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Pokemon outside King's College Cambridge

What can Pok茅mon Go teach the world of conservation?

16 Nov 2016

探花直播augmented reality game, designed for mobile devices, allows users to capture, battle and train virtual creatures called Pok茅mon that appear on...

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Could cryptocurrency help the 鈥榖ottom billion鈥?

17 Oct 2016

Many of the world鈥檚 poorest poor don鈥檛 have access to a bank account and yet depend on being able to transfer money across borders. Could digital...

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Barbed wire

Internet censorship: making the hidden visible

14 Oct 2016

Despite being founded on ideals of freedom and openness, censorship on the internet is rampant, with more than 60 countries engaging in some form of...

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'Syrian Hero Boy'

探花直播Whistle: verifying digital evidence of human rights violations

12 Oct 2016

Smartphones and social media have made it easy for accidental witnesses 鈥渋n the wrong place at the wrong time鈥 to capture and share violations and...

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Image from a body-worn camera

Use of body-worn cameras sees complaints against police 鈥榲irtually vanish鈥, study finds

29 Sep 2016

Year-long study of almost 2,000 officers across UK and US forces shows introduction of wearable cameras led to a 93% drop in complaints made against...

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Sumo Wrestlers Wrestling on the Ring 1

Opinion: As ARM enjoys a Japanese embrace, the lessons it can teach UK tech firms

19 Jul 2016

Peter Williamson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses the sale of Cambridge-based technology firm ARM Holdings to Japan's Softbank for 拢24...

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Screenshot of footage from a police body-worn camera

Body-worn cameras associated with increased assaults against police, and increase in use-of-force if officers choose when to activate cameras

17 May 2016

Preliminary results from eight UK and US police forces reveal rates of assault against officers are 15% higher when they use body-worn cameras. The...

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Internet domains

Overcrowded Internet domain space is stifling demand, suggesting a future 鈥榥ot-com鈥 boom

01 Mar 2016

New research suggests that a lack of remaining domain names with easy to remember 鈥 and consequently valuable 鈥 word combinations is restricting...

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Popcorn

That鈥檚 entertainment: what 鈥 and how 鈥 will we be watching in 2020?

18 May 2015

Take unlimited creativity, add multiple platforms, throw in faster and smarter tech and you鈥檝e got the ingredients for the biggest entertainment...

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Storica allows users to revisit any aspect of their lives in extreme detail, producing digital stories and an array of graphs and data which may help people to find out more about what is influencing their feelings and behaviour.

Dear digital diary鈥

12 Aug 2013

A powerful life-logging tool which captures and stores memorable moments in people鈥檚 lives is being developed by two researchers who argue that it...

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Graphic from mypersonality app

Digital records could expose intimate details and personality traits of millions

11 Mar 2013

Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from 鈥榯races鈥 left by seemingly innocuous digital...

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Detail from Fryderyk Chopin (1810鈥49), Polonaise in A-flat major for piano, Op. 53: autograph manuscript, 1842鈥43.

探花直播virtual Chopin

01 Mar 2013

One of the greatest composers of the 19th century, Fryderyk Chopin, had an irrepressible creative imagination, and his music experienced continual...

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