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First pictures of rare wetland spider in Cambridgeshire

A spider that was feared extinct in the UK has been photographed for the first time after a new colony of the species was found

Nov 22 2010 | Posted in Science,Tech News | Read More »

Most of the UK missing out on HD

A staggering majority of UK consumers are not getting the best out of their high-definition (HD) televisions, according to a survey. Although 56% of UK households now have an HD television, 91% still watch standard DVDs and get their television through standard set-top boxes. Full HD broadcasting can be viewed from Sky, Virgin and [...]

Dec 11 2009 | Posted in Home Tech,Science,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Battery made of paper charges up

Batteries made from plain copier paper could make for future energy storage that is truly paper thin. The approach relies on the use of carbon nanotubes – tiny cylinders of carbon – to collect electric charge. While small-scale nanotube batteries have been demonstrated before, the plain paper approach lends itself to making larger devices [...]

Dec 8 2009 | Posted in Science,Technology | Read More »

F1 designer unveils electric car

An electric car created by ex-McLaren Formula One designer Gordon Murray has been unveiled. Three prototypes of the T.27 model will be developed over the next 16 months. The manufacturing process, called iStream, has received £9m of investment, half of which came from the government’s Technology Strategy Board. iStream plants can be just one fifth [...]

Nov 5 2009 | Posted in Green Tech,Science,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Light goes out on solar mission

After more than 18 years studying the Sun, the plug is finally being pulled on the ailing spacecraft Ulysses. Final communication with the joint European-US satellite will take place on 30 June. The long-serving craft, launched in October 1990, has already served four times its expected design life. The Esa-Nasa mission was the first to [...]

Jun 28 2009 | Posted in Science,Tech News | Read More »

‘Lost’ music instrument recreated

New software has enabled researchers to recreate a long forgotten musical instrument called the Lituus.The 2.4m (8ft) long trumpet-like instrument was played in Ancient Rome but fell out of use some 300 years ago. Bach’s motet (a choral musical composition) “O Jesu Christ, meins lebens licht” was one of the last pieces of music written [...]

May 31 2009 | Posted in Science,Software,Tech News | Read More »

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