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Reboot Your 787

The FAA has ordered all Boeing 787 aircraft to be turned off and on again every 51 days to prevent "stale data" from misleading pilots! The data that could be affected include airspeed, attitude and altitute! Oh and the stall warning horn might also stop working. WTF! Spot the multinational aircraft manufacturer without a working QA department.

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Hands Free Door Opener

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3D printing company materialise have created and openly released a hands free door handle that can be retrofitted to existing handles and allow people to open doors with the forearms.

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Learn Computers With Ali

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Want to start learning some Java programming during the COVID-19 lockdown? Then check out Learn Computers With Ali on YouTube!

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Linux Kernel on Windows 10

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The new built in Linux kernel in Windows 10 will be available when Windows 10 version 2004 arrives. It will need to be installed manually for a few months before automatic installs are added. For a certain generation of computer people (including me!), hell hath just frozen over :-p

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Tech in 2020

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Analst Benedict Evans has publised an interesting presentation on the state of Tech in 2020, from a talk he gave at Davos. The interesting presentation looks into how regulation may be the next societal step for the tech revolution to take.

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Oman Humanitarian Desalination Challenge

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The Oman Humanitarian Delsalination Challenge is running a competition to create a hand-held, low-cost desalination device and is offering a prize of $700,000.

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Software Engineering Beliefs

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Wesley Aptekar-Cassels published a great list of beliefs about software engineering. The list could be interpreted as wisdom from experience, especially the last point about sleep is more important than choosing a programming language.

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True Crystal Randomness

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A research team at the University of Glasgow have developed a novel way to generate true random numbers. They built an automated robot to manage chemical reactions in crystals which produce inifintely possible physical changes. The robot detects and records the changes in the crystals across multiple variables such as size, location, colour and shape and then converts the images to binary sequences.

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Noise Bracelet

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Researchers at The University of Chicago have developed a noise bracelet that jams smart speakers and microphones. The bracelet transmits white noise randomly in the 24kHz to 26kHz range.

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