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Wireless glove adds touch to VR video games By Matt Brian From engadget While Oculus, Valve, Samsung and HTC are all looking to captialize on the resurgence of VR, their solutions all focus on what we can see and hear….
Researchers use the human body to transfer wireless passwords
By David Lumb Like conducting electricity but with precious data. Sending data over wireless formats like WiFi and Bluetooth is very convenient, but not necessarily secure. A Princeton report back in January revealed that some smart home devices unwittingly broadcast location…
Public transport trends beyond digitalization
By Tim Wouda From Ericsson We are entering an era of change in public transport. The last decade has been focused on the digitalization of this industry. Typical achievements in that period were mobile passenger information systems and automated fare…
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US Coast Guard seizes $36M worth of cocaine in Caribbean Sea From New Zealand Herald SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ” The U.S. Coast Guard says it has seized $36 million worth of cocaine on a boat in the Caribbean…
Amazon is reportedly exploring technology that could spell the end of privacy as we know it
By Kate Taylor From Business Insider In an effort to boost convenience, Amazon may be exploring a new way for customers to surrender privacy. Smart lock company August and connected garage door firm Garageio — two startups with ties to…
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Ancient caves are offering clues to help scientists predict earthquakes
By Deanna Conners, EarthSky From Business Insider Knowledge of the timing of past earthquakes is important for understanding when a dangerous earthquake might strike again. Scientists are currently able to date ancient earthquakes — known as paleoearthquakes — fairly…
Singapore wants a self-driving wheelchair by 2017
By Daniel Cooper From engadget The idea is to free up nurses to do more important work in hospitals. Singapore is pushing for businesses to develop an autonomous wheelchair that’ll convey people around without instruction. The announcement came from Mark Lim,…
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The Editor speaks
Telecommunications here are appalling All last week the awful Internet speed went from FLOW;s slow to packing up altogether for intermittent periods of a minute to 15 minutes. I was therefore astonished to read a representative from FLOW inform CNS…
Cayman Islands Diving Hall of Fame
The International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place on Friday, 30 September 2016, welcoming six industry innovators and pioneers along with four local honourees to this distinguished institution. L-R: Lesley Leaney – accepting on behalf of Bob…
Alphabet’s latest project is Birth Control for Mosquitoes
By Antonio Regalado From Biomedicine At one of Alphabet’s campuses in Mountain View, California, entomologists working behind the steel door of a bio-safety lab are breeding mosquitoes in a new effort by the search giant to create automated insect farms….
