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This page was made on Friday 1^st June 2012 Last updated at 16:39

Mind reading robot teacher built

A new mind reading robot teacher has been created that stops you from snoozing during lessons.

Tech whizzes in America say it uses special sensors to monitor a student's brain signals while they learn.

When the brain signals dip down, indicating that the student's not concentrating as much, the system sends a message to the robot.

The robot then raises its voice or moves its arms around on screen to get the student's attention back, just like a real teacher might do!

 

The Olympic flame arrives in Britain

(And it’s coming soon to a street near you…)

Eight days after it was lit in Greece, the Olympic flame arrives in Britain today.
The torch is due to arrive at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall, on board flight BA2012 early this evening (18 May). It has been transported inside a special lantern, which should keep the flame alight during the flight.
The torch travelled across Greece, after being lit on
10 May at the ruins of the Temple of Hera in Olympia. This is where the Ancient Olympics were first held more than 2,700 years ago.
A 70-day torch relay across the UK will begin tomorrow morning (19 May). Starting at Land’s End in Cornwall, the relay passes through 1,018 places before arriving in London for the opening ceremony of the Games on 27 July.
The flame will be carried by 7,300 people, including First News reader Sarah Austin, who will be a torchbearer on 24 July (day 67) in Richmond.
The torch relay will pass within 16km (ten miles) of most people in the UK. Go to www.london2012.com/torch-relay/route/ to see where you can cheer on the torchbearers. Good luck to them all from First News!

The big day is here...
Here you can see pictures of some of us getting ready to start running

and one hour and fifteen minutes later...

Volta a Peu XXX Ciy of Valencia

Sunday 20th May 2012 at 10:00 at the Walk of Alameda.

Look for my number

 

And if I wear this T-shirt next Monday is because I finished the 8 kilometres.

 

I hope I will see you somewhere in here.

 

 

Are you ready to read and listen a story?
          The princess and the frog
http://www.angles365.com/classroom/stories2/frog.swf

 

This page was made on Wednesday 16^th May 2012

Junk food tax to stop obesity

The way to stop the UK from getting fatter is to make junk food much more expensive, experts say.

Researchers at University of Oxford say putting a special tax on things like burgers, sweets and fizzy drinks will put people off buying them.

More than 10 million people in the UK are obese and 30,000 die each year from problems caused by their weight.

The experts suggest making fizzy drinks five times more expensive would be one way to make people healthier.

A similar plan in America led to big drop in sales of sugary drinks.

There are already taxes on items like cigarettes and alcohol, so experts say this idea should be widened.

Researchers claim a tax on unhealthy foods could cut the number of deaths from heart disease by almost 3,000 a year.

There are no plans to bring the tax in yet and these are only suggestions at this stage.