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Beyond smartphones: Samsung’s bet on having your watch talk to your car
Samsung is facing a challenge as the internet enters a new era and there are signs that it may have peaked as a major force in technology.
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Winning formula: Inside the Mercedes PU106A power unit
When Formula One (F1) teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg first unveiled the car they will be driving for the 2015 season in Spain earlier this year, expectations for the new vehicle were understandably high.
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Space
ESA gears up for space taxi launch
The European Space Agency plans to launch a new space vehicle this Wednesday that could potentially challenge existing technology.
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Apollo 11 Experience uses virtual reality to put you in Neil Armstrong’s boots
The Apollo 11 Experience has been shown to students in Ireland. Photograph: Immersive VR Education Irish startup Immersive VR Education is hoping to take a small step for virtual reality…
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Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things
It’s a long journey from programming software games at school to being a global leader in one of the most dynamic and complex industries on the planet.
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Health
Researchers discover viral enigma machine
EPSRC-funded researchers at the universities of Leeds and York have cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio.
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Health
New imaging technology to design, build greener, safer aircraft
New research is helping to develop new imaging technology to be used in the design, manufacture and maintenance for current and future generations of carbon composite aircraft.
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Apple Smartwatch: Universities Ticked Off
Universities claim the gadgets look too similar to normal watches
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Formula One technology to be used in jet engines
Aerospace engines will incorporate Formula 1 gearbox technology and jets’ landing gear will use electric motors to cut fuel consumption under projects announced by Business Secretary Vince Cable.
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Electronics & Communications
Google Glass ‘to be redesigned from scratch’
The next version of Google Glass to be launched will look nothing like its predecessor, after sources close to the new head of the project claim he wants to 'redesign it from scratch'.
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Manufacturing
Project Tango: Google to sell tech to 3D-scan the world this year
Project Tango, Google’s 3D-scanning camera, has graduated from Google’s experimental lab and is on its way to the real world.
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Electronics & Communications
Office puts chips under staff’s skin
Want to gain entry to your office, get on a bus, or perhaps buy a sandwich? We're all getting used to swiping a card to do all these things.
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Energy & Environment
Lower-limb Exoskeleton lets man walk
A south-west London man unable to walk unaided since he was a child has become the first person in the UK to be fitted with a computer-controlled leg brace.
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Aerospace, Defence & MarineOpportunities
Propulsion breakthrough could improve flight comfort
Shorter take-offs and landings for aircraft, and better manoeuvrability for UAVs are just two of the possible benefits of an EU-supported breakthrough in propulsion technology.
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Health
Scientists developing drone technology are turning to the insect world for inspiration
Dr Mirko Kovac, director of the aerial robotics laboratory at Imperial College London, believes that small-but-mighty machines will bring good to humanity
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What is Apple’s HealthKit?
As it emerges more than half of major US hospitals are trialling Apple's HealthKit, Rhiannon Williams refreshes your memory on what the framework does.
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Raspberry Pi 2 unveiled with faster processor and more memory
A new budget-priced Raspberry Pi computer has been unveiled, offering child coders and others a faster processor and more memory than before, but at about the same price.
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Automotive & Transport
Jaguar Land Rover to add Bike Sense to road safety
Jaguar Land Rover is developing a range of new technologies that use colours, sounds and touch to alert drivers to potential hazards, preventing accidents involving bicycles and motorbikes.
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Technology in schools: Future changes in classrooms
Technology has the power to transform how people learn - but walk into some classrooms and you could be forgiven for thinking you were entering a time warp.
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Space
Regional network drives growth of UK's tech nation
Bournemouth, a coastal resort once known for its popularity with older holidaymakers, has a thriving digital economy with the number of tech start-ups rising 212% in 3 years
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‘Tech Nation’ Report: Technology Is The UK’s Most Important Industry
The UK technology sector is the most important industry in the UK says… the UK technology sector.
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