New technology is being developed to see whether early signs of wildfires can be detected.

AI systems have been taught to recognise the start of a wildfire, and send a mobile alert if there’s a threat of a blaze.

Longer, hotter, drier spells, all linked to climate change, are causing more wildfires across the globe, even in cooler climates.

Researchers think this kind of technology could help prevent future wildfires by identifying landscapes that are most at risk, and allowing rescue crews to make better use of their resources.

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Scientists in the US say they have used new technology to restore movement in the arms of two people who had suffered strokes.

A team at the University of Pittsburgh created an electric spinal cord implant that stimulates the nerve endings damaged during a stroke, ultimately enabling people to move.

While more clinical trials are still needed, researchers say the results give a glimpse into the future, where such implants could make meaningful differences to people’s lives.

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Tech Now’s Paul Carter finds out how technology powering advanced prosthetics is also helping train humanoid robots.

The Ability Hand is a special piece of prosthetics technology, with two ambitions running through the same piece of hardware.

One is to give somebody their grip back. The other is to take what that person’s hand already knows – and teach it to a machine.

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About 700,000 eggs from Dutch farms in contamination scare have been distributed to UK, up from estimated 21,000
As the Dutch egg contamination scandal rumbles on, we ask how safe are the country’s 10 billion eggs?

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