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• ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born

  By Shaun on July 16, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  The fertility rate – the average number of children a woman gives birth to – is falling. If the number falls below approximately 2.1, then the size of the population starts to fall. In 1950, women were having an average… Read More ›

• The Garbage Watch

  By Shaun on July 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In the press release, Vollebak co-founder Steve Tidball said “To avoid trashing our own planet, we need to start figuring out how to re-use the stuff we already have. So our Garbage Watch started with a very simple idea. What… Read More ›

• How dare you risk the lives of others so cavalierly

  By Shaun on July 15, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Chicken pox is a virus. Lots of people have had it, and probably don’t think about it much once the initial illness has passed. But it stays in your body and lives there forever, and maybe when you’re older, you… Read More ›

• LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System

  By Shaun on July 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Recreate classic Super Mario Bros. gameplay with this cool LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System! Place the Game Pack in the brick-built console. Turn the handle on the retro TV to make 8-bit Mario move across the screen. And place LEGO Mario… Read More ›

• Restoring The Tudor That Took A Bullet In Vietnam

  By Shaun on July 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As it turns out, Tudor was listening and offered to have the watch rebuilt in-house by Rolex’s restoration specialists. Tudor devised a plan to repair Barry’s watch while maintaining as much of the original as possible; however, a series of… Read More ›

• What happens if we continue to work from home?

  By Shaun on July 14, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  For those of us who work in offices the working from home situation during the pandemic has produced a variety of views. It would seem that for the majority they prefer to not be in an office and to have… Read More ›

• Tortoise: slow journalism

  By Shaun on July 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  We’ve worked on plenty of projects with codenames. We’ve been in enough meetings behind closed doors. We think we’ll do better work by opening up.We think everyone should have a seat at the table.We’d like you to become a member… Read More ›

• Mudra Band

  By Shaun on July 14, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  The band slides over your Apple Watch screen just like a normal band, and instantly turns the watch into a single-handed device. By requiring you to use only the hand that’s wearing the watch, Mudra Band lets you multitask while… Read More ›

• iOS 14 (why the big icons?)

  By Shaun on July 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The iOS 14 beta is proving to be quite stable with the odd quirk thrown in as you would expect. A huge amount of ‘other’ storage is used up and random crashes in some apps occur, but overall it is… Read More ›

• Model homes

  By Shaun on July 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A man in lockdown has “found a niche” making detailed scale models of real houses. Lee Robinson, of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, started making the models in March after being furloughed. The 1:76 replica of life-size houses can take him up… Read More ›

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