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Researchers have found security vulnerabilities in sensor commonly used in pacemakers

Pacemaker sensor security vulnerability discovered

Common sensors found in pacemakers and Bluetooth headsets have major security vulnerabilities according to researchers.

Via-Sat2ViaSat-2 will be based on the Boeing 702HP satellite bus (CREDIT: Boeing)

Highest capacity comms satellite record to be broken

The makers of the highest-capacity communications satellite in the world will build one with seven times the coverage.

Electronic engineers are designing more energy-efficient and dependable ‘many-core’ processor systems

Many-core processor research project launched

Electronic engineers and computer scientists are aiming to design and implement more energy-efficient and dependable ‘many-core’ processor embedded systems, with the launch of a new creative research project.

Features
Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek: real-world holodeck technology today

With a new Star Trek film due out this Summer, get ready for the regular slew of tenuous associations, philosophical and technological. Given that, let’s say upfront that the likely arrival of this concept, as just floated by chipmaker AMD, is years away.

Gladius screen shot showing soldiers

AR for military, medical and education  ET arr

More than a techy fad or geeky fashion accessory, augmented reality could soon have a serious impact on the defence, medical and education industries.

Google’s Project Glass

Augmented reality peers out beyond Google's looking glass  ET arr

Google's Glass project is synonymous with augmented reality, but the technology is already part of everyday life for many people.

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An architect's impression of possible high-rise eco-city dwellings for China

An architect's impression of possible high-rise eco-city dwellings for China

A prime mover in the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, demonstrating in London recently

A prime mover in the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, demonstrating in London recently

Artist Agne Kisonaite collected 5,000 lipsticks to make this sculpture, protesting against the waste of the non-recycled tubes

Artist Agne Kisonaite collected 5,000 lipsticks to make this sculpture, protesting against the waste of the non-recycled tubes

A mini version of Berlin's Brandenburg Airport, built from 100,000 Lego bricks by Legoland Discovery Centre Berlin

A mini version of Berlin's Brandenburg Airport, built from 100,000 Lego bricks by Legoland Discovery Centre Berlin

Electricians check an electricity pylon situated amid farmland in Chuzhou, China 

Electricians check an electricity pylon situated amid farmland in Chuzhou, China 

Dutch nursery worker Thijs Glas checks hydrangea buds, sprayed with water to freeze them and thus protect them from night frosts

Dutch nursery worker Thijs Glas checks hydrangea buds, sprayed with water to freeze them and protect them from night frosts

Architecture company Because We Can designed this

Architecture company Because We Can designed this "feline transport system" for its office cat to help keep it safe

The Pancake-omatic makes pancakes from eggs laid just minutes before. It took four design engineers more than 200 hours to construct

The Pancake-omatic makes pancakes from eggs laid just minutes before. It took four design engineers more than 200 hours to construct

Anouk Wipprecht's Pseudomorph dress, with a neckpiece filled with 550ml of ink that decorates the dress when released

Anouk Wipprecht's Pseudomorph dress, with a neckpiece filled with 550ml of ink that decorates the dress when released

Deep Space Industries has announced a fleet of asteroid-prospecting spacecraft, utilising low-cost cubesat components, that will be launched into the solar system to hunt for resources to accelerate space development

Deep Space Industries has announced a fleet of asteroid-prospecting spacecraft, utilising low-cost cubesat components, that will be launched into the solar system to hunt for resources to accelerate space development

The Hub01 modular and mobile student housing prototype, developed for KatHO Catholic University in Belgium  

The Hub01 modular and mobile student housing prototype, developed for KatHO Catholic University in Belgium  

The concierge at the new Lego Hotel in Carlsbad, California. The three-storey, 250-room hotel will open in April

The concierge at the new Lego Hotel in Carlsbad, California. The three-storey, 250-room hotel will open in April

Blogs

BT gives it away, YouTube charges: Part Two

17 May 2013

In part one of this blog, we looked at BT's Premier League 'giveaway'. This time, let's consider YouTube's decision to start charging for some of its content.

Would Britain's EU exit affect universities?

16 May 2013

One of the most liberating things about Europe for many is the ability to move, settle and study in other EU states with a minimum of bureaucratic hassle and on the same terms as national citizens of the member state they are settling in.

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London Olympic stadium interactive graphic
London Olympic sculpture interactive graphic
London Olympic cable car interactive graphic
Debate

Debate: HS2

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HS2 is good for the national economy and will create jobs in the engineering and technology sector

Chief executive of HS2 Ltd

Profile: Alison Munro

Alison Munro has been chief executive of HS2 Ltd since the company was established in early 2009 to develop proposals for a new high-speed railway line from London to the West Midlands and beyond.

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Against

HS2 won’t solve Britain’s commuter problems and the money should be invested in digital infrastructure

Chair of Stop HS2

Profile: Penny Gaines

Penny Gaines is chair of Stop HS2. In a former career she was a software analyst, before becoming a campaigner. She was an early adopter of the Internet and enthusiast for its potential to reduce travel.

HS2 is good for the national economy and will create jobs in the engineering and technology sector

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