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This augmented reality motorcycle helmet could save your life
"I was in early morning traffic when an inattentive driver hit me from behind and I was thrown from my motorcycle." Ryan Shearman, founder and CEO of FUSAR Technologies, tells me at Augmented World Expo 2014. It's the kind of thing that could happen to any motorcyclist - and indeed, happens too often - but it also served as a spark of inspiration. "It started the wheels turning in my head: how can I make motorcycle riding safer?" His answer was to build a better helmet.
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World Cup: Banned England fans to hand in passports
More than 1,400 football hooligans in England will have to hand their passports to police in the coming days to stop them going to the World Cup. Passports must be surrendered on Monday or Tuesday, ahead of the tournament in Brazil which starts on 12 June.
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Authorities 'cover up' radioactive waste dump
A highly radioactive substance, emitting in some places radiation 100 times the permitted amount, has been discovered in the canton of Bern, Swiss media reporte
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At least 74 dead in crashes similar to those GM linked to faulty switches
At least 74 people have died in General Motors cars in accidents with some key similarities to those that GM has linked to 13 deaths involving defective ignition switches, a Reuters analysis of government fatal-crash data has determined. Such accidents also occurred at a higher rate in the GM cars than in top competitors’ models, the analysis showed.
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FBI's Crackdown on Laser Pointers Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
The FBI is going to the movies — to enforce its crackdown on people who point lasers at aircraft. The Bureau announced Tuesday that public safety messages will appear among previews for upcoming flicks, advertising a $10,000 reward for reports on anyone who’s suspected of pointing a laser at an airplane.
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CDC urges soccer fans to see a doctor before traveling to the World Cup in Brazil
Avid soccer fans who are planning to travel to Brazil for the FIFA World Cup, or the 2016 Summer Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games in Brazil should see their doctors at least four weeks before travelling, according to new advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Texts worse than drink-driving
TOUGHER penalties for using mobile phones while driving are being considered by the government after research showed that it slowed a driver’s reactions more than drink or drugs.
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Bulletproof blanket seeks to shield kids during school shootings
School shootings are a tragic reality. While much discussion has centered around prevention, ProTecht, a protective and safety products company in Oklahoma, has created a product it hopes kids will use in case such a tragedy strikes their schools. The Bodyguard Blanket is designed to offer a temporary shelter during dangerous situations, particularly school shootings.
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Bulletproof Vest testing
Bulletproof Vest testing.
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Road Safety "Classroom" PSA Ad Goes Overboard
Do they really need to be so graphic in getting the message across?
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25% of recalled cars in U.S. aren't fixed despite notice
One of every four cars recalled in the U.S. isn’t fixed, leaving millions of potentially dangerous vehicles on the road. Some car owners mistake safety recall notices for junk mail and toss them without opening them. In some cases, owners may not think a recall is serious and opt not to get their cars fixed right away — or at all.
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Intel could bring ‘kill switches’ to laptops
Intel has been working on a project that uses RFID technology to provision, track and monitor devices such as laptops, hospital equipment or other devices – the system could also be used as a kind of kill switch for devices that are either lost or stolen.
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A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling More Popular
Nick Falbo is proposing a new protected intersection design that would make intersections safer and less stressful than they are today.
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U.S. City Thinks Having Pedestrians Carry Flags Will Keep Them Safe
The idea behind the program is simple: Drivers are more likely to see—and yield to—pedestrians carrying the flags, which make it abundantly obvious that the person is about to cross the street.
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Car industry struggles to solve air bag explosions despite mass recalls
A year ago, Japan's Takata Corp, the world's second-largest maker of auto safety parts, believed it had finally contained a crisis more than a decade in the making. It was wrong. Japanese car makers including Honda Motor Co and Nissan Motor Co on Monday recalled 2.9 million vehicles globally over Takata air bags that are at risk of exploding and shooting shrapnel at passengers and drivers. That takes the tally of Takata air bag recalls over the past five years to some 10.5 million vehicles.
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Is Nuclear Power Ever Coming Back?
Public fear, uncertainty, and doubt are still big issues for nuclear energy.
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Lightning Mostly Kills Men Because Men Are Dumb
Almost everyone killed by lightning in the United States is a man. Since 2006, 80% of lightning victims were men. All seven people killed by lightning so far this year were men. This brings us to the only possible conclusion: men are stupid.
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Internet filters blocking one in five most-popular websites
Nearly one in five of the most visited sites on the internet are being blocked by the adult content filters installed on Britain's broadband and mobile networks.
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Qantas flight turns back after 'river runs through aisles'
A Hollywood star has described how a "river was running through the aisles" of one of Qantas's giant A380 jets about an hour after taking off from Los Angeles for Melbourne. Qantas said there had been no safety concerns and the captain had decided to turn back to Los Angeles, but passengers took to social media to share photos and their fears of being deluged shortly into the 16-hour flight in the middle of the night across the Pacific Ocean.
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No Facebook, no iPhone, no problem: how I declared my digital independence
Why pledge allegiance to the united tech giants of America – and the surveillance for which they stand? I am one man, relatively invisible, with liberty and justice online
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