Tech & Science Daily: A real world ‘invisibility shield’

Invisibility Shield Co.
Rachelle Abbott23 March 2022

A British tech startup claims to have created a real world “invisibility shield” that doesn’t even need power to operate.

According to the company’s Kickstarter page, the shield deflects light around the subject using a “precision engineered lens array”.

An independent think tank has accused UK ministers of ‘government by Whatsapp’.

Up to 31% of officials in some departments have the app on their work phones, according to a report from the Institute for Government.

US securities regulators have said that someone really needs to monitor Elon Musk’s tweets.

They say that it has authority to subpoena the Tesla CEO about his social media posts and urged a federal judge not to let him get away with ‘tweeting with abandon’.

There’s a new TV show which uses DNA to help contestants find out if they’re related to someone famous.

Fame in the Family is a guessing game with a DNA twist. Celebrities host dinner parties where guests work out if they’re related to the star to win a share of a grand. Tech & Science Daily spoke to Ancestry’s DNA expert Brad Argent.

Plus, PS5/ PS4 system software updates are released globally. Why scientists created a special lettuce to help astronauts in space, how sounds of nature benefit mental health plus promote environmental protection and YouTube enters the world of free, ad-supported TV streaming. Also, find out how Twitter will now let you record a GIF right from the iOS app’s camera.

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