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Let’s hear it for voice-operated IT (1999)
Even though Toyota will this year add Amazon’s Alexa to its cars, it’s worth recalling how long it has taken us to reach that
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WAKE-UP CALL: the CCP's BeiDou satellite navigation system outperforms GPS in several regions of the world - Harvard.
In Africa, SE Asia, Middle East & Latin America, it's in use for maritime, ports, aviation and farms
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RULE OF LAWYERS DEPT: "In opposition, Lammy promised to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist threat; but a ban has been delayed as HMG examines if it needs specific legislation to sanction state-backed groups." https://www.thetimes.com/article/c7a877da-6a8e-4f4c-a178-a0422413d825?shareToken=085e5ef29dda5069255e21960a5b3a92
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![Robert Furchgott – discovered that nitric oxide transmits signals within the human body](https://live.staticflickr.com/2870/11420639914_7d51683fd8.jpg)
Robert Furchgott – discovered that nitric oxide transmits signals within the human body
![Barry Marshall – showed that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers, reversing decades of medical doctrine holding that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid](https://live.staticflickr.com/3700/11420490576_3d6135f045.jpg)
Barry Marshall – showed that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers, reversing decades of medical doctrine holding that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid
![N Joseph Woodland – co-inventor of the barcode](https://live.staticflickr.com/5507/11419786543_ba373d45eb.jpg)
N Joseph Woodland – co-inventor of the barcode
![Jocelyn Bell Burnell – she discovered the first radio pulsars](https://live.staticflickr.com/3794/13618278573_97ccb732b0.jpg)
Jocelyn Bell Burnell – she discovered the first radio pulsars
![John Tyndall – the man who worked out why the sky was blue](https://live.staticflickr.com/7456/12901946575_2d601b9e15.jpg)
John Tyndall – the man who worked out why the sky was blue
![Rosalind Franklin co-discovered the structure of DNA, with Crick and Watson](https://live.staticflickr.com/7327/12902292354_90e62f7006.jpg)
Rosalind Franklin co-discovered the structure of DNA, with Crick and Watson
![Rosalyn Sussman Yallow – development of radioimmunoassay (RIA), a method of quantifying minute amounts of biological substances in the body](https://live.staticflickr.com/3764/11420896503_361c3f10ac.jpg)
Rosalyn Sussman Yallow – development of radioimmunoassay (RIA), a method of quantifying minute amounts of biological substances in the body
![Jonas Salk – discovery and development of the first successful polio vaccine](https://live.staticflickr.com/2807/11420681265_2d41783cd8.jpg)
Jonas Salk – discovery and development of the first successful polio vaccine
![John Waterlow – discovered that lack of body potassium causes altitude sickness. First experiment: on himself](https://live.staticflickr.com/7387/11420416254_680c8184b5.jpg)
John Waterlow – discovered that lack of body potassium causes altitude sickness. First experiment: on himself
![Werner Forssmann – the first man to insert a catheter into a human heart: his own](https://live.staticflickr.com/7294/11420333156_5948c053d3.jpg)
Werner Forssmann – the first man to insert a catheter into a human heart: his own
![Bruce Bayer – scientist with Kodak whose invention of a colour filter array enabled digital imaging sensors to capture colour](https://live.staticflickr.com/3666/11420032173_21fb524c2f.jpg)
Bruce Bayer – scientist with Kodak whose invention of a colour filter array enabled digital imaging sensors to capture colour
![Yuri Gagarin – first man in space. My piece of fandom: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/10421](https://live.staticflickr.com/5504/11419473945_515ff7bb2a.jpg)
Yuri Gagarin – first man in space. My piece of fandom: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/10421
![Sir Godfrey Hounsfield – inventor, with Robert Ledley, of the CAT scanner](https://live.staticflickr.com/3810/11337415136_a73599acce.jpg)
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield – inventor, with Robert Ledley, of the CAT scanner
![Martin Cooper – inventor of the mobile phone](https://live.staticflickr.com/7377/11337420424_c38634ccc8.jpg)
Martin Cooper – inventor of the mobile phone
![George Devol – 'father of robotics’ who helped to revolutionise carmaking](https://live.staticflickr.com/2851/11337252366_dd93f5a1c6.jpg)
George Devol – 'father of robotics’ who helped to revolutionise carmaking
![Thomas Tuohy – Windscale manager who doused the flames of the 1957 fire](https://live.staticflickr.com/3709/11337237736_dffd8070ef.jpg)
Thomas Tuohy – Windscale manager who doused the flames of the 1957 fire
![Eugene Polley – TV remote controls](https://live.staticflickr.com/3824/11337167435_be19aab005.jpg)
Eugene Polley – TV remote controls