You might need to scan your face to unlock the new iPhone

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There’s speculation that the iPhone 8 might not have a ‘home’ button

Due to this fact people have started to question if there’s no ‘home’ button, how will you unlock your phone? Your face?

Testing is underway on the technology that would power the new 3D sensor, they are claiming the scanner will work even with the phone lying flat on a table.

This is not the first time face scanning technology has been available, but in the past it has been difficult implement due to speed and reliability, but if it does happen it will also mean improved selfie picture quality!

How does Stephen Hawking speak and write?

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The Professor has managed to write books and give lectures despite his disease

The Professor who is world renowned, has a progressive disease called ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) that has gradually paralysed him over the years, yet despite this he is still able to give lectures on a global stage and write dozens of books.

75 year old Hawking is able to do this using a single cheek muscle which is attached to a computer to communicate simply by tensing it. At the start of his disease he had a hand held clicker that spelled out words, he now uses the cheek based device that moves a cursor to find the first letter of the word, after typing a few letters sophisticated predictive text technology which suggests the best-fit words.

The professor has previously tested eye-tracking technology and a system controlled by moving his eyebrows but he found the cheek movement sensor the most effective for him.

Episode 248 BallieBallerson

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BallieBallerson UPDATE

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Last year we spoke about BallieBallerson well we went and experienced it this past week and it was a LOT of fun!

We went along to the Brunch event at Dalston which states on their website:

Saturday & Sunday Daytime 

BOTTOMLESS PROSECCO

BOTTOMLESS PUNCH

BOTTOMLESS SPAGHETTI MEAT BALLS

BALL PIT HIDE & SEEK

BallieBallerson is an adult play pen set over two floors; the underground club is kitted out with 250k clear balls set upon an LED dancefloor.

Upstairs the bar is decorated with plasma balls and glow in the dark murals that are charged with UV light blasts whilst DJs spin funk and ragged house.

Cocktails are themed around the planets; Neptune is based on charcoal and liquid nitrogen; the helium rich Saturn is garnished with a floating balloon; and Uranus, which is undrinkable until you’ve eaten the Miracle Berry pill provided.

Buy a ticket for entry where you can enter and exit the ball pit as many times as you like in your time slot. 

79 Stoke Newington Road

N16 8AD

Open Tuesday to Sunday 

 

 

Buy tickets here!

Click here to listen to the guys chatting about this on the show!

 

The iPhone is 10 years old!

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And here’s 10 years of people destroying their iPhones in very dumb ways

People on the internet are destroying their iPhones for entertainment purposes and have done so for the past 10 years.

The fact that other people find it fun to watch is evident as the videos online have combined views of over 126 million.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

But here’s a few ways you can destroy your iPhone:

A microwave:

 

An industrial shredder:

 

And actual lava:

 

 

Google’s new app makes it easy to save mobile data

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New App ‘Triangle’ let’s you control data use

Google have developed a new app which lets you view and control the amount of data you use. The app ‘Triangle’ lets you monitor data usage and restrict apps from using your data even when your 3/4G is on.

This is a handy little app if you’re on a contract with limited data as some apps consume a lot more data than others but it’s also helpful as some apps will continue to drain your data if they are running in the background.

Another feature this app has is that you can allow certain apps access to your data for limited time periods from 10 to 30 minutes.

This app is only available in the Philippines for now as it’s still in it’s testing phase.

 

Broadband is to be beamed to every corner of the earth from space

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The internet is for everyone

As part of a project launched by Airbus and OneWeb more than 2000 satellites will be launched into space in an attempt to provide every school in the world with an internet connection.

The launch will happen in April next year and will aim to get 600 satellites into space by 2022.

The satellites will be built in Toulouse and Florida, this is the only project of its kind to date and will revolutionise the education system in countries that had previously lacked in this resource.

Why suitcases rock and fall over

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Puzzle solved

We’ve all been there, we’re in a rush to get to our gate at the airport and as we’re speeding to reach the check-in before the plane leaves without us, our overpacked suitcase starts rocking dangerously side to side, so we slow down in an attempt to calm this tiny beast.

Wrong. Scientists are now saying to speed up rather than slow down to avoid a suitcase toppling over, apparently it’s basic physics… as you speed up the suitcase has less room and time to swing side to side.  Another solution the scientists have put forward is to hold the suitcase as close to the ground as possible.

Alternatively, if you are not an olympic runner or a tiny person, you could just try to get to the airport on time – therefore avoiding the rush, rock, fall situation all together.

Coffee under threat

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There could be a caffeine shortage

Climate change could push up the price of our beloved addiction coffee, prices might rise as the temperature does.

The price of coffee is likely to go up as the land where the coffee is farmed might not be suitable for the coffee to grow.

Ethiopia is the birthplace and the biggest exporter of Arabica coffee beans, but according to a report in Nature Plants today, the production of the bean could be under threat unless action is taken.

Basically we are drinking a lot more coffee than we are producing and so far the manufacturer’s have enough coffee saved up from previous years to continue to drink it as normal – which means we’ve avoided a price hike or a shortage altogether.

However the long term outlook is causing greater cause for concern. Scientists from London’s Kew Gardens have said that if action is taken, a coffee shortage could be avoided – 2 possible solutions are: the relocation of coffee-growing areas and forest conservation.

A combination of the two could avoid a coffee shortage, therefore avoiding the human population having a major meltdown due a lack of their caffeine fix!