Technology
Science and technology
Technology
Libraries lend laptops and run digital skills classes for older residents
Residents can now borrow a laptop for up to three weeks and join small weekly classes on everything from video calls to spotting online scams.
Technology
Volunteer-built app maps step-free routes for wheelchair users
More than 300 volunteers have surveyed kerbs, ramps and slopes across central Wrenhaven, and the free app now plans routes that avoid steps and steep hills.
Technology
Smart street lights that dim on empty streets cut council energy bill
Motion-sensing LED lamps fitted in Netherby and Bramley Cross use 70 per cent less electricity, and residents in the trial streets say they barely noticed the change.
