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When Apple introduced the Touch Bar to its MacBook Pro lineup, it was supposed to be a game changer in terms of how we used our laptops. Unfortunately, many still seem to largely prefer having a row of function keys instead of a OLED strip, although this isn’t to say that it is completely useless.

However, at Computex 2019, Intel has cooked up a concept which shows Apple how it should have been done. Dubbed the Intel Ambient PC, this is a concept laptop in which Intel has placed an OLED strip on the front outer portion of the laptop where the lid closes. With this OLED screen, it will be able to show laptop users additional information without having to open their computer.

For example, users could use it to show information such as their next calendar appointments, upcoming reminders, and it seems that it could even be used to control music playback. The concept shown off also seems to be integrated with Alexa where users could summon Alexa without having to open their laptops.

Unfortunately, this is only a concept and we are unsure if there are plans for computer makers to introduce a similar concept to their laptops. We are also unsure how useful this would be, but at a glance, we reckon it does hold more potential compared to what Apple’s Touch Bar feature can do.

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If you live in a developed country with access to running water, you probably don’t give too much thought to where your poo goes. You do your business, flush the toilet, and then it becomes someone else’s problem. However, in developing countries, sanitation can a big problem.

However, a company based in New Zealand is hoping to solve that problem by creating a toilet that will microwave your poo until it disappears, thus solving the issue of running water and where to dispose of your waste. The company, dubbed Scion, is being funded by none other than the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who have in the past also helped fund the project that turned human waste into actual drinkable water.

The process of vaporizing your poo is known as wet oxidation, which takes your waste, puts it under pressure, add oxygen, and heat it till it gets to 200 degrees celsius. This eventually turns it into carbon dioxide and water. This isn’t a new technique as wet oxidation is being used in the mining and sewage treatment industry, but in this instance, Scion is hoping to bring it into homes.

According to Daniel Gapes, one of the engineers working on the project, “We get to flush here and it gets out of our household and treated and discharged into the environment and we’re removed from the issue so we don’t have to handle it personally or live amongst it. In a large part of the developing world that’s not the case. Their proximity to their waste is constant and the risk of disease is high.”

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