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Student Photography Competition – Win £1,000, Other Prizes And Chance To Exhibit At Major Festival

Free photography competition open to students in higher education anywhere in the world. As well as £1,000 up for grabs and prizes from 7dayshop.com, students will receive valuable exposure by exhibiting at the next international Guernsey Photography Festival. To enter, students need to submit a coherent, artistically driven body of work in the field of contemporary photography. There is no set theme. Entrants in the higher education category must submit a maximum of 15 images and a supporting statement of…

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ET Tweet Home – Twitter And Facebook Investor Funds $100m Search For Aliens

A billionaire who made early punts on Twitter and Facebook is ploughing a fortune into finding intelligent alien life. Yuri Milner will fund work by SETI researchers for the next decade – allowing them to use the world’s biggest telescopes to hunt for ET from 2016. Celebrated British scientist Stephen Hawking is among those to have endorsed the project, according to the Wall Street Journal. But the question remains will the aliens tweet their existence or friend the human race…

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Playstation processor guides space probe to Pluto (composite photo. Pluto - Nasa. Playstation - Evan-Amos own work – public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Surely, the BEST video ‘game’ ever….PlutoFlyBy

Pluto space probe guided by processing unit found in original Playstation games console. The New Horizons spacecraft has travelled 3 BILLION miles to take spectacular photos of the distant dwarf planet having left Earth in 2006. And all the time, it’s been guided by a MIPS R3000 CPU – the same processing unit used in the original Sony Playstation, albeit it radition-hardened To be honest, that’s pretty awesome – especially when you realise the spacecraft is the size of a grand piano. But according…

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The Commodore Smartphone Is Here! Play Classic Commodore 64 and Amiga Games

Play classic Commodore 64 and Amiga games on this Android-powered smartphone, which apparently is REAL and on sale soon. It isn’t April Fools Day Named the Commodore PET in homage to one of the brand’s earlier computers, this phone reportedly packs the Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system, a 13MP rear camera with flashlight, a Full HD screen, dual SIM and a removable 3,000mAh battery. But it also features two emulators that allows users to play the favourite old C64 and Amiga games.…

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In Case The St Swithin’s Day Legend About Rain Is True, you NEED this umbrella

The legend is that if it rains on July 15, the UK is in for 40 days and nights of wet weather. Just in case it’s true, here’s a list of some essentials you might need: 1. The LED umbrella This brolly looks rather sci-fi movie, but is also practical. It’s on sale at 7dayshop.com now, click here to read more. 2. Waterproof suit Does what it says – ideal for 40 days of rain. Available at a low price, click…

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Is Your Bank Supporting Apple Pay in the UK – Click Here To Find Out

Here’s the list of the banks supporting Apple’s contactless payment system in the UK now. Apple Pay allows you to store the details of your credit or debit card – of participating financial institutions  – into your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, Apple Watch or iPad Air 2 or mini 3 and pay for things at high street stores simply by holding your phone over a shop’s contactless reader. The Apple Watch must be paired with an iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, 6…

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Facebook is Changing How You Can See Posts – What To Do

You could be about to miss out on great posts, news, deals and photos on Facebook. Did you know Facebook is changing the way that you can see posts on your timeline? Here’s what to do to make sure you don’t miss anything from 7dayshop.com on Facebook and your other favourite pages: 1. When you’re on Facebook on your computer, click on the arrow pointing down at the top right hand corner. 2. This will show a drop down menu, select News…

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New BBC Micro:bit Computer To Be Given To Children For Free

Pocket-sized BBC micro:bit designed to introduce a new generation to computing. The idea of the new codeable computer is to encourage children to become creative with technology, bringing their digital ideas, games and apps to life. A simple piece of coding within seconds can light up it LEDs or display a pattern. It measures 4 x 5cm and has 25 red LEDs, two programmable buttons, an on-board motion detector and compass, Bluetooth to connect to the internet and other devices,…

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Fed Up Of Your Battery Going Flat Too Fast? Here’s Some Good News!

Scientists find way to boost batteries used in mobile phones, electric cars and other modern equipment thanks to ‘wonder material’. According to research, the capacity of lithium-ion batteries can be nearly doubled by adding graphene (an extraordinary form of carbon) – which offers the potential of longer-lasting power or slimmer designs for consumers. The experts, led by scientists from Samsung, found the capacity of their batteries was 1.8 times higher and 1.5 times higher at the first and 200th charge compared to commercially-available…

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The Photographer: Jason Wilde Profile

Watchmaker turned traveller turned photographer Jason Wilde offers a visual insight into the changing state of modern Britain with his powerful images.   Leaving school at 15 “I am a watchmaker by trade. I left school at 15. It was supposed to be a 5-year apprenticeship. “But then I spent 5 weeks on a Kibbutz and ended up travelling for 6 years. I was 18 at the time,” says Jason in an interview with the 7dayshop.com blog. “I met students doing gap…

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