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Robotic arm controlled by thought - Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts. [BBC Health] […]

Google 'Knowledge Graph' turns entire internet into one big Wikipedia - Google says this is a 'critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the web and understands the world a bit more like people do.' [Daily Mail IT] […]

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Mind-bending: Controlling your Windows PC with your brain is possible (and the hardware is already on the shelves) - Now we are getting ready to enter the world of thought-control, with headsets that can read our minds now available for as little as £300, and the software to turn our dreams into actions starting to take shape. [Daily Mail IT] […]

Waste company 'bullying clients' - A waste company stands accused of bullying small businesses by using unfair contracts to ramp up charges, the BBC has learned. [BBC Business] […]

Greece unity talks hit stalemate - The latest attempts to form a Greek government are said to be deadlocked, raising the prospect of fresh elections and more eurozone uncertainty. [BBC Business] […]

Google brings instant answers to search results - Type in 'Mona Lisa', and a biography appears right on the page (on the right hand side), type in 'Leonardo DiCaprio' and you get a list of his films, and suggested related searches. [Daily Mail IT] […]

Sixth of cancers due to infection - One in six cancers - two million a year globally - are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest. [BBC Health] […]

New car sales rise 3.3% in April - New car sales in the UK rose to 142,322 in April, up 3.3% from a year earlier, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says. [BBC Business] […]

Local elections 2012: Bloody nose for David Cameron as Labour on course to gain 700 seats - The PM, who suffered embarrassing losses in his own Oxfordshire constituency, apologised to Tory councillors today as more than 700 were expected to lose their seats in the crushing defeat for the party. [Daily Mail Show Biz and TV] […]

A team which "champions" NICE guidance on the care of brain-injured babies in East Anglia wins a national award for its work. […]

Fifteen people are charged with drug offences following a series of raids by Hertfordshire Police. […]

MK Dons appoint ex-Luton boss Mick Harford as assistant manager and former Arsenal striker Ian Wright as first-team coach. […]

A man is questioned on suspicion of attempted murder over the stabbing of a 52 year old in the centre of Bedford. […]

A man is found guilty of murdering a mother-of-six at a house in Bedfordshire where eight children were playing. […]

Bedford Blues sign Worcester lock Ben Gulliver and Leicester back-row forward Tom Armes for next season. […]

Pinewood Studios consults on its future development, following the rejection of its £200m expansion plan in Buckinghamshire. […]

A husband and wife are named by police as suspects in the stabbing of a van driver in St Albans. […]

MK Dons boss Karl Robinson refuses to be drawn on his future at the club after a second play-off semi-final exit in as many years. […]

A new campaign is launched to lobby for further electrification of the Midland Mainline. […]

Max Temp: 15°C (59°F), Min Temp: 10°C (50°F), Wind Direction: ENE, Wind Speed: 14mph, Visibility: very good, Pressure: 1004mb, Humidity: 65%, UV risk: low, Pollution: low, Sunrise: 05:02BST, Sunset: 20:55BST […]

Max Temp: 15°C (59°F), Min Temp: 8°C (46°F), Wind Direction: W, Wind Speed: 5mph, Visibility: very good, Pressure: 1010mb, Humidity: 67%, UV risk: low, Pollution: moderate, Sunrise: 05:00BST, Sunset: 20:57BST […]

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The Museum is located in the peaceful surroundings of Stacey Hill Farm. Stacey Hill Farm was built early in the Victorian era as a model farm. It was located on the the outskirts of Wolverton, one of the UK's original "railway towns". Today the buildings overlook the "new city" of Milton Keynes but when they were built they were in t […]

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The Museum has been given a maypole, which can now be borrowed by schools and similar groups. It is free-standing in a substantial cast-iron base and the ribbons are attached to a rotating piece at the top of the pole. A borrower would need a medium to large car with a roof rack or similar arrangement to carry it. There are also instructions for some dances, […]

We now have a loan box themed on the seaside.  This contains items related to the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.  This can be borrowed by schools in the usual way. Click here for details of what the box contains.       . read more […]

The Museum now has its very own YouTube channel. We will be sharing more videos as time goes by but as a starter we have put up some clips of 'Professor Beamish' performing experiments with static electricity. Prof. B's science experiments are a regular part of our half term activities providing visitors with some great entertainment. If you h […]

'Professor' Beamish will be in attendance at the Museum Monday to Friday during February half-term week. There will be demonstrations of the wonderful Wimshurst machine, the Van der Graaff generator - wirh a new electrostatic motor made from a plastic beaker. There will also be some interesting things done with polarised light. This will happen in […]

This replica geological map of Buckinghamshire, divided into hundreds, is dated 1820 and shows roads, rivers, parks, etc. The original was engraved by John Carey. It is available for loan through the Museum's Schools Loans Service.     […]

We wish all of our friends, visitors and volunteers many thanks for your support this year and  a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Museum re-opens after the holiday season on Saturday the 14th January 2012. We hope to see you all again next year.               read more […]

The Victorian Christmas event is in full swing now with the Museum all decked out and busy with visitors. Mother is taking her ease in the parlor sipping fruit punch while being entertained on the pianola, dad is in the kitchen with the kids making toast the old fashioned way, while granddad and grandma are perusing the Christmas market in the barn. Other fa […]

This trebuchet has just been donated to the Museum. It is less of a replica and more of a demonstration of the principle of this advanced design of medieval siege engine. The model is very robust and is capable of firing a projectile (a stone of, say, 2 to 3 cm diameter) more than 10 metres. For obvious reasons, it is suggested that any demonstration takes p […]

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