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London gets a pavement that generates power with your steps
We had featured something by JR East some time back that promised that there would be a clean, resourceful source of energy in the future that would be pumped up by nothing more than steps taken by people. Another research done by one Lawrence Kemball-Cook from Pavegen Systems has yielded in a more practical, realistic…
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Oldest working computer in Britain is revived
After almost 30 years in the dust, the Harwell computer, more lovingly knows as the WITCH is receiving a fresh breath of life. It ran on 900 Dekatron gas-filled tubes which were capable of holding no more than a single digit each. It was used in Britain for the first nuclear reactors.
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UK’s Met Office weather-predicting supercomputer considered a major pollutant
Whenever there’s something good done, there are bound to be repercussions, even if they are small. Here’s a perfect example. The Met Office in UK managed to get a hold of a fantastic super computer, capable of doing 1000 billion calculations in a second. It was made to help weather forecasters predict long time climate…
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Century old record broken by British Steam Car
Earlier I had written on the British Steam Car is all set for breaking the 103 year old record which was set during the early stages of motoring. Looks like it has been broken finally! The British Steam Car team has stated that in the two runs required to be considered for the record, the…
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Phone love made more tangible with Mutsugoto
There have been so many love stories that has erupted from various friend networks online and then eventually to mobile phone flirting. Or it just begins directly from a cell phone number swap. Then after all the flirting on messages and calls begin the ‘intimate’ talks… and of course this is where the ‘couple’ has…
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The British red phone box gets mobile
Everyone knows the classic red phone boxes in Britain, which are a star attraction to many tourists and locals alike. Now these phones boxes are converted to a mobile phone. Well, not literally. The classic design and concept of this iconic phone is used to model the London Calling Mobile Phone. This phone features a…
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Royal Family joins Twitter
Twitter has gained a lot of popularity around the world, and the latest to join this revolution is the Royal Family of Britain. The twitter account, @BritishMonarchy has gone live after careful testing and is aimed at spreading news about the Royal Family. The commoner’s can now interact and find out the latest and authentic…
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Asus Transformers G60 gaming notebook
Taiwanese computer giant Asus has teamed with Paramount studios to offer a special G60 gaming notebook customized for the launch of Transformers 2. The one of a kind laptop will be given as a prize for users registering with UK’s Odeon cinemas.
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Britain racing forward to become World’s digital capital
Britain declared that it is going to become the world’s digital capital by building cutting edge broadband, telecoms and media infrastructure to become the global economic powerhouse. Although it trails many countries in terms of criteria like broadband penetration and mobile phone usage, Britain is expected to leapfrog into the global lead. The report said…
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Gullibility of cops costs the UK a total of £1 million
The world economy is crumbling. Period. And to make it worse, we have some intellectually renowned nations that manage to blow away a million bucks (pounds, in this case) on stupid mix-ups at gas stations. Till date, over a period of three years, UK cops have put in the wrong fuel into their cool cop…
