Are video games 'essential culture'? French lockdown stirs debate
Confusion over France's new partial lockdown has accidentally reignited an old debate: are video games works of art or just another computer product?
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QR codes, health passports: China's tech arsenal against a pandemic
Daily life in China follows a rhythm of digital check-ins, with the QR code—at offices, malls and transport hubs—an integral defence against COVID-19 that helps to track, trace and isolate patients.
Mar 11, 2021
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Can the city cycling boom survive the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?
When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in 2019-20, it had an immense impact around the world, but particularly in urban areas, where it was particularly transmissible. Lockdowns and curfews were imposed, as well as distance ...
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How beers and Vikings gave Bluetooth technology its name
One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the moniker "Bluetooth" over beers.
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Ohio State opens up Apple app development and coding program to the public
An educational program at Ohio State University teaching students app development and coding using Apple's Swift programming language will be available to the public.
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Study finds Singapore public less keen on drone use in residential areas than industrial zones
When it comes to drones, the Singapore public is not as keen for them to be used to provide services around their living spaces, finds a study by researchers at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Switzerland's timeless art mechanics embraces 3-D future
In his snow-bound workshop, Swiss master Francois Junod's moving mechanical artworks whir into action: birds whistle, historical luminaries write poetry—traditional craftsmanship newly recognised as being among the world's ...
Jan 24, 2021
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'Baba Yaga' introduces with a virtual reality movie premiere
Last week Daisy Ridley and Jennifer Hudson went to a movie premiere together. They posed for photos and made remarks from a stage while an audience watched quietly.
Jan 23, 2021
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To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
In some ways, learning to program a computer is similar to learning a new language. It requires learning new symbols and terms, which must be organized correctly to instruct the computer what to do. The computer code must ...
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The future of autonomous aircraft
Imagine a world of aerial delivery drones bringing goods right to your door, small air taxis with fewer than six passengers flying about cities, supersonic airliners crossing continents and oceans, and sixth-generation fighter ...
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