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Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...System (GPS) satellites, and navigation through Google Maps to direct users from point to point in the city using turn by turn navigation. A number of other companies have developed software in this area which operates similar to the turn by turn driving directions that GPS offers car users. Transcript Dr Oliver Zanetti recorded at The Open University for BBC Radio 4's...
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Why is snow so hard to predict?
Nature & Environment

Why is snow so hard to predict?

...system. What New York got was “snowperbole”. Yes, it snowed, but not as badly as predicted, and many people have been left wondering why the city was effectively shut down for what was, in New York terms, a light dusting. So what happened? The blame game began immediately. Some meteorologists have already put their hands up. “My deepest apologies to many key...
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As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission
Science, Maths & Technology

As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission

...thinking about sending the next probe...NASA’s Cassini mission has made its “death plunge” into the swirling clouds of Saturn after 20 years of exploring the planet and its moons. It’s been amazingly successful, making headlines with groundbreaking discoveries throughout its journey. But today the headlines are more like obituary notices, looking back at the...
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Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...systems. Of course, since votes are still being tallied, we’re not in the clear yet. But current indications are that this was a fairly uneventful election, from a cybersecurity perspective at least. So far, we’ve seen no public evidence of Russian hackers, 400-pound or otherwise, attacking individual voting machines from their bedrooms (to use a very tired old...
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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...think of that planning system that took so many years? COLIN MATTHEWS: Well, I think it took about 18 years for T5 to go through planning. And that’s just too long. That’s not serving the interests of the UK, to take that long over thinking about important bits of national infrastructure. Having said that, though, I don’t think that’s all down to the planning...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...think it's really important that organisations understand that treating their staff well doesn't just mean giving them lots and lots of money, it means an environment where they can actually give of their best. It means the reduction and elimination of discrimination generally, of systems and procedures that discriminate. It means allowing a level of empowerment, in terms...
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Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery
Science, Maths & Technology

Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery

...system other than our own...[View of mountains against the sky and moon at night] In Star Wars VI we first meet the Ewoks living on the Forest Moon of Endor. The planet Endor itself is a gas giant, but the Forest Moon is a habitable world, peopled by small furry sentient creatures. A new study, published in Science Advances, reports signs of such an “exomoon” orbiting...
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Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...system. So that might be large-scale institutions in many parts of the world called orphanages but very rarely orphans are held in them. Or the increasing development of foster care and adoption, although that’s very small in many countries. Where the vast majority of children go is in what we call kinship care or extended family. So, this is where the grandmothers and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs