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New ATM with built-in lie detector to curb consumer credit fraud

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ATM detects lies

Russia’s biggest retail bank has invented an ATM machine with a built-in lie detector in order to curb the growing menace of consumer credit fraud. The ATM can easily pass off as a part of KGB’s ultra- modern and secretive operational tool. Other than the rather unusual inclusion of a passport scanner, fingerprint recorder and a 3-dimensional facial recognition, the machine is equipped with advanced voice-analysis software.

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New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

Scientists discover protein to restore grey hair to it’s original color

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The discovery raises the prospects of drugs, lotions or shampoos that raise levels of wnt – and restore white or grey hair to its natural color.

Scientists have got to the root of grey hair – paving the way for locks that retain the luster of their youth well into old age.

 

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Architecture, Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News

The Wing House – an amazing recycled 747 airplane house

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The guts of a retired Boeing 747 jumbo jet rests in the hills of Malibu, California.  These parts aren’t just strewn around in the hills of Malibu. They have been constructed into the “Wing House,” which, as you can see, is aptly named: the roofs used to be wings. (Pics)

 

 

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Insects, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News, Sealife

‘Laughing’ cicadas among 75 new species discovered

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Experts say a new species of ‘laughing’ cicada abounds in the mountains of Batangas.

Laughing cicadas and small “cat sharks” are among scores of species believed new to science discovered by US and Filipino researchers in waters and islands of the Philippines, the team said Wednesday.

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Health & Fitness, Medical Breakthrough, Science & Technology News

Scientists a step closer to a ‘miracle’ treatment for genetic diseases

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Scientists claim they have come up with an entirely new way to rewrite the genetic code – reversing any flaws or faults.

Genetic diseases result from flaws in the body’s DNA that lead to the cells not functioning or developing as they should.  But, the genetic faults that cause diseases such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and some cancers could be repaired in a new technique described as a “miracle of modern medicine.”

Science & Technology News, Space

China breaks ground on world’s largest radio telescope

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3D model of FAST

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory has the world’s largest radio telescope but not for long.  China has broken ground on the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a massive bowl-shaped radio signal collector that will be the world’s most sensitive when it opens for business in 2016.

 

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Great New Product, Science & Technology News

The x-Ar: A spring-loaded arm that gives superpower strength to office workers

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The x-Ar arm

The Steadicam was originally developed to take the shake out of Hollywood chase scenes. But Equipois, a company in California, has given it a new purpose; to help line workers and file clerks.  The x-Ar arm reimagines a Steadicam’s spring system to make arms and tools feel weightless, diminishing the risk of repetitive-stress injuries without motors, batteries or external power.

 

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