Google is developing a device to read your brain, using Google Glass, a team of researchers are after a smart portable system that will use functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure a person’s brain activity on the go. The application for FNIRS, are infinite – from training air traffic controllers and drone operators to learning how…
Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 4th Investec Test: England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 11-15, 2016 England 328 ao 76.4 ov, AN Cook 35 off 50, 4 fours, JM Bairstow 55 off 93, 7 fours, MM Ali 108 off 152, 13 fours, 2 sixes, Mohammad Amir 80-2, Sohali Khan 68-5, Wahab Riaz 93-3.…
Great Britain rowers win two gold and Team Dressage silver and climb to fourth in the medals table Heather Stanning and Helen Glover of GB claimed two Olympic rowing gold medals within 30 minutes to go fourth in the medal table on day seven of Rio 2016. They retained their Olympic title from London 2012…
Stephanie Pearson, a school teacher, science and freelance writer and contributing Editor to “Outside” magazine, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, won the award for Best Foreign Journalist for India. Her travel feature had appeared in the Outside Magazine. She had also travelled across Australia, Latin America to create a real-time, online curriculum for 50,000…
On Day four Great Britain won two golds and four bronzes in cycling, shooting , Judo and gymnastics and have 12 medals at the 2016 Olympic games, to go ninth in the medals table. Joe Clarke won the Kayak K1 gold, Jack Laughter and Chris Mears won diving gold with the men’s synchronized 3m…
Robert Ludlum – novelist, found his Bourne thrillers were part of the big name he made for himself in life. Though he arrived at an unsavoury final chapter in his life and mysteries surround his family too, Ludlum’s Jason Bourne has won hearts and support worldwide as the fifth in the series of features has now…
Donald Trump promised the biggest tax overhaul since Ronald Regan, promising to cut taxes across the board and reduce the load on business to stop the mass exodus of US companies shifting their headquarters outside US. If he becomes president, the Republican nominee pledged that no US business would pay more than 15 per cent…
UK is set to pass legislation to allow the security services to snoop into smartphones, and scrutinise vast data sets and browsing habits. “We are moving towards a world where we end up predicting crime and prosecuting it before it happens.” By 2020, 35bn Zettabytes of data will be generated worldwide. Canada, France, New Zealand,…
Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel has spawned epic films in the past and this new one has ground-breaking excitement and awe-inspiring scenes hardly imaginable unless actually seen. Jack Huston stars as Judah Ben-Hur and Toby Kebbell as Messala, Morgan Freeman brings gravitas, aged wisdom, and a very well-known face, and all the actors have been…
Great Britain won their first Gold medal of Rio 2016 as 21-year-old, Adam Peaty won gold for the men’s 100m breaststroke with a world record. Uttoxeter born broke his own world record by winning in 57.13 seconds, 1.5 seconds clear of his nearest rival, and became the first British man to win an Olympic…