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Favourite Tech Universe items from 2011

A simple soft drink bottle can bring people out of darkness.

New skin; pure water; better vision; better health; staying safe; electric vehicles; solar energy; and just using less ‘stuff’ were my favourite Tech Universe items in 2011.

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The Cough that keeps on keeping on

Sick of being sick.

Several months of being unwell have hit my work hard. It looks like Whooping Cough! And all I can do is wait it out.

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The Mammomat 1000

Routine breast screening saves lives.

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Wild fish? Farmed fish.

Aquaculture now accounts for 50 percent of the fish consumed globally

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Revealed: dots inside my eyes

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Look deep into my eyes; you still won’t see what a retinal camera sees.

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Unnecessary light pollutes our lives

The National Geographic Magazine has an excellent article about Light Pollution: It was once thought that light pollution only affected astronomers, who need to see the night sky in all its glorious clarity. And, in fact, some of the earliest civic efforts to control light pollution — in Flagstaff, Arizona, half a century ago — [...]

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