OCTOBER 08: Political consultant Roger Stone speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 – ‘President Trump: Life As We May Know It,’ featuring Max Boot, Amy Davidson, Roger Stone, and Sean Wilentz in conversation with Evan Osnos at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 8, 2016 in New York City.
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Inventor’s latest ‘revolutionary’ product patented
A Thakeham-born founder and inventor has obtained a UK patent for his latest product – the Air Cradle patient transfer system. David Edmund Talbot Garman OBE, who will be 95 in May, designed the product with his eldest son Rupert for David E.T. Garman Concepts Limited.
Huawei to launch P10 devices in Africa by April
The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus will be available in Australia, Austria, Chile, China, Columbia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam beginning in March. The Huawei P10 , P10 Plus and Watch 2 received an impressive 42 awards to-date for their striking design and portrait capabilities.
Schools welcome chance to fan the flames of invention
SCHOOLS are relishing the prospect of Dyson’s new research and design centre at Hullavington and are hoping it will provide more opportunities for their students. The James Dyson Foundation already attracts young people to take up a career in engineering, design and research, and a number of apprenticeship schemes are available.
You could virtually be in Dark Sky Park with new app
The launch of a new virtual reality app from VisitScotland means that people across the globe can now experience the dark skies at Galloway Forest Park. The launch of a new virtual reality app from VisitScotland means that people across the globe can now experience the dark skies at Galloway Forest Park.
The Concorde is dead. Long live the Concorde
The Concorde jet dazzled when it began hurling passengers from Washington to London at twice the speed of sound in 1976. The most fortunate air travelers – be they wealthy or upgraded from first class – could depart the nation’s capital around lunch and touch down in time for a late dinner.
20 Years After Dolly the Sheep, Potential of Cloning Remains Unclear
On February 22, 1997, the world learned about a secret project that scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland had been working on. More than seven months earlier, on July 5, 1996, they had aided a Scottish Blackface sheep in giving birth to a Finn Dorset lamb codenamed 6LL3.
20 years after Dolly the sheep, potential of cloning remains unclear
JULY 05: Sophie Goggins from the National Museums Scotland views Dolly the Sheep during the opening of a major new development at the National Museum of Scotland on July 5, 2016 in Edinburgh,Scotland. On February 22, 1997, the world learned about a secret project that scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland had been working on.
‘My only hope’: MS sufferer has one week to raise thousands for vital treatment
ONE faces a race against time against the aggressive effects of her multiple sclerosis, with her ‘only hope’ to find enough money for an experimental treatment in Mexico. Nina Cosgrove, 38, was diagnosed with progressive MS on Valentine’s Day 2015 and has seen her freedom of movement deteriorate quickly.
‘My only hope’: MS sufferer has one week to raise thousands for vital treatment
ONE faces a race against time against the aggressive effects of her multiple sclerosis, with her ‘only hope’ to find enough money for an experimental treatment in Mexico. Nina Cosgrove, 38, was diagnosed with progressive MS on Valentine’s Day 2015 and has seen her freedom of movement deteriorate quickly.
Saudi Arabia $2 Trillion Aramco Vision Runs Into Market Reality
Saudi Arabia has said oil giant Saudi Aramco is worth more than $2 trillion, enough to consume Apple Inc. twice, and still have room for Google parent Alphabet Inc. Industry executives, analysts and investors told Bloomberg their analysis — based on oil reserves and cash flow projections under different tax scenarios — suggests Aramco is worth no more than half, and maybe as little as a fifth, of that amount. This means Saudi Arabia would earn a fraction of the $100 billion implied by its valuation if it sells 5 percent to the public in 2018, as planned.
20 years after Dolly: Everything you always wanted to know about the cloned sheep and what came next
It’s been 20 years since scientists in Scotland told the world about Dolly the sheep, the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult body cell. What was special about Dolly is that her “parents” were actually a single cell originating from mammary tissue of an adult ewe.
7-year-old girl asks Google for a job, gets response from CEO
A 7-year-old girl has already made it onto Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s radar by mailing a handwritten “job application” to the executive a few years early. Chloe Bridgewater from Hereford, England, was talking with her dad about his job one day after school when he mentioned the internet giant.
Material could revolutionize the way we live
The photos above may look like pages out of Vogue or Elle, but they are part of a scientific experiment. And the dress’ designers, along with the scientists behind the technology sewn in, say it could revolutionize every aspect of human life, reports CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti.
U.K. to Get First LNG From Peru While Still Waiting for U.S.
Almost a year after the first liquefied natural gas cargo left the Gulf of Mexico, the U.K. is still waiting to claim a slice of American supply. By the end of the month it will, but it won’t be made in the U.S. Peru LNG loaded a vessel on Monday destined for England, according to Lima-based Perupetro SA’s website.
Dyson invents a future beyond vacuum cleaners
Deep in the heart of Wiltshire, engineers at Dyson’s research centre check products for electromagnetic interference in a darkened laboratory where lamp light is leeched away by specially tiled walls. In another room, a mechanical claw runs its fingers through a mannequin’s wig to test a Dyson hair dryer.
The Venture Reality Fund Releases the First European Virtual Reality…
Silicon Valley-based venture firm The Venture Reality Fund today released its first-ever European virtual reality landscape, featuring dozens of companies developing infrastructure, tools/platforms and/or apps for the booming ecosystem. The landscape was created in partnership with LucidWeb , the French VR and WebVR consulting and development agency, to depict the growth in the ecosystem, increased investment and growing international impact.
Vibrant Tate show traces of David Hockney’s artistic journey
It’s not often an artist finds himself occupying 12 rooms of London’s leading museum of British art and the front page of populist tabloid The Sun. But David Hockney is unique.
Innocent mother Jayne Pearce kills herself
Judge slams Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media A judge has slammed Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media. Jayne Pearce, 23, suffered ‘vitriol’ at the hands of an online ‘pitchfork mob’ after two mothers hacked into her Facebook page and falsely alleged she had tried to smother one of their children.
Inspired by The Jump? Catch Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in St Albans
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards brings his new tour to The Alban Arena in St Albans in May [Picture: Konrad Bartelski] Inspired by the daring winter sport exploits of the celebrities on the new series of Channel 4 TV show The Jump? In Try Hard, Eddie talks through his incredible life journey; from self-learning ski-jumping and being shunned by the sporting establishment, to the extensive surgery to rebuild his face and body following years of spectacular crashes on the snow. Then there’s his attempts to break world records in stunt jumping and speed-skiing .
Inspired by The Jump? Catch Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in St Albans
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards brings his new tour to The Alban Arena in St Albans in May [Picture: Konrad Bartelski] Inspired by the daring winter sport exploits of the celebrities on the new series of Channel 4 TV show The Jump? In Try Hard, Eddie talks through his incredible life journey; from self-learning ski-jumping and being shunned by the sporting establishment, to the extensive surgery to rebuild his face and body following years of spectacular crashes on the snow. Then there’s his attempts to break world records in stunt jumping and speed-skiing .
‘It opened my eyes to going to university’ – Melbourn Village…
Ahead of selecting their GCSE subjects, Year 9 Melbourn Village College students have attended an Eyes on the Prize Day at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Arthur Gomm commented: “It made you much more aware of the apprenticeships around and I’d like to get one in construction or plumbing.
‘It opened my eyes to going to university’ – Melbourn Village…
Ahead of selecting their GCSE subjects, Year 9 Melbourn Village College students have attended an Eyes on the Prize Day at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Arthur Gomm commented: “It made you much more aware of the apprenticeships around and I’d like to get one in construction or plumbing.
Subway shutdown is chance to try new transportation strategies
New York has always been congested, but lately, worsening transit delays and gridlock on streets have left New Yorkers fed up. Transportation has gotten so unreliable that when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently installed Wi-Fi in subway stations, instead of being excited, riders took the opportunity to complain about the trains.
Fake News Inquiry: Old Wine in New Bottles
Any inquiry into fake news is much like having a Royal Commission into the make up and motivation for Halal food. Neither mission is particularly helpful, other than to illustrate a mounting ignorance about a phenomenon that always was.
Life in the slow lane: Why supermarkets should rethink the need for speed
As a full-time parent to two young children, Aaron Saltzman’s ‘real’ day job provides practical, hands-on experience for the position of CBC’s Senior Reporter, Consumer Affairs. Nearly 20 years experience in television, radio and online news also helps.
Out of this world
Two Scottish sites are fighting hard to be the UK’s first designated spaceport but is the idea pie in the sky or will there actually be lift-off? Prestwick Airport in South Ayrshire and Machrihanish, near Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula, have recently stepped up their attempts to move into the space age. They have been liaising with the UK government and the UK Space Agency over the possibility of licences being issued to break out of commercial airspace into orbit.
Campaign to build Argyll space port launched
A CAMPAIGN for the former Nato air base at Machrihanish in Argyll and Bute to be turned into a spaceport has reached Westminster. Argyll and Bute MP Brendan O’Hara spoke at a reception for the bid, which has been launched by the airport’s owners, Machrihanish Airbase Community Company .
London’s Mayor Issues First – Very High’ Air Pollution Alert
Sadiq Khan issued the first “very high” air pollution alert of his eight-month tenure as London mayor, advising citizens to reduce physical exertion and avoid running outside. The current air pollution episode, worsened by cold and settled weather, has seen levels of dangerous PM10 particulate pollution rise in parts of London to 101 micrograms per cubic meter, Khan’s office said on Monday in an e-mailed statement.
Hemel DJ’s viral video viewed by millions
A Hemel Hempstead DJ has seen his career receive an unexpected boost after a video of him performing with a music kit he built was viewed more than 25 million times. AFISHAL, who has lived in Hemel for the last three years, was sunning himself on honeymoon in Thailand, unaware a video of him using a bespoke DJ drum kit he had created was going viral online.
Wharfedale Pro loudly announces the CPD4800
HUNTINGDON, England – Jan. 19, 2017 – PRLog — Power, reliability, power and more power. The CPD series of power amplifiers has become a trusted tool for many gigging musicians, tours and installations since its introduction in 2014.
Faking History To Make The Black Kids Feel Good
A known quantity in the faking department is Rev. Al Sharpton. In a video that gets considerable play on TV, Sharpton informs a rapt audience that “white folks” were cave dwellers when blacks were building empires and pyramids; teaching philosophy, astrology and mathematics.
Dyson launches search for 110 new software engineers
Vacuum and electronics giant Dyson is expanding its pool of software engineers, with the “majority” of its recruits set to work in the UK. Vacuum and electronics giant Dyson is expanding its pool of software engineers, with the “majority” of its recruits set to work in the UK.
Father jailed for trying to scare jury with Halloween masks
A father has been jailed for three years after he tried to scare a jury on his son’s drugs trial. William Liversage secretly recorded jurors in and out of the court room before trying to use a werewolf mask to frighten them into finding son Liam not guilty.
Basketball’s inventor is virtually unknown here in his ancestral home
HE invented one of the biggest and most lucrative sports in the world but he is almost unknown in his Scottish ancestral home where his game remains a minority pursuit. But that could be about to change with discussions about creating a James Naismith Basketball Centre in Scotland to mark the founder’s heritage and the sport’s birthday.
Messing about on the riverside: an enjoyable luxury lodge break in Stratheck Holiday Park, Argyll
TO lifeforms of microscopic scale, water has the consistency and texture of sand – with countless billions of miniscule creatures burrowing though every single drop with no obvious purpose or plot. Pondering such matters with two friends as we fizzed away in a hot tub on the banks of Loch Eck, we concluded it was a blessing these wee beasties lacked the optic nerves to perceive three flabby Bermuda-shorted gods wreaking havoc upon their ecosystem.
New illuminated lollipop could save children’s lives
From left, Caroline Taukulis, strategic account manager of Business Durham, with inventor Andrew Turner, Gavin Brydon, of Thorn and Cllr Neil Foster A TALENTED inventor has developed the first upgrade to the school crossing patrol sign in 50 years and believes lives could be saved as a result. Andrew Turner, who has an office at the North East Technology Park in Sedgefield, is to meet with distributors about his illuminated lollipop design after winning the backing of a major road safety charity.
NETPark inventor’s lollipop invention lights the way for safer crossing patrols
A County Durham inventor is set to light up the school crossing patrol sector for the first time in five decades with a creation he believes could save lives. Andrew Turner, who has a base at the North East Technology Park in Sedgefield, is poised to meet with distributors about his illuminated lollipop design, having won the backing of a road safety charity.
No more dropped calls: NYC subway to get cell service, WiFi
People peek out the train doors at the 86th Street station as one of the first trains pauses at the platform on the newly opened Second Ave. Subway line in New York on New Year’s Day. Almost all stations are now equipped with WiFi and cellular service.
Iain Macwhirter: Section 40 could destroy the press, while new media runs wild
Former FIA racing chief Max Mosley arrives at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in London January 16, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth THE British press, for good or ill, has been free from state regulation for over 300 years.