SAS Australia’s Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham reveals footy star Sam Burgess was put through ‘horrendous’ tasks – but will ‘go far’ in the selection course By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:18 BST, 6 May 2021 | Updated: 06:18 BST, 6 May 2021 Sam Burgess will be put to the test – both mentally … Read more
Harry and Meghan’s chief of staff is said to have ‘wanted out’ after finding herself ‘having to fulfil a great many functions for the couple’, insiders have claimed today. Catherine St Laurent was head-hunted by the couple from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to become their ‘chief of staff’ and executive director of Archewell, … Read more
How picking all the chocolate off your Jaffa Cakes first before eating the rest can help ease pandemic isolation: Adopting unique rituals to make everyday tasks more meaningful can make you feel less LONELY Past studies have shown that lonely people often feel their lives lack meaning Meaning can be forged by rituals — even those … Read more
When the pandemic forced employees to work from home, Zoom emerged as the go-to teleconferencing app. Now as many are contemplating a return to their real-world offices, the company is updating its offerings to address a post-COVID future. This week, Zoom unveiled Kiosk Mode, part of its Zoom Rooms program for physical conference rooms, which … Read more
Cyborg cockroaches designed to complete tasks inside your HOME can carry objects across the room, transform into a display and draw objects on paper Cyborg cockroaches could soon be unleashed in homes to complete tasks Scientists programmed them to transport objects, along with other skills The team calls them ‘Calmbots,’ which can reach places other robots … Read more
Carrying out regular ‘pen-and-paper’ exercises can reduce nausea during travel by more than 50 per cent, UK scientists claim. Cognitive training tasks, including identifying how patterns would appear on transparent paper when folded, help ‘train the brain’ to reduce feelings of nausea in-transit, they say. Motion sickness, which creates a sensation of wooziness, can occur … Read more
Ex-Google executive unveils robotic helper ‘Stretch’ equipped with gripper arm to help with simple household tasks Stretch is a robot designed to facilitiate research into household robotics It has a robotic arm and gripper attached to a wheeled platform It was released by Hello Robot for $17,950 after three years of development The bot can … Read more