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101-year old Russian war veteran Nadezhda Myagkikh has a surprising nickname. Even though members of the elderly generation usually don't take too kindly to computers, locals call Nadia the 'Grandma-Hacker' because her love of surfing the Internet. The craziest thing about this tech savvy grandma is that she was around when electricity was first introduced in her village during the Russian empire. Now 101-year-old Nadia watches movies, Skypes with friends and family, and listens to music online.
These futuristic hydrofoil water taxis may soon ferry passengers to destinations up and down the Seine, the iconic river winding through Paris. The solar-powered aquatic shuttles, called Sea Bubbles, are designed to hold four passengers and a driver, and will be summoned with a mobile app, basically like Uber for rivers. Sea Bubbles were unveiled to the public at the 2017 VivaTechnology expo in Paris on Thursday.
A clean technology company has created a photovoltaic computer which generates clean water, electicity, and connectivity using solar power and claims it will have a transformative effect on the developing world. Jim Drury reports.
Hundreds gather on the Edge Observation Deck in Manhattan, New York, to watch the partial solar eclipse. IMAGES
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