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The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo
Science, Maths & Technology

The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo

...technology. Motion control is built into many aspects of some of the Switch’s key launch games, such as Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and needs to be precise and easy to use. Luckily, the system is very intuitive, especially in portable mode. The way the game uses motion control also counters one of its previous issues in that it doesn’t require players to...
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How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?
Money & Business

How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?

...technology. The rate at which valuable identity information is flying out of the control of firms is alarming – more than 3,500 records per minute. Around 23% of the top data-breaches over the past five years contained consumers’ identity information – like names, dates-of-birth, addresses and account passwords. Corporate victims include big names such as Yahoo,...
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Why do women need abortions?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do women need abortions?

...Education For Choice Voice for Choice – the UK pro-choice coalition Information for health professionals: The care of women requesting induced abortion. Evidence-based clinical guideline number 7 from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Bish Training for training and resources to teach young people about sex and relationships Sex Education Forum for...
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DIY Science: Ecosphere
Nature & Environment

DIY Science: Ecosphere

...years ago on Open2.net, and has struggled a little in the last few years as it was created using older web technologies. We think it's worth a bit of an update, and we hope to bring you a new version soon. In the meantime, because it's remained popular, we're offering the two key segments of the original, and an easier-to-follow guide to creating your own ecosphere....
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Activity 10 mins
Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project
Science, Maths & Technology

Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project

...The Open University is one of fifteen European partners in The Pharos project which aims to advance audio-visual search using an integrated search platform paradigm... Future technologies: The Pharos project This track demonstrates some of the ways in which the Pharos project is advancing audiovisual search engines, we take a closer look at photo recognition software....
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Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...Technology, published in 2002 by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), states: Proponents put forward two basic arguments in favour of dialogue. The first is that traditional consultation tends to be unattractive to many people and draws only on ‘predictable’ sources. They argue that dialogue can provide new opportunities for people who may be...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...education encouraged extensive borrowing of vocabulary e.g. French words for farmed animals pork, beef and mutton (modern French porc, bœuf and mouton) were adopted alongside native words swine, cow and sheep. [A pig feeding in the New Forest [Image: BinaryApe under CC-BY licence]] Who are you calling pork? Pig in the New Forest [Image: BinaryApe under CC-BY licence] The...
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Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...technology to report on the environment. ...Ade Thomas Ade founded Green.TV in 2006, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, after a career in sustainable programme-making that stretches back two decades. Under Ade’s leadership, Green.TV is a leader of global sustainability content-creation broadcasting. Ade is a former environment journalist with...
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