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Fukushima Nuclear Plant is Using Ice Wall Defence
Fukushima Power Plant It has been nearly 8 years to the day since a giant Tsunami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant. The disaster represented one of the worst nuclear accidents since Chernobyl and ever since the incident, efforts are still underway to try and correct the damage…
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Robot Attacks 30 Amazon Workers With Bear Mace – Yes, Really!
Robot Puts 24 Amazon Workers In Hospital Over the last year, you may have heard more than a few stories about the ‘horror conditions’ that exist within the Amazon warehouses. High-pressured, massive workload and all under the cosh of some of the strictest timekeeping practices out there. What you, however,…
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Man Dies In Cinema Retrieving Phone From Luxury Seat
Cinema Accident Retrieving Phone Leaves Man Dead When about to sit down to a film at the cinema you are reminded, often on several occasions, to make sure you turn off your phone. This advice, however, may have led to the sad, but bizarre instance in which a man attending…
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Researchers Blame Pokemon Go for Increased Driving Accidents
Researchers from Purdue University are blaming Pokemon Go for an increase in vehicular accidents in their Indiana county. Working on their paper titled “Death by Pokemon GO”, they document a disproportionate amount of related incidents near PokeStop locations. This includes vehicular crashes, vehicle damage, personal injuries and even fatalies. Just…
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Latest Apple Patent Disables Wearables When It Detects the User Driving
The latest Apple patent is about improving driver safety by limiting user distraction while driving. Granted to the tech giant last week, the latest patent uses built-in motion detection on the wearable device to determine whether the user is operating a vehicle, and if so, disables it until the vehicle…
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Unlucky Streamer Dies During Charity Fundraiser 24-Hour Twitch Marathon
There is a golden rule called ‘everything in moderation’ and overdoing something can have dire consequences. During a recent fundraising streaming marathon, one streamer left the PC for a short break and never returned. Twitch streamer Brian Vigneault, better known under his handle Poshybrid, died during a 24-hour Wold of…
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Google Self-Driving Car Gets Into a Crash in Mountain View
Until earlier this year, Google had managed to boast that none of their test fleet of self-driving cars had been involved in an accident. Unfortunately, on Friday another Google self-driving car was involved in an accident in Mountain View, California. The car in question was a Lexus 450h modified…
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Boy Shot While Playing Pokemon Go
When it comes to Pokemon Go, we have heard of all sorts of crazy accidents and incidents. There have been people falling off cliffs, falling into harbours, running into traffic, and much more as well as criminal minded people abusing rare spawn locations to rob unsuspecting players going to a…
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Teen Hit by Car After Playing Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go has claimed another casualty: a 15-year-old girl was struck by a car after crossing a busy road following a session of the popular mobile game. Autumn Deisroth of Tarentum, Pennsylvania was, according to her mother Tracy Nolan, led to a major highway at rush hour by the game,…
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Two Men Fall off a Bluff While Playing Pokemon GO
Yesterday we told you about a driver in New York who actually hit a tree because he was playing Pokemon GO while driving, and now it looks like the game has caused another accident, this time around in Encinitas. Two men recently had to be taken to the Scripps La Jolla…
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New York Driver Hits Tree While Playing Pokemon GO
There is no doubt that Pokemon GO is taking the world by storm, driving usually indoors gamers out into the real world around them to catch Pokemon. Earlier this week we reported a car accident caused by drivers choosing to engross themselves in Pokemon GO while driving, which turned out…
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Pokémon GO is Causing Trouble All Over The US
EDIT: The article appears to have originated from a source article and yes, we fell for it. What does it say when we can be fooled into thinking that people could get injured playing Pokémon GO? Now if you don’t mind me, I have an Eevee to evolve. After a semi-successful…
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Bad Mirrors Set Solar Thermal Plant On Fire
When it comes to renewable energy there are a few options, from the power of the sea in tidal factories or the wind in a wind farm, your options are as numerous as the earth offers. An alternative to classic solar farms are the solar thermal plants, like the Ivanpah…
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Driver Takes Snapchat Picture at 107MPH During Accident
When it comes to pictures, people do some crazy things to get something a little different. Some people will take a selfie before jumping out of a plane while others will put themselves with dangerous animals to get a good picture their friends can like and share. Snapchat is a platform…
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UN Aviation Want Real-Time Tracking Of Aircraft
In recent years, we’ve had tragic incidents in which aircraft have gone missing, leaving many wondering what happened to the people on board. To prevent further loss, the UN’s international civil aviation organization (ICAO) want to create a system to enable real-time tracking of aircraft. The three most significant tweaks…
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