#5Things: Load shedding to continue, Zodiac Killer code broken, smart face mask, and more
Start your week off with these #5Things from Darren, Keri, and Sky.
1. Joe Biden's defeat of Donald Trump
Today is the end of Donald Trump. The electoral college will convene and vote based on the state's ballots. Biden will win an historic landslide with over seven-million more votes in the populist vote and 36 more than the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Biden will rejoin the Paris climate accord seconds after being sworn in and then the world can work on the other pandemic - climate change.
2. Load shedding to continue during the festive season
There will be a shortage in electricity supply this festive season as Eskom plans to continue load shedding. Eskom’s spokesperson said that upcoming load shedding adds an additional strain on the economy given the pandemic crisis that already wreaked havoc on productivity, manufacturing, and export capacity. He added that load shedding might be with us until September 2021.
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3. Zodiac Killer's cipher has been solved after 51 years
Half-a-decade after the so-called Zodiac Killer first began terrorising the streets of Northern California, a code-breaking team is believed to have finally cracked one of the killer's mysterious coded messages sent to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969. The case is still open and the FBI are still trying to find out who the killer is or was.
4. Smart face mask that can translate eight languages
Japanese startup Donut Robotics spotted an opportunity to take face masks to a whole new level — a high-tech upgrade to standard face coverings, designed to make communication and social distancing easier. In conjunction with an app, the C-Face Smart mask can transcribe dictation, amplify the wearer's voice, and translate speech into eight different languages.
5. Son designs a smartwatch app to help stop his dad's nightmares
An American named Tyler Skluzacek has designed an app inspired by his war veteran father’s PTSD. The wrist watch received FDA clearance in November and works by using a person's heart rate and movement to detect when they are having a nightmare. It then emits gentle vibrations to pull them out of the nightmare without waking them up.
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