This Morning viewers point out decluttering expert hacks about cables could be a fire hazard

This Morning’s latest segment on how to declutter your home was panned today with viewers claiming the expert’s advice amounted to causing a fire hazard.    Australian presenter Georgina Burnett was giving her best tips on how to avoid clutter piling up around the house, advising viewers to hide their cables and extension leads inside … Read more

Drone footage captures the moment cables supporting the 900-ton Arecibo Observatory SNAP

1963: Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory Commissioned for service on November 1 for $9.7 million. 1965: One of its first accomplishments was establishing the rotation rate of Mercury, which turned out to be 59 days rather than the previously estimated 88 days. 1968: Sporadic radio pulses from the direction of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant found at Green … Read more

Civil servant arrested over leak of diplomatic cables gets released on bail 

Civil servant arrested over leak of US ambassador Kim Darroch’s diplomatic cables calling Donald Trump ‘inept’ is released on bail Civil servant was arrested on suspicion of leaking explosive diplomatic cables  Counter terrorist officers from the Met swooped on the official’s flat on Tuesday  The civil servant is believed to work at the Department for … Read more

Do shorter cables charge quicker and can it damage my devices battery life?

Do chargers with short cables charge your phone faster than those with longer leads? We ask the experts to find out … Shorter cables can charge devices quicker than longer ones  This is due to resistance – longer the wire, greater the resistance There is no proof that shorter cables can ruin battery life when … Read more

New £19 billion ‘e-highway’ network with overhead cables for electric lorries

An electric road system which could see a network of overhead charging cables along the UK’s major road network ‘would almost completely decarbonise UK road freight’, a report has found. The plan, which would cost an estimated £19.3billion, would see National Grid powered catenary cables charge 65 per cent of the nation’s lorries using an extendable rig … Read more

Researchers invent robotic hand that can untangle cords and cables and eventually even fold clothes

MIT researchers invent robotic hand that can untangle cords and cables and may eventually complete household tasks like folding clothes The robot can handle fine-motor tasks like untangling cords It may eventually be able to tie knots and fold clothes The bot uses soft feelers made of rubbers and embedded with cameras  It has applications … Read more

Killer asteroids could be tied to smaller cosmic objects with cables to stop a catastrophic impact

Killer asteroids could be tied to smaller cosmic objects with cables to stop a catastrophic impact on Earth, study reveals Scientist work tirelessly to design a plan in the event an asteroid heads for Earth A team now proposes using a tethered diversion that utilizes long cables  They would launch a spacecraft towards the asteroid, far … Read more

Paraglider dies after hitting high voltage power cables in horror accident near his Cotswolds home

Paraglider dies after hitting 11,000-volt power cables in horror accident near his Cotswolds home A paraglider has died after hitting high voltage power cables during a solo flight Wayne Seeley, from Eastington, Gloucs, was named as the man who lost his life A number of fires broke out as the cables came down while power was … Read more