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Braigo: A thirteen year old genius revolutionises Braille
If you cross the word Braille with Lego you get the word Braigo and if you cross the need for a cheap Braille printer with an incredibly intelligent thirteen year old entering a high school science competition you get Braigo Labs, the company started by US teenager, Shubham Banerjee.
Read more...Can you feeeeel it?
More than 40 years after Slade told us to ‘come on feel the noise’ two British innovators are making sure that we can.
Read more...Jeff Koons: High earning high artist with a low profile
The works of Jeff Koons are worth more than those of any other living artist, and in the modern, extravagant world that is saying a lot.
Read more...Britain’s first national sperm bank
Britain’s first national sperm bank has opened at Birmingham Women’s Hospital with a mission to make it easier for couples and single parents seeking donor sperm.
Read more...Petrol could drop to under £1 per litre
Recent falls in worldwide oil prices have combined with competition between supermarkets to bring petrol prices down to their lowest value since 2010, with more price cuts to come. As traditional supermarkets face competition from budget shops such as Aldi and Lidl, it has been suggested that a litre of fuel could soon cost as little as £1 or even less.
Read more...Feminism in Westminster
Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman defied Commons convention by wearing a charity t-shirt to Prime Minister’s Questions.
Read more...Horrifying haunted Hallowe’en hotspots
To celebrate Hallowe’en, we’ve gathered together some of the scariest and most haunted places in the UK to make up a rogues gallery of macabre locations.
Read more...Release the 1000 mph British Bloodhound!
A 1000 mile per hour record breaking supercar is being built in Britain ready to smash the world land speed record a year from now in the winter of 2015/2016.
Read more...Internet big player defends net neutrality
Mitchell Baker, the Executive Chairwoman of Mozilla and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, restated her firm belief that an open neutral internet is essential to ensure innovation on the internet during an interview with the BBC’s Hard Talk programme.
Read more...Harry Potter themed hotel rooms are disapparating fast
A London hotel is having a good spell at the moment after advertising two Harry Potter themed hotel rooms with decor and contents based on the dormitories at Hogwarts. The Georgian House Hotel’s website crashed soon after it started taking bookings for the new rooms, and though some may suspect Lord Voldemort it is believed to be because the magical offering proved so popular among fans of the series.
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