Prescription lenses that can change focus from far to near and back again have been developed in Japan by TouchFocus. When a sensor on the frame is activated the liquid crystals set into the lower half of the glasses change positions, altering the focus in that area and allowing the wearer to see objects closer …
Pepper – the first robot to appear before a Parliamentary select committee – answers MPs’ questions about helping to care for older people. The resident robot from Middlesex University was asked by chairman Robert Halfon to explain the artificial intelligence (AI) Careses project, which promotes independent living and aims to reduce pressure on health care …
Image copyright Huawei Image caption The Watch GT can run for up to a month between charges but lacks an app store Huawei has decided not to use the wearable-tech version of Android in its latest smartwatch, opting instead for an in-house operating system. The company said the decision to use Lite OS had been …
Image copyright Getty Images Nearly a fifth (18%) of tenants renting from private landlords say they have waited more than three months to get a deposit back, according to a survey. Mortgage lender the Nationwide said 4% of those asked had a delay of more than six months. A leading deposit protection scheme says the …
Image copyright Getty Images Some online sellers are offering people free goods in return for positive product reviews, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found. Its investigator joined several “rewards for reviews” groups and was hired to write high-rated reviews in return for free items. Paid-for, or fake, reviews flout rules set by platforms …
Image copyright Leyli Beheshty-Zadeh Image caption Leyli had to arrange her grandmother’s and her mother’s funerals within five months in 2016 2016 was a difficult year for Leyli Beheshty-Zadeh. Her grandmother’s death was followed closely by her mother’s, and she found herself having to arrange two funerals in the space of five months. “The vulnerability …
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Image copyright Esta-Fasttrack Image caption Many commercial Esta sites look official Here’s a word of warning to anybody applying for a US travel visa or Esta online. The top search results in Google are not for the official application forms, but paid advertisements for commercial websites that charge more than five times as much as …
Sir Nick Clegg tells George Parker of the Financial Times how he got his new job with Facebook and what he will be doing for the social media giant. The full interview can be heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Week In Westminster on Saturday, 20 October at 1100 BST. Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Glyn Baker / Geograph Shares in property firm Intu have jumped 13% after it said it was mulling a bid from a consortium of investors. Intu owns a number of big UK shopping centres including Lakeside in Essex, the Metrocentre in Gateshead, and the Trafford Centre in Manchester. The consortium is made up …