Researchers at the University of Essex have developed a robotic fish to analyse pollution levels in the open waters, such as ports. Not only is it completely autonomous, but to help it do its job, they have also given it the looks and behaviour of a normal fish. Communicating via Wi-Fi, the fish also know when they are running low on power and automatically return to their base.
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Rebecca MacKinnon from the University of Hong Kong has recently released her research on how companies implement self-censorship.
Unsurprisingly, the Chinese blogosphere has already translated her presentation into Chinese.
A few days ago on the International Day Against Homophobia (short: IDAHO) the International Lesbian and Gay Association (short: ILGA) published a report about the worldwide status of gay rights – or non-rights.
I realise that things have improved a lot compared to 20 years ago (or even 5 years ago), but looking at the bigger picture the outlook is still bleak: in 86 countries, being gay is still penalised. In 7 of these countries the mere fact of being can lead to execution
