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World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says Australia’s plan to force Google to pay for news content is ‘unworkable’ and undermines ‘fundamental principle’ of the internet Australia is pursuing laws requiring digital giants to compensate news outlets Creator of the web Tim Berners-Lee has slammed the plans as ‘unworkable’ Move has also prompted backlash from … Read more
World Wide Wed inventor Tim Berners-Lee aims to ‘re-make’ cyberspace with ‘pods’ that store personal data controlled by the user Tim Berners-Lee aims to re-make the web to look like his original vision He spoke at a conference, where he revealed new plans using his Inrupt firm People will use a single sign-on for any … Read more
The vaccine billionaires’ fortune grows: Inventor of Biontech jab adds $4bn to his fortune while his investors make EIGHT BILLION as countries scramble to inoculate populations Ugur Sahin has seen his wealth grow as share prices in German biotech firm soar Investors Thomas and Andreas Strungmann have profited even more as a result Share prices … Read more
‘Up the marbles!’: How Barnes Wallis’s daughter congratulated Dambusters inventor after bouncing bomb he dreamed up by playing with children’s toy at family home smashed the heart of Hitler’s war machine in 1943 Barnes Wallis perfected infamous weapon’s design with marbles in back garden His daughter wrote to him three days after mission success to … Read more
The sweets that can fight dementia: British inventor launches ‘rehydration’ tablets that could save the lives of elderly patients who forget to drink enough fluids Lewis Hornby created the sweets after his late grandmother ended in hospital Jelly Drops are a sugar-free snack made from 95 per cent water and electrolytes Mr Hornby, from Burscough, … Read more
Peter Madsen on May 31, 2017, in Copenhagen Peter Madsen was well-known in Denmark before his arrest as an inventor who dreamt of exploring worlds beyond. The 47-year-old grew up in the small town of Saeby, 60 miles west of Copenhagen. His parents divorced when he was six and Madsen went to live with his … Read more
An inventor sent a threatening message to a female Tory MP with an ‘anecdote’ about the Samurai sword slaying of a councillor 20 years ago, a court heard. Ian Howgate, 56, allegedly sent an email to the Newbury Conservative MP Laura Farris which spoke of the killing of British politician Andrew Pennington. Mr Howgate sent … Read more
Is this the end of ‘porch pirates’? Tiny lock uses aircraft-grade steel cable to stop packages from being stolen One in five Americans are thought to have fallen victim to ‘porch pirates’, with $25million worth of parcels going missing every day After falling victim, Canadian entrepreneur Dennis Evans invented a solution Parcels are locked inside … Read more
Annotated designs drawn by inventor Thomas Edison to improve his first ever electric lightbulb have emerged for sale for £90,000. The scientist, who is often credited with perfecting the carbon filament lamp, worked on the sketches while on honeymoon with his second wife Mina Miller in Florida in 1886. He was determined to refine the … Read more
The new ‘Covid cut’? Inventor creates bizarre DIY hair trimmer using clippers and a vacuum cleaner to avoid sweeping up afterwards Dr Phil Green, 54, is an engineer who created a unique hair cutting device He affixed a set of hair clippers to the end of a vacuum cleaner hose with glue This then allows … Read more