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Driver-less cars are the future
It may sound like something from a Bond movie but Internet giant Google has revealed huge success in vehicle automation – announcing that its automatic driving software has enabled cars to log over 140,000 hours on normal roads. These clever cars use built-in video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range to nav- igate, and could see the end of people having to do deliveries. General Motors says it expects to have fully automated cars on the road within the next decade.
Sitting pretty
Back ache could soon be a thing of the past and it could be your chair that is responsible. A German scientist, recog- nising that we all spend too long sitting in one position, has invented the Intelli Chair. This clever piece of kit works by emitting a noise to warn the user if
IN BRIEF
MOBILE MATTERS You may be surgically attached to your beloved mobile phone but a study has found that mobile devices are highly efficient at spreading germs and illness. Research published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology found that the prevalence of touch screen devices is partly to blame.
BETTER BROADBAND In a survey of 72 countries the UK ranked 18th for broadband quality and pen- etration. Oxford University’s Broadband Quality survey also found that download and upload speeds have improved noticeably in the last three years.
they’re sitting in the wrong position or if they’ve even been sitting still for too long. We all know we should move around regularly and opt for a healthy sitting position but if you’re a PA with a task in hand the aural reminder should help to ensure you’re sitting pretty.
OFFICE GENIUS Colourful addition
I don’t know about you but I do like the eye-pleasing look of a co-ordinated desk. So the Buffalo MiniStation Lite USB Hard Drive is not only a practical addition but also an aes- thetic one. It offers a compact, lightweight and portable storage solution so you can store company files, images and more without weighing down your computer’s hard drive. Plus if you have to work away from the office you can take it with you so you have access to everything you need. It’s available in six colours and three capacities (320GB, 500GB and 640GB). Visit
www.buffalo-technology.com.
Q. We were looking at info on another company’s website a few months back, but the website has now been changed and the info has gone. Is there a way of seeing an older version of somebody’s site?
A. There are a couple of ways of doing this. If the site has only recently changed, Google keeps a ‘cache’ version of every site you visit, which is updated as you regularly trawl through the net. Visit Google and type the word cache: followed by the web address of the site. For example, type cache:
www.executivepa.com to see a saved version of our website. Perhaps a better method is to use the ‘Wayback Machine’ at
www.archive.org. It claims to have 150 billion web pages stored, dating back to 1996. And it’s free to use.
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