, Bob stepped in without being asked… Read More ›
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Questioning evolution
Many see the rejection of evolutionary science as a marker of religiosity or hard-line conservativism. There is a widespread assumption that religious people will find it hard to reconcile evolutionary science, and by extension science as a whole, with their… Read More ›
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What is AI really?
It’s a catch all for a collection of research and technologies as per this article. And the part of AI that we see the most is machine learning as described in this article. When we talk about AI these days,… Read More ›
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Why I still wear the Apple Watch
The Apple Watch is the last watch most of us will ever wear. Watches, as a fashion statement and a tool, are fading and things like the Apple Watch are the last vestige of these strange objects that William Gibson… Read More ›
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Remembering the computer that gave birth to PC gaming
Contrarily, my wife was half way through Super Mario Bros. on the Raspberry Pi by the time I’d finished installing the Rise of the Tomb Raider disc. The truth is, it wasn’t much better in 1991, when I received a… Read More ›
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How to discipline kids
“The best you can shoot for is influence, not control,” Green told Business Insider. “And that means your role is more of a partner than that of lord and master.” More at Business Insider. I suppose it depends on… Read More ›
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Posters for every single Star Trek Next Generation episode
You can see all 178 of Ortiz’s posters collected in Star Trek The Next Generation: The Art of Juan Ortiz, which came out this week. According to the press release, Ortiz was “inspired by indie-film and black-light posters, comics and… Read More ›
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An inverted pyramid home
Tokyo-based Makoto Takei + Chie Nabeshima /TNA designed the home to contrast the landscape, and to surprise and delight. Part of the Solo Houses project, which included design proposals from twelve architects, the pyramid volume houses a variety of… Read More ›
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Boys and Girls
John Lewis has become the first UK retailer to remove gender labels from its children’s clothing. The department store chain has not only taken “girls” and “boys” labels from clothes, but has also done away with the separate sections in… Read More ›
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