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How spinning kites could power your home - BBC News
78 views / 1 likes - addedEngineer and inventor Rod Read has created flying turbine technology, using spinning kites to generate electricity. His experiments have generated enough electricity to charge an electric car and still have power left to boil the kettle for a cup of tea.
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Archaeologists discover oldest known sentence in first alphabet -BBC News
173 views / 0 likes - addedThe oldest known sentence in the ancient language of Canaanites has been decoded by at team of Israeli archaeologists. The inscription was discovered on an ivory head-lice comb, unearthed at Tel Lachish, an ancient city in the Biblical Kingdom of Judah. E
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Driverless taxis take to the streets of San Francisco BBC News
203 views / 0 likes - addedDriverless taxis, or “robotaxis”, have been rolled out on the streets of San Francisco, and BBC technology show Click has been to see how they work. The vehicles are capable of getting passengers from A to B across the city, but there is one m
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The man who shaped the history of hot air balloons - BBC News
153 views / 0 likes - addedFor more than half a century, Scotland-born Don Cameron has been a pioneer in the world of hot air balloons.He built and flew western Europes first modern hot air balloon in 1967, before founding his company Cameron Balloons from the basement of his flat.
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World's first 'floating' pool suspended between London tower blocks - BBC News
253 views / 0 likes - addedSuspended between two tower blocks in a swimming pool 35m (115 ft) above the ground, the residents of a development in London cooled off during the UK's warmest day this year. The Sky Pool, described as "the world's first floating pool", is only open to s
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Giant human-sized jellyfish spotted by divers - BBC News
860 views / 0 likes - addedDivers have swum with a huge barrel jellyfish off the coast of Cornwall. Lizzie Daly, a biologist with Wild Ocean Week, said the creature was as big as her body. It is the largest species of jellyfish which is found in British waters, with the average dia
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How trees secretly talk to each other - BBC News
530 views / 1 likes - addedTrees talk and share resources right under our feet, using a fungal network nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Some plants use the system to support their offspring, while others hijack it to sabotage their rivals. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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Fastest violinist in the world - BBC News
807 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews How fast can you play a violin? World record is held by Ben Lee - who can play Flight of the Bumblebee in a 54.24 seconds. Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/bbcnews Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/new
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35 year old who lives in 1946 - BBC News
653 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews Ben Sansum is 35. But he lives in 1946. His clothes, his house, the music he listens to - all come from an era before he was even born. BBC News went to meet Ben at home in Cambridgeshire Subscribe http://www.
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