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Bombhead and Bombs Away: when remembering is an art

2 May 2018

Powerful reminders of our nuclear and military past echo in an uncertain present, with a show in Vancouver and new book pulling no punches


Prototype hearing aid

This mind-reading hearing aid knows who you're listening to

2 May 2018

An ear mounted device with a battery of brain-scanning electrodes knows which sounds you're paying attention to – it might also help you get a good night's sleep


Lightning strike

Lightning hit a woman's home and switched off her brain implant

1 May 2018

Doctors are warning that some people should change the way they recharge their brain implants, after a lightning strike shut down a woman’s stimulation device


3000 missing children identified with face recognition in India

3000 missing children identified with face recognition in India

30 April 2018

Thousands of children go missing in India every year. Facial recognition software is now helping reunite some of them with their families


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Paint a touchpad on your wall to control lights with a swipe

30 April 2018

Covering surfaces with a thin layer of conductive material lets you turn on lights and fast-forward films by touching the wall


Joseph James DeAngelo

Serial killer suspect identified using DNA family tree website

27 April 2018

A serial killer active in California decades ago may finally have been identified using genetic sequences the suspect’s distant relatives gave to a website


The world's biggest hacking market has just been busted

The world's biggest hacking market has just been busted

26 April 2018

A website that provided hacking services for a monthly fee and had hundreds of thousands of subscribers was closed in international bust


Stoner app lets cannabis users keep track of how high they are

Stoner app lets cannabis users keep track of how high they are

24 April 2018

A series of smartphone tests that score memory and reaction are intended to make cannabis use safer and lead to a better understanding of the drug


Video-game players

Now Play This! A festival that's game for anything

19 April 2018

Ideas held centre stage, and technology was kept in its place, over a weekend of games at London's Somerset House


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