💻 Technology
Giant new data centres to open across the UKHave you ever wondered how the apps on your phone, the online games you play or the streaming services you watch movies on actually work? Well, the answer is data centres, giant warehouses full of powerful computers, and the UK is about to get a lot more of them.- 🖥️ Data centres are giant warehouses full of powerful computers that store and send information for games, videos, apps, and websites.
- 🇬🇧 The UK has almost 500 data centres, and about 100 more will be built in the next five years because of AI.
- 💧 Computers get very hot, so data centres use lots of water and big fans to keep them cool.
- ⚡ They run all day and night, using huge amounts of electricity, which can make energy bills higher.
- 🌱 People worry about the environmental impact, so the government is investing in better water and energy systems.
Tiny Robots Help Move Historic Structures In ChinaEngineers in China wanted to build underground tunnels and shops but needed to keep old, special buildings safe, so tiny but super strong robots stepped in to help.- 🛠️ Engineers in China wanted to build underground tunnels and shops but needed to keep old, special buildings safe.
- 🤖 Tiny robots helped! They were small but super strong, lifting heavy buildings without breaking them.
- 📐 First, the team made a 3D map of the site to plan exactly how to move the buildings.
- 🚶 432 little walking robots slowly carried the buildings to a safe spot, moving only a few feet each day.
- 🏠 After the underground work was done, the robots carefully moved the buildings back, showing how tech can save history!
🐛 Fun Fact!
The first computer bug was an actual insect! In 1947, Grace Hopper found a moth trapped in a Harvard Mark II computer. When she removed it, she was debugging the computer, giving us the term we use today.
