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The long wait is over – hitech

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http://www.euronews.com/ Queues are so often the bane of our lives; you can find them with relative ease at banks, and airports, and train stations, and post offices. The list, like the queues themselves, can go on and on.

But British technology firm Lo-Q may well have unearthed a solution to this most tedious of pastimes. They have developed software whereby you can use your mobile phone to reserve a place in line, simply by sending a text.

Once your message is processed through the application — called Q-txt – you are allocated your respective slot and sent your reservation time, complete with a unique booking code.

So far, the application has only been tested at Blackpool pleasure beach in the UK, where the queues for main attractions can be notoriously long.

Software developer, Tom Burnet, observes that, “it would be perfectly possible, conceptually, to run a queue-less theme park, for example. There’s no need to stand in a physical queue, if everyone is standing in a virtual queue.”

He and other developers see no reason why the range and scope of the application could not, eventually, be extremely wide – beyond queues for the Big Dipper,

“There are queues when you go to the bank at lunch time. There are queues at the post office; there are queues when you turn up at the airport. There is a queue to get a doctor’s appointment. There are queues all over the place. Conceptually it’s possible for you to organise your life in such a way as you can move around all the things you might want to do without having to stand in a queue line, and you can do that from your sitting room.”

As smart-phone applications continue to alter the way we engage with the world around us, is our future going to be queue-less?

The only problem then would be finding something else to complain about.

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“Recipes for Broken Hearts”: The first Bukhara Biennial unites artists and cultures

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“Recipes for Broken Hearts”: The first Bukhara Biennial unites artists and cultures

The inaugural Bukhara Biennial, themed “Recipes for Broken Hearts”, brings over 200 artists from 40 countries to the Silk Road city, blending art, healing and heritage in Uzbekistan.

In partnership with Center of Islamic Civilization in Uzbekistan

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Germany fails to gain seat on UN Security Council

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Germany has failed to win a seat on the UN Security Council, losing out to Portugal and Austria for the two European spots starting in 2027.

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Deadly Tornadoes aftermath in Tennessee #Storm #Tornado #Weather

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Severe storms and tornadoes in Central Tennessee over the weekend resulted in the deaths of six people, including a toddler, and caused injuries to dozens, while damaging buildings, overturning vehicles, and leading to widespread power outages. Three fatalities occurred in Montgomery County, northwest of Nashville, and three in a neighborhood north of downtown Nashville. In the Madison neighborhood of Nashville, the community mourned the loss of Floridema Gabriel Perez and her two-year-old son, Anthony Elmer Mendez. Marco Tulio Gabriel Pérez, Floridema’s brother, traveled from Atlanta after the tragic incident, which also left two other children in the family injured. Residents, including Greg Chance, recounted the terrifying moments during the tornado, with Chance surviving in his kitchen safe spot. He mourned the loss of his coworker, Joseph Dalton, who died in the storm, leaving behind a son. The community grappled with the aftermath, cleaning up and dealing with the emotional impact of the disaster.

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China introduces smoking ban in Beijing

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A smoking ban in Beijing comes into force today in the Chinese capital’s, restaurants, offices and on public transport .

Health activists have pushed for years for stronger restrictions in a country which is the world’s largest tobacco consumer.

Under the new rules smokers will be fined and also named and shamed on a government website.

The selling of cigarettes will also no longer be allowed in shops within 100 metres of primary schools.

Smoking is a major health crisis in China where mor…
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