She has been homeschooling her boys for the past couple of weeks following the coronavirus lockdown announcement. And as a ‘last day of school treat’, Stacey Solomon whipped up her own homemade McDonald’s for her sons as they stopped work for the Easter half term on Friday. The TV personality, 30, explained that she would … Read more
California company creates windows with built-in solar panels to help residents comply with a state regulation mandating all new home constructions use solar power A tech company in Redwood City has made windows with solar panels in them The windows only absorb infrared and ultraviolet light to avoid dim interiors The company believes the windows … Read more
Bosch has created a coronavirus test and machine that gives results in two-and-a-half hours, removing the need to send samples to a laboratory. The results are 95 per cent accurate, according to the German manufacturer, better known for its washing machines and fridge freezers. Swabs from patients are placed into a special cartridge and put … Read more
Company creates social distancing ‘scoreboard’ that ranks states on their adherence to isolation rules by using GPS data collected from phones The maps made by Unacast show how well each state is doing using GPS data It judges locations based on reduction in distance traveled Wyoming had the worst score, an ‘F’, while Nevada scored … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A Dutch firm has created a new coronavirus test that can give results in just 15 minutes in the same fashion as a pregnancy stick. Sensitest’s blood test, manufactured in China, detects antibodies that signal the body is fighting the deadly infection. It is not able to spot the virus in its early stages, but … Read more
Mother creates a makeshift Caffè Nero for her husband in the garden shed after he admitted he was missing going out for coffee during the coronavirus outbreak Joseph, from London, shared a photo to Twitter of his father in the garden shed Mother made shed into ‘Caffe Ner’ome’ because he was sad he couldn’t go … Read more
Paris chic without the prices: Kate Middleton’s favourite French designer creates a catalogue collection at a fraction of the cost Duchess of Cambridge was seen wearing a dress by designer Vanessa Seward Now Seward has begun collaborating with French retail giant LaRedoute It means women can get Parisian polish at a fraction of the … Read more
M&S creates dedicated shopping hours for ‘our brilliant NHS workers’ and vulnerable customers to help cope with panic-buying stampede Measures come into effect today and help NHS workers and vulnerable people On Tuesdays and Fridays, NHS and emergency workers will be invited in early And on Mondays and Thursdays older and vulnerable customers will get … Read more
Sniffer dogs could be out of work after Intel creates a computer chip that can ‘smell’ dangerous chemicals in drugs, explosives and other illegal substances Researchers created a circuit on a chip similar to the olfactory circuit in dogs The team then use artificial intelligence to spot different chemical ‘smells’ The algorithm identifies smells by … Read more