The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) introduces the world’s first infant exoskeleton which is designed to help children with spinal muscular atrophy, a degenerative illness which affects one in ten thousand babies in Spain. Continue reading
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The Island Town of Sviyazhsk
When Ivan the Terrible, the Grand Prince of Moscow and the first Tsar of Russia, ascended the throne in the middle of the 16th century, he decided to put an end to the Khanate of Kazan, a medieval Bulgarian-Tatar Turkic state occupying the territory of former Volga Bulgaria, and ruled by the descendants of Genghis Khan. Continue reading
Dutch Prisons Become Welcoming Homes For Refugees
With crime declining in the Netherlands, the country is looking at new ways to fill its prisons. The government has let Belgium and Norway put prisoners in empty cells and now, amid the huge flow of migrants into Europe, several Dutch prisons have been temporarily pressed into service as asylum-seeker centers. Continue reading
Grow Your Own Veggies in a Professional Greenhouse
Founder Gerardo van Egmond, originally a carnation grower, took over the greenhouse nursery from his father and prepared a big plot of indoor land for hobby gardeners, which turned out to be quite a success. The benefits of indoor gardening are boundless. Besides a steady temperature, the greenhouse also protects from rain and wind, meaning there won’t be unwanted weeds. Continue reading
Gran Mediterraneo Tower, Tel Aviv
Designed by belgian architect David Tajchman, the ‘gran mediterraneo’ is a conceptual highrise building conceived for the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The scheme brings together a range of innovative functions, including an automated car-park and induction charging stations for electric driverless vehicles. The multistorey tower boasts a topological geometry that contrasts the contemporary orthodox approach of stacked horizontal slabs wrapped with mirrored glass. Continue reading
Kiddle! New Child-Friendly Search Engine by Google
Google is the go-to website for everyone who has access to internet. A question, a query, any assignment, or any normal information, the only person we ask is Google.
There was a time when we even checked our internet connection by going to Google.
Google is that friend we don’t consider to be really important but they are the best one there is.
But, kids, remember there were a lot of times when you searched something and some unwanted and ‘bad’ links, something you are not supposed to see.
But internet placed that link, so it’s not really your fault.
But, your parents and other ‘more intelligent’ people don’t want you to see them.
So, here’s some good news.