22/07/17

[Maik]

UK to bring in drone registration

The UK government has announced plans to introduce drone registration and safety awareness courses for owners of the small unmanned aircraft.

It will affect anyone who owns a drone which weighs more than 250 grams (8oz).

There is no time frame or firm plans as to how the new rules will be enforced and the Department of Transport admitted that "the nuts and bolts still have to be ironed out".

The plans also include the extension of geo-fencing, in which no-fly zones are programmed into drones using GPS co-ordinates, around areas such as prisons and airports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40684581

[Maik]

Hear, boy? Pet translators will be on sale soon, Amazon says
Retailer backs futurologist’s claim that devices conversing in canine will be available in, ruffly speaking, a decade

Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah, as Dr Doolittle once sang – what a neat achievement that would be. Well, Amazon has revealed that the animal-loving doctor’s ambition might not be entirely fantasy.

Pet translators that can turn woofs into words and make sense of miaows, might really be on the horizon, according to a report backed by the internet retailer.

Futurologist William Higham of Next Big Thing, who co-authored the report for Amazon, says he believes devices that can talk dog could be less than 10 years away.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/22/hear-boy-pet-translators-will-be-on-sale-soon-amazon-says

Hang on, let me check... 22 July.

[Maik]

'Clean eating is ugly, malevolent and damaging', says eating disorder specialist

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/clean-eating-disorders-ugly-damaging-health-diet-food-pemberton-ella-woodward-a7848381.html


Quite an interesting read

[TonyKath]

Hear, boy? Pet translators will be on sale soon, Amazon says
Retailer backs futurologist’s claim that devices conversing in canine will be available in, ruffly speaking, a decade

Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah, as Dr Doolittle once sang – what a neat achievement that would be. Well, Amazon has revealed that the animal-loving doctor’s ambition might not be entirely fantasy.

Pet translators that can turn woofs into words and make sense of miaows, might really be on the horizon, according to a report backed by the internet retailer.

Futurologist William Higham of Next Big Thing, who co-authored the report for Amazon, says he believes devices that can talk dog could be less than 10 years away.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/22/hear-boy-pet-translators-will-be-on-sale-soon-amazon-says

Hang on, let me check... 22 July.

Barking mad...!

Tony

[Misty]

Hear, boy? Pet translators will be on sale soon, Amazon says
Retailer backs futurologist’s claim that devices conversing in canine will be available in, ruffly speaking, a decade

Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah, as Dr Doolittle once sang – what a neat achievement that would be. Well, Amazon has revealed that the animal-loving doctor’s ambition might not be entirely fantasy.

Pet translators that can turn woofs into words and make sense of miaows, might really be on the horizon, according to a report backed by the internet retailer.

Futurologist William Higham of Next Big Thing, who co-authored the report for Amazon, says he believes devices that can talk dog could be less than 10 years away.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/22/hear-boy-pet-translators-will-be-on-sale-soon-amazon-says

Hang on, let me check... 22 July.

Barking mad...!

Tony

Would the languages be Catalan & Afghan

[Maik]

Small bush fire broke out in Farsa earlier today, quickly brought under control and extinguished by firefighters.

[Maik]

Free Internet for 14,500 Households on Remote Greek Islands

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/07/22/free-internet-for-14500-households-on-remote-greek-islands/

Strangely, Kef doesn't qualify as being remote