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LONDON, England (Reuters) — Innovative design and sustainable products are some of the styles dominating this year’s London Design Festival, as designers from around the world showcase some of their most innovative and ambitious projects. The festival, which was established in 2003, is made up of hundreds of events and exhibitions scattered across the British capital, including at the iconic Victoria & Albert Museum and Somerset House. As part of the program, a special show […]
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) — The staff at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego is working to make being sick a little better. The hospital unveiled a collection of remote-controlled cars on Tuesday (September 19) that allow young patients to ‘drive’ themselves to the operating room. Actually operated by a nurse or doctor, the cars are part of a new program designed to make kids more relaxed before their procedures. “The kids are having fun. […]
BRALANDA, Sweden (Reuters) — A drone which carries a defibrillator to help people suffering from a cardiac arrest is being developed at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Paramedic and researcher Andreas Claesson said that every year about 5,000 people suffer from sudden cardiac arrest in Sweden and around 70 per cent of these attacks occur in rural areas. Having to cover great distances, since most emergency medical services are located in towns, the ambulance response […]
by Edouard Guihaire Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Designer Tommy Hilfiger closed London Fashion Week on Tuesday with a “Rock Circus” night marking his first catwalk show outside the United States. The much-anticipated showcase of Hilfiger’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection brought a touch of sportswear chic to Fashion Week, closing the five-day event with a high-profile bang. The 66-year-old American designer, king of a fashion empire that last year saw sales of $6.6 billion, […]
GIRONA, Spain (Reuters) — Much of Europe was scorched this summer, with numerous forest fires breaking out and in Spain goats and sheep are helping to fight the blazes – one nibble at a time. Dubbed ‘Goat Fire Brigades’ the animals are part of a pilot program in the Girona region of northern Spain, run by Pau Costa Foundation. Tapping into an old agricultural practice, the herds are set out to graze in strategic areas of […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) — Six-legged robot HEXA isn’t simply a slightly creepy, over-sized insect that will scare your children. It’s a highly adaptable robot open to developers, allowing them to practise their programming and coding skills, using simple commands. Developed by Chinese start-up Vincross, the 4.7-inch-high robot has two three-axis accelerometers for balance and a built-in distance measuring sensor to avoid obstacles. It also contains an infrared sensor and camera, complete with night vision […]
by Jean-Philippe Lacour Agence France-Presse FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) – German car makers are showing off their self-driving cars at the IAA international auto show in Frankfurt, but most people in the car-mad country have yet to be convinced by the technology. Curious visitors to the biennial trade fair, which lasts until September 24, can entrust their lives to a computer on a specially created car at a test track overlooked by Daimler and Volkswagen’s giant stands. […]
DUBAI, UAE (Reuters) — The Dubai Land Department has showed off a driverless car developed with Volkswagen at the much visited Cityscape Global exhibition. Dubai has already stated its intention to become one of the world’s smartest and most sustainable cities and the VW prototype car could help its ambitions. Although still just a concept, the driverless car, named ‘Sedric’ (self-driving car) by VW, will be sustainable and safe, convenient and easy to use, using […]
by Yanan Wang Agence France Presse HARBIN, China (AFP) — It was a hot summer afternoon in Harbin and tourists strolled cobblestone streets with the Chinese city’s famous milk popsicles in hand. But indoors, it was perfect weather for skiing. At the city’s new Ice and Snow Park, chilly winds blew snowflakes around skiers zipping down the manmade slopes of the world’s largest indoor ski park, a potent symbol of China’s ambitions to turn itself […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday, with a trial underway to breed thousands of the rare species. Predatory crown-of-thorns starfish, which munch coral, are naturally-occurring but have proliferated due to pollution and run-off at the struggling World Heritage-listed ecosystem. Their impact has been profound with a major study of the 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) long reef’s health in 2012 showing coral cover halved […]
TEXAS, United States (Reuters) — The Canadarm2 robotic arm on the International Space Station (ISS) was used to release the SpaceX Dragon capsule, after it had been detached from earth on Sunday (September 17). Thrusts on the Dragon were then fired up as the capsule started its journey back to earth, where it is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at 1014EDT (1414GMT) on Sunday. Recovery forces will be awaiting the splash landing […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — McDonalds says it will start globally rolling back use of antibiotics in its chicken products from 2018 as part of efforts to curb microbial resistance to drugs and the rise of superbugs. The decision follows a similar move undertaken in the US market in 2016. It applies to drugs that are also used in human medicine, called Highest Priority Critically Important Antimicrobials (HPCIA) by the World Health Organization (WHO). […]
