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University of Southern Queensland in Australia peppered a dummy head with ultraviolet sensors small enough to fit in the face’s nooks and crannies. Placing the head out in the sun at different times of day generated a map of UV exposure which confirmed what every parent knows: that the nose and cheeks get the heaviest dose.

Fed up with carrying a bunch of credit cards? Enter iCache, an iPod lookalike that lets a single “proxy” card mimic them all. having registered your regular cards on a secure website, you insert the proxy into the iCache and choose from an on-screen…

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